【Forawhilemyneighbourhoodwastakenoverbyanarmyofjoggers(慢跑者).Theywerethereallthetime:earlymorningsnoonsandevenings.TherewerelittleoldladiesingraysweatsyoungcouplesinAdidasshoesmiddle-agedmenw】

　　Forawhilemyneighbourhoodwastakenoverbyanarmyofjoggers(慢跑者).Theywere there all the time:early morningsnoonsandevenings.TherewerelittleoldladiesingraysweatsyoungcouplesinAdidasshoesmiddle-agedmenwithredfaces."Comeon!"MyfriendAlexencouragedmetojoinhimashejoggedbymyhouseeveryevening."You'llfeelgreat."

　　WellIhadnothingagainstfeelinggreatandifAlexcouldjogeverydayanyonecould.SoItookupjoggingseriouslyandgaveitagoodtwomonthsofmylifeandnotadaymore.BasedonmyexperiencejoggingisthemostovervaluedformofexercisearoundandjudgingfromthenumberofthepeoplewholeftourneighbourhoodjoggingarmyI'mnotaloneinmyopinion.

　　Firstofalljoggingisveryhardonthebody.Yourlegsandfeettakearealpounding(重击)runningdownaroadfortwoorthreemiles.Idevelopedfootlegandbackproblems.ThenIreadaboutanationallyfamousjoggerwhodiedofaheartattack（心脏病）whilejoggingandIhadsomethingelsetoworryabout.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.

　　43.Fromthefirstparagraphwelearnthatinthewriter'sneighbourhood___________.

　　A.joggingbecameverypopular B.peoplejoggedonlyduringthedaytime

　　C.Alexorganizedanarmyofj