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Last evening, I decided to go for a jog. As I was ___1___
my warm-up exercises, I heard a familiar voice ___2___
my name.
"Hi, Mabel ! I didn't expect to see you ___3___
," the voice said. I turned around. ___4___
was my classmate, Judy. When she heard I was going
jogging, she asked me
___5___ she could come along. I declined at
once ___6___
Judy was an excellent runner and had ___7___
the school in many competitions. I told her she
would probably run circles around me. However, she
still insisted ___8___
joining me.
We started running round the track. ___9___
running for about four hundred metres, I was already ___10___
of breath. I had not been exercising for many weeks
and my stamina was ___11___
. Judy, in contrast, ran effortlessly ___12___
my side. She ___13___
a pitying glance at me and said :
"We could go at a slower pace if you like."
"Hah ! You think I cannot ___14___
p with you ?" I said contemptuously.
I then spent the next few minutes ___15___
to prove myself right. After two laps around the
track, I could not stand it any ___16___
. I came to ___17___
abrupt halt. Panting heavily, I asked Judy to
continue ___18___
me.
She ran six more laps. i was amazed by the sheer ___19___
of energy she had. Looking at her, I was ___20___
to go jogging more often to improve my stamina.
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