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COVID-19 and its Effect on Physical Activity

Title (Dublin Core)

COVID-19 and its Effect on Physical Activity

Description (Dublin Core)

Before the outbreak began I was a three season athlete, training for Cross Country and Track. I ran every day and pushed myself on every workout as a distance runner. Then COVID-19 hit and the country went on lockdown. It was the end of my senior year, and I would be missing my final spring tack season. When it first started I tried to continue to train and do track workouts, but it wasn't the same doing them alone. I didn't have my teammates and friends to motivate and push me through the difficult parts of runs. It became extremely hard to train on my own, and I started to feel myself losing fitness. When the spring season was officially canceled I lost all of my motivation to continue. I started running recreationally, and not every day anymore. Before, I was considering trying out for my college team, but with events canceled and the increased difficulty of running alone, I couldn't keep myself in top racing condition. It is now towards the end of my first semester in college, and while I am still running, I still wonder if i will ever find the motivation to train hard and compete again.

Date (Dublin Core)

2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Joe Swift

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Education--Universities
English Sports

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

running
season
high school
motivation

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Lost Seasons

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/30/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

12/15/2020

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This item was submitted on November 30, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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