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Five minutes, five minutes, I joggled for five whole minutes!!!!! )

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Congrats!!!! dave

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Five minutes, five minutes, I joggled for five whole minutes!!!!! )

Ah, it brings back memories. I’m pretty sure this is one of the signs of old age – you start telling stories….  In high school, I had exercise induced asthma. I was THE slowest kid in the school. One day, in 10th grade, during homeroom announcements, they mentioned that it was the last day for indoor track physicals and anyone still needing one should report to the nurse’s office now. One of the kids in my home room blurted out "Hey, Carr, go for your physical." Everyone laughed – even the Homeroom teacher. I stood up and started walking out of the room. The teacher asked "Mr. Carr, where are you going?" I said I was going to the nurse’s office for the indoor track physical. The teacher said "Very funny. Sit down." I said "No" and walked out. I still don’t know why I was passed in the physical – the nurse had an excuse from my doctor exempting me from running or most strenuous exercise. She must have forgotten. I showed up at the first indoor track practice. The team was running around the halls of the school in pre-Nike shoes from Sears and such. I ran a quarter mile and collapsed to the floor in an asthma attack, I literally crawled to the locker room. The next day, I was back, the first one at practice. The rest of the team was surprised to find me there, but not the Coach. That day, I ran a half mile before having to stop, and this time I didn’t crawl to the locker room. The coach decided to put me in the 220. He knew I couldn’t be relied on to run any farther. I came in last in every event I ran in. The coach would always find some race to put me in, although the mile relay was a disaster. The other team didn’t have a mile relay team, so they needed 4 warm bodies to put up against our mile relay. I ran the 220, and found I still had another 220 to go. It wasn’t pretty. I was lapped. By the end of Track season that year, I could run up to 5 miles and never had an asthma attack. So tell us how your next workout goes, and the next. I’m sure you’ll be joggling with the rest of us for years to come. Congrats from someone who’s been there. Rob

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 You just made me cry, you sweet man.

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Rob you ARE the man – it takes real guts to go out as a kid and work hard at something that didn’t come easy. When I came last in something all I ever worked at was ensuring I never had to do it again. My hat is off to you, charlie

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Rob you ARE the man – it takes real guts to go out as a kid and work hard at something that didn’t come easy. When I came last in something all I ever worked at was ensuring I never had to do it again. My hat is off to you, charlie

Thanks, but does this mean I’ve become very good at doing things badly? <g I should enter a cycling race. I’m really  terrible at that. Swimming, amazingly, is even worse. TRIATHLON! We’re all laughing, but knowing me, I’ll do it next year. First, I’ll have to learn if it’s Triathlon or Triathalon. This is really going to screw up my friends. I’m pretty sure they have a pool going as to when I’m going to do my first ultramarathon, something I’ve sworn to never do. Doing a triathalon will easily push back the ultramarathon by a couple years. Rob

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*laughs*  Sounds like you’re about as ambitious as I am.  (Only too bad I wasn’t nearly so determined!) Sean Chester Vancouver Island, Canada – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Rob you ARE the man – it takes real guts to go out as a kid and work hard at something that didn’t come easy. When I came last in something all I ever worked at was ensuring I never had to do it again. My hat is off to you, charlie Thanks, but does this mean I’ve become very good at doing things badly? <g I should enter a cycling race. I’m really  terrible at that. Swimming, amazingly, is even worse. TRIATHLON! We’re all laughing, but knowing me, I’ll do it next year. First, I’ll have to learn if it’s Triathlon or Triathalon. This is really going to screw up my friends. I’m pretty sure they have a pool going as to when I’m going to do my first ultramarathon, something I’ve sworn to never do. Doing a triathalon will easily push back the ultramarathon by a couple years. Rob

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Five minutes, five minutes, I joggled for five whole minutes!!!!! )

Wooo! Way to go, Jules. Another milestone surpassed. John London, ON

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