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My dad is an enthusiastic(狂热的) runner who 1 (great) influenced me when I was young. So I was very sporty before the age of 14. However, when my family moved, my new school didn’t pay much attention 2 sports and had no afterschool activities like football or running. Over the next few years, I stopped exercising apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. I looked like I was 3 (health); however, I was not.
One day, I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and in under a minute was out of breath! This made me realize how unfit I was. 4 (help) myself get in shape again, I made a(n) 5 (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.
A friend of 6 (I) suggested a swimming pool close to my house 7 she goes to a few times a week. Now, I’m a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very 8 (relax). I swim for an hour three times a week. I hope 9 I will soon start to feel the benefits of regular exercise, and will become 10 (fit) than before.