Hello! My name is Catie Wiltanger and I am a freshman at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Although I do not look like your typical cross-country athlete, I plan to run long distances until my legs give out.

Simply just looking at the results of a race or any sport for that matter, doesn’t really tell the complete story. It attempts to tell the ending, but thats about it. The person digesting the results then creates their own false narrative in an attempt to piece together an explanation as to why the results look the way they do. An attempt however, that is based off of absolutely zero scientific knowledge and one hundred percent preconceived notions. 

Society is composed of the members of a community, and their expectations and beliefs of what people should be. The factors that influence these beliefs include race, age, gender, and even what people like to do.