"Ready, go!" Mr Tan shouted. Half the class started running. It was 8am and the first period of the day was physical education. Coming from a family with a strong sporting background, with my father participating in the volleyball, table tennis and soccer CCAs in his youth and my mum playing netball for her school, PE was the subject I usually aced. Unlike my unfit classmates, I was like a fish in water during PE. Mr Tan, our PE teacher took us to the Marina Lagoon, where we would be running our hearts out for the 800m. Our timings would be recorded and we would gain points for our respective houses. If our timing was under 2 minutes 49 seconds, we would gain 3 points for our house. The house with the most number of points would be crowned the champion on sports day, and earn bragging rights. Now, Mr Tan told us to choose a partner, and name ourselves 1 and 2. 1 would start first and 2 would take his timing, vice versa. I was 1 and when Mr Tan said go, I started with an average pace. Many of my classmates, like Isaac, sprinted once Mr Tan said go, but I knew that he would run out of energy soon. At this time, I was already halfway through the race and tiring. Lactic acid circulated through me. I told myself to persevere and not give up. At the last 200 meters, I started sprinting towards the finishing line. I saw Nicholas' familiar back and I saw his strength was draining. I quickly closed up the gap and overtook him. Timothy was a few metres ahead of me, and and I thought "Why not?" These two words resounded in my mind and with all my reserves, I overtook Timothy. As I rushed through the finish line, I heard my partner, Joshua, mutter two forty eight. I had beaten the mark for 3 points by 1 second! Adrenaline coursed through my veins. I felt extremely elated that I had earned three points for my house. Although it's not much, but those three points could make a difference between winning and losing. I look forward to the next PE lesson, where I can help my house, Glam, earn more points in Shot Put next week.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
ot much, but those three points could make a difference between winning and losing. I look forward to the next PE lesson, where I can help my house, Glam, earn more points in Shot Put next week.
