Yes I am a runner.
June 9, 2007
Growing up, I was never a runner. I played soccer when I was very little ( in the first and I think second grade), but I never really played other sports. Due to funding cuts, we didn’t have gym in my elementary school after the third grade. In junior high and high school, I was chubby, and not super coordinated and I dreaded gym class and the presidential fitness mile.
I think about this because I thought about writing some of my high school and college classmates to see if I could get them to donate to my cause. As I was writing the emails, I was thinking to myself, would they believe that I am a runner now.
I guess thats part of why I am raising money to allow more girls to run, to expand the idea of what a “runner” is . I am a runner
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Amy | July 14, 2007 at 9:37 am
I had a similar experience and didn’t become a runner until my late 20’s. Good luck in you goals.
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Database Diva | July 29, 2007 at 3:08 am
Congratulations on choosing to be a runner, and for recognizing that you are one! Girls on the Run is an excellent cause. Good luck with your training and fund raising. When I’m out running and I pass young girls, I shout to them “Girls who run have more fun!” because I want them to see life’s possibilities.