Time for a Run

Now for those who don't know the ups and downs of middle school PE, I'll tell you the worst part - for me at least. Every Monday we have to run the mile. Four laps around the track. There are basically three kinds of middle school runners.

• One -- the people who are very athletic. They run the mile under - well let's just say they finish their second lap before you finish your first. They're the people who you all envy for their athletic talent and always make the team they try out for. They're just good runners.
• Next is the category that I fit into. We try to run our best but we still can't make a good time. We're just not cut out for running, or throwing, or catching, or - let's just say athletics aren't our strong point. We really do try but we can't run fast and far at the same time. This isn't bad has long has you have some friends that push you to do better. (Or in today's case a friend that did 5 laps instead of 4 so her time was worse than ours, even though she is very athletic.)
• Lastly are the people that treat the mile run as a social hour. They walk the laps and just talk to their friends. This causes them to get a bad time - but since we only count our time every few weeks, they only have to try then.
  

Also in our school there seemed to be some sexism in how long it takes a girl and boy to run a mile. Today the best times for each sex were posted on the whiteboards in the gym. The kids in our class booed at the time of 6:16 for a boy but said that 7:23 for a girl was good. It seems that they think that boys should be able to run the mile way faster than girls. This doesn't make any sense.

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