I became a runner about twelve years ago. An actual quote from me that year, which Dustin can verify: “I’ll never be able to run a mile.”

I can pin my dislike of running on a handful of physical education teachers in middle school and high school. As an adult, I’m appalled by this because the entire reason the state requires physical education is to ensure students are healthy and develop good habits to keep them healthy as they age. In retrospect, I wonder if I would have found my love for running much earlier under other circumstances.

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