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Track's torture is well worth it

By Kara Churchill
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Editor's note: ESPNHS is ESPN.com's high school journalism program. Student reporters from across the country cover sports and athletes from their schools. Want to get involved? Start blogging on your profile today! BANGOR, Maine -- Whenever anyone mentioned track to me when I was in middle school, I thought, "Why would I put myself through such torture?" I continued this thought process until eighth grade when I thought I'd give it a shot. I've been doing track ever since and I'm going into my ...

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