what happens when track becomes political
okay so maybe i'm going a little over board. but come on. times are times. when one person beats another the spot it supposed to be theirs, regardless of race, sex, age, GRADE, and YEARS ON VARSITY. i'm sorry i have to get this off my chest. i feel like crying, it's not even that i wanted that spot, it's that my time wins. i want to win. why should one person because they've competed varsity for most of their career and their a senior get the spot. it sucks. i ran two pointless run offs and what do i get stuck with my one dumb race. i'm sorry i love my race and i'm very thankful that i get to run varsity, but it enrages me. seriously, when did this one sport that i thought i could trust back out on me. when did i begin to care about track so much. when did this sport that i thought i didn't even like begin to matter? where's my sport? obvioulsy, cross-country. when did become such a problem. well it is. and it's not even that i care that i'm not running 4x8 it's that no one cared to even come up and tell me personlly. they just announce it in front of the entire team and where am i left? i'm left wondering what i did wrong. how did i piss off the coaches to have them take my spot away. it's me...