If you watched the Summer Olympics in 2008 then you might have seen an event called the Steeplechase. This event is similar to hurdles, except you are jumping solid barriers and water holes. It may look crazy, but it is really fun. The only problem is that it takes special training. You have to be able to jump several barriers and still run 2 miles. Just recently the KHSAA board decided to add it as a high school event. Since my favorite part of cross country is jumping the trees and mud holes I decided that I was going to try the Steeplechase. Today I started training for it. I started with hurdle drills and then moved on to jumping the hurdles. It was a lot of fun but now I am very sore. I thought I did very well for my first day. I only ran into the hurdle once and I didn't fall down, I just kept running and cleared the next hurdle. I was very excited at the end of practice when all I had was one bruise on my knee (from running into the hurdle). I am very excited about running/jumping the Steeplechase. And another thing it is a new high school sport so the competition level of it should be low, meaning it should be easier to go to State in.
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