Where I'm From

I’m from Brook and Kraig
Running in the night behind the Lafayette house
I’m from hiding behind my pillow during thunder storms
Getting up early to see the sunrise
Picking ripe, bright red raspberries and carrots ‘till my knees hurt
I’m from locking myself in my room listening to Barney

I’m from being the bigger person
Jumping on the tramp until the anger disappears
Lying in the rain crying
I’m from taking artistic photos,
Blocking out the world with my IPod

I’m from two sisters with competition
Staying up late laughing and arguing
I’m from being there for each other through the hard, sad, good, fun, and surprising times
Running to the park for Groundies
I’m from traveling together to New Zealand or Boulder,
Being chased by a sea lion or swinging for hours
I’m from seeing cute boys to avoiding creeps

I’m from long swim practices and new shoes
Taking trips to warm places
Heading to Montana at my uncle’s private club and getting stuck in the snow
I’m from big family get – togethers
I’m from the fancy table sets, rich classy people, and not fitting in
Worthless young kid drama

I’m from nine cousins to family reunions where we don’t know anybody,
Missing the group picture and eating ice cream at a separate table as if we’re not the same
I’m from crazy boyfriend emails splitting the family apart,
Making them untrustworthy for eternity
I’m from a family of love and a hint of judge hidden behind the smiling faces

I’m from visiting the world,
Camping instead of the fancy hotels
I’m from hiking fourteeners for hours and cheering on elite runners
I’m from planting a garden and checking on it until I see a bud, a leaf, a flower developing
I’m from muddy feet watching bike races, enjoying lake parties and barbeques

I’m from my best friend at a running camp
Meeting one person, knowing one person
Window talking with cute boys
Videoing our every thought
Crazy loud late nights and early morning runs to relaxing yoga
To not wanting to say goodbye to the lovely memories

I’m from visiting Mexico annually
Staying at a private resort, a peninsula to ourselves
I’m from getting up at midnight to watch a huge ship come in
Taking hundreds of pictures of the Lift Bridge
To getting ticks and ten cookie packages
Meeting strangers and eating at a restaurant more than once

I’m from pushing to tears
Hard workouts to achieve accomplishment
Focusing on this, and this only
I’m from the defeated attitude to “trying your best all of the time”
I’m from not giving up
I’m from developing who I am, not only as a runner, but
As a person

Run/Strength/Bio

Yesterday, I did hill repeats will my fam. Well, and 400's. First, we would run a 400 (all on a straight gravel road) fast, I did them at around 6 minute pace. Then, we would rest for a little, then run back the 400, but more like 8 minute pace, then when the 400 ended, there was a hill, around a minute and 10 seconds long. Once we approached the bottom of the hill, we would pick up the pace, then once we got over the hill, sprint to the finish. We did these two intervals 2 more times, so 6 intervals in total. I did strength the day before, so my legs hurt really bad. It was tough, but a good workout! Today when I got home from school, I did 3 hours of honor biology homework. It was long, but very productive. I got a lot done. Now, I'm going to go rest up for my sprint workout tomorrow! Night!

Welcome to my Blog!

Hey, this is my first blog so I should probably say some things about myself. My name is Gabriela Koski, and I am 16 years old. I got my license on my birthday, April 1st. I'm a sophomore in High School, and participate in three sports. In the fall, I compete in Cross Country, which is personally my favorite sport. I love to run! Then, in the winter, I'm on the swim team. I swim the 500 yards, 200 yards, and 100 yards. I do other races also, but those are my main ones. Then, in the spring, well, my freshman year I did track, but this year I decided to do tennis. I didn't enjoy track as much as a thought I would and a lot of my friends are on tennis, so why not? I did enjoy it, and now that it's over, I'm training for the Bolder Boulder. My goal is to break 50:00 minutes. Okay, now my interests. I love to listen to music, I pretty much always have my ipod on me. I also really enjoy photography. I'm not much of a skier, I'd rather hike up mountains.. and in any other season besides winter. Well, that's me!