Forawhilemyneighborhoodwastakeneverbyanarmyofjoggers（慢跑者）．Theywerethereallthetime:earlymorningnoonandevenings．TherewerelittleoldladiesingraysweatsyoungcouplesinAdidasshoesmiddle-agedmenwithredfaces．“Comeon!”MyfriendAlexencouragedmetojoinhimashejoggedbymyhouseeveryevening．“You’llfeelgreat．”

      WellIhadnothingagainstfeelinggreatandifAlexcouldjogeverydayanyonecould．SoItookupjoggingseriouslyandgaveitagoodtwomonthsofmylifeandnotadaymore．BasedonmyexperiencejoggingisthemostovervaluedformofexercisearoundandjudgingfromthenumberofthepeoplewholeftourneighborhoodjoggingarmyI’mnotaloneinmyopinion．

      Firstofalljoggingisveryhardonthebody．Yourlegsandfeettakearealpounding（追击）runningdownaroadfortwoorthreemiles．Idevelopedfootlegandbackproblems．ThenIreadaboutanationallyfamousjoggerwhodiedofaheartattackwhilejoggingandIhadsomethingelsetoworryabout．Joggingdoesn’tkillhundredsofpeoplebutifyouhaveanyphysicalweaknessesjoggingwillsurelybringthemoutastheydidwithme．

      SecondlyIgotnoenjoymentoutofjogging．Puttingonefootinfrontoftheotherforforty-fiveminutesisn’tmyideaoffun．Joggingisalsoalonelypastime．Somejoggerssay“Ilovebeingouttherewithjustmythoughts．”Wellmythoughtsbegantoboremeandmostofthemwereonhowmuchmylegshurt．

      AndhowcouldIenjoysomethingthatbroughtmepain?Andthatwasn’tjustthefirstweek;itwaspracticallyeverydayfortwomonths．Inevergotpastthepainlevelandpainisn’tfun．Whatacruelwaytodoit!Somanyotherexercisesincludingwalkingleadtoalmostthesameresultspainlesslysowhyjog?

      Idon’tjoganymoreandIdon’tthinkIeverwill．I’mwalkingtwomilesthreetimesaweekatafastpaceandthatfeelsgood．Ibicycletoworkwhentheweatherisgood．I’mgettingexerciseandI’menjoyingitatthesametime．IcouldneversaythesameforjoggingandI’vefoundalotofbetterwaystostayinshape．

26．Fromthefirstparagraphwelearnthatinthewriter’sneighborhood______．

      A．peoplejoggedonlyduringthedaytime     B．joggingprovidedachancetogettogether

      C．joggingbecameverypopular