“I’m really passionate about running because I like it a lot, and it’s really fun. I started running in fourth grade, when I joined Pup’s Running. It was mostly just because (of) my family — my older brother’s a runner, my younger sister’s a runner. No one really played football, so I kind of just decided because everyone else was (running). I mean, I still liked football, (but)…I was also pretty small, so I wasn’t very good.”
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