Alyssa Can Run The Distance

Hi I’m 12 and I run track. I am very slow but I run a very good distance and for the past two years I have been told you’re too slow and too short to run.

Now I can run the mile in 5 min 34 sec. I either come in 1st or 2nd and then when they found out a girl was running they said no girls can run distance but I proved that. So ha I can run distance. I run the
mile 800 and 400.

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