My name is Jordan Chavez and I am currently running for The University of Richmond – Class of 2016. I am a Southlake Carroll alum and was born and (mostly) raised in Texas. My home is in Texas but my heart is in the mountains of Colorado, specifically Glenwood Springs. In 2012 and 2013 I was a member of the US Junior Mountain Running Team and competed in the IAAF World Mountain Running Championships in Ponte De Legno, Italy placing 17th (2012) and in Krynica,...

Mindlessly jotting down formulas, variables, trigonometric functions, and such I pleaded with my myself to remember those minute details which, of course, were on my final exam. Putting the (somewhat) finished product down on the table and walking out of Jepson 104 I could not tell if I was happy or distraught. Yes, finally, I was done with this excruciating Calculus class, which for whatever reason I am required to take to be a Business school major. I was counting down...

The game is not played with others but the self. They say ‘mind over matter’ but do they truly know what that requires; how much mind, how much matter? Umysł nad materią is how it would be said in Polish if one was so inclined. The body can do amazing things if the mind can be pushed enough. Who tells the mind when to go past its own limits? What shuts off the mind when it gets too boisterous, too...

I'm...

I really run all the time and that takes...

This was a big one for me seeing as I...