Training to Be a Champion Runner
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When I was at primary school in the second grade, I used to follow my older sister who is five years older than me. She loved sports and was always playing basketball and softball. She was also a runner and was good at it. She brought home some running awards, so I was motivated and started running, too.
I started training at school and never missed even a day. Even if it was raining, I was training. At first I was not very good; but as the years passed, I got better and better and started to win some competitions.
Breaking
Records
In
1994, I won the Mexican National Championships. Later, I won
fourth place in the Pan-American games that were held in
Santiago de Chile. In 1996, I broke the Mexican record; and
in 1997, I won fourth place in the Central American Games.
In 1997 and 1998, I again won the Mexican National
Championships and broke the Mexican records. Now I want to
improve my personal record of 19 feet, 2 inches.
Plans
for the Future
I'm in Houston now, training with coach Tom Tellez at the
University of Houston. He is the best coach in the world. He
also trained Carl Lewis, one of the best U.S. athletes. I
have the support of my parents who always come with me to
all my meets. I think that's why I'm where I am. Next year I
have some very important competitions. One of them is in
Canada in July, 1999. I hope I do well.
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