well. i’ve noticed that my lungs fill up so much more now! it takes a lot more to really get me out of breath. my heart, too! my resting heartbeat is slower and more efficient. i’ve also noticed a big change in my mind, it’s so much clearer after a workout. plus, my stomach! instead of craving sugary carb-y bread-y things like i used to, i just can’t get enough fruits and veggies. gimme all the salads and mangoes and strawberries. important changes all over! :)

i actually did! i won my first cross country race when i was in grade 2 and never looked back, haha. when i got into grade 4 my gym teacher started letting me come to the middle school practices (since there was no cross country “team” before middle school) so i ran cross country every fall and track through the spring. by junior high i was a running machine and was always leading the pack of boys during practices. i loved it because they had a lot of respect for me and admired that i was as fast or faster than most them, butttt that was around when the girls started hating on me, haha. they thought i was being a showoff by not hanging back and running with them (they all ran in little packs of 2 or 3 - it was required to run cross country in my jr high if you wanted to play basketball) because i’d be way off ahead on my own with the boys.