Track is my Passion

Hi my name is Twylonda and my passion is track. Track is my passion because this is something I feel confident in and I’m good at but some time it gets difficult because I have asthma. Asthma is a lung disease that causes me to have shortness of breath and my chest tightens up when I run. I remember when I had my first track meet in 7^th grade  I was really nervous and scared because I was thinking in my head what if I have a asthma attack and the ambulance has  to come and  pick me up. Then coach would think I can’t handle being in track and participating in the track meets because of my medical problem. Then I prayed with my team and when I got to the start line to get ready to run I felt confident and exited. When the ref said go I ran like the wind. It was kind of hard to breath but I kept on running and as I was running I heard my family in the crowd screaming my name. This made me run faster and faster and finally I got to the finished line. I was so relieved to catch my breath and calm down to see what I placed. As I was waiting to see what I placed in the 100meter dash the intercom comes on and it said in first place in the 100meter dash Twylonda M. I was so happy because I got to show my team mates ,my parents and my coach that I can handle having asthma and being in track .