Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} The No. 1 punishment for sports is one that few people enjoy: running. As for the participants who participate in cross country or who are planning to compete in the running aspect of indoor track, running is their life. Freedom, as well as most high schools, doesn’t officially have an indoor track team. The students are dedicated to the sport even though they have to travel to colleges, such as Robert Morris, to do what they love. “We don’t see running as a punishment; we see it as a challenge. We are always pushing hard every day to go beyond what we’ve done before,” said Sophomore DeeDee Adams. Indoor track isn’t just about running, though. When people think of the word track, they picture someone sprinting and hurdling. There are people that throw, and jump as well. Anyone who doesn’t mind hard work and a little perspiration can talk to Mr. Tinker about competing. “I’m looking forward to indoor. I use it as training for outdoor track, and as a runner I love training. Since ninth grade, running has become a way of life,” said Sophomore Jake DeWeese. The team trains for outdoor so that they can better themselves and their team as a whole. Even though the athletes go to the meets together, and are friends, they are on their own. They compete by themselves, not with their friends. “This is truly an individual sport,” said the coach, Tink. “I can’t explain the feeling I get from running, it just happens. It hurts, but when you get a personal best, or finish a workout that you thought you couldn’t, the pain just goes away. Once that happens, you want to go the extra step further,” said Adams.