Why did you begin running?

In P.E. at middle school they had a thing where they gave out shirts. If girls ran a six- minute mile they got a shirt, if a boy ran a five-minute mile they got a shirt. I ran a six-minute mile. My coach said I should get a five-minute mile, so I raced some boys from the eighth grade. I was in seventh, and I got the five-minute mile and I set the school record. Once you’re good at things, you start pursuing them more. In eighth grade there was a school track meet.

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