Exercise and I have never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad _______ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, _______. 

When I entered University of Regina, my dad _______ telling me “You have to find a way to stay _______.” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I _______ to give swimming a shot, but I _______ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was _______ to convince myself that “Yeah, that’s OK.” 

Spring semester came. A friend of mine _______ me one day asking if I wanted to go to Zumba with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically exercise dancing to Latin and pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be _______. 

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The instructor would always say: “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________ about sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just need to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, but it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past with physical fitness, and enjoy staying healthy.

I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and expanding my comfort zone was not something I like. In fact, I wouldn’t have become a runner if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive _______ for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he _______ it. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us _______ up for a five – kilometer race. I hesitated about doing it because it was too soon.

The _______ sent a signal. Thousands of runners pushed forward. The first kilometer was difficult. I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners_______me. Charles was trying to _______ me, to get me focused on something_______my discomfort.

After another minute I saw the three-kilometer _______. “Painful ” couldn’t even describe how I felt. And there was pain, so much pain. I rounded a _______, and saw both sides of the street ________ with people watching the race, all________ the runners up. I tried to keep my legs going. I knew that if I actually ________ this race I would have achieved something. So, I ________ up and went on.

Finally I passed through the finish line. A volunteer put a medal around my neck. I ________   held my medal walking to the post- race celebrations with Charles. My lungs and my ________   zone both expanded.

As a young boy, I loved being active. All I really wanted to do was to _______ my football shoes and play out with my friends. As I’ve got older, my love for physical activity hasn’t declined. This is why I was so _______ to be involved in the Creating Active Schools framework.

In the early stages of my time at Peel Park Primary, my two main _______ were to reform the PE course and to increase our participation in competitive sports. We achieved these _______in a short time.

Just as I’ll never love art, many of our _______ will never love football or tennis. That’s why

We therefore _______ our own school Bike Library. We have already received many rental_______. We also thought about how to arrange the school day, allowing all children to ________ our equipment freely and easily. Besides, we also have a “PA” lesson which has a total ________ choice for the children. They can ________ on the trees, go on the bikes and play games with their friends. This change from thinking has ________ participation in the “traditional PE” from pupils, who typically didn’t love sports. A win, win!

Now I’m looking forward to our next ________ on this journey to improving pupils’ lives. The ________ of this project as it expands, is huge.