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Me: I’ve just got back from a really good run and I feel wonderful. You really ought to try jogging, you know. We could do it together.
Joseph: you must be joking! You know I can’t run to save my life.
Me: you can’t run to save your live because you don’t run at all. when I first started jogging I was only jogging for 2 minutes and “sweating bullets.” after a while it started becoming easier, slowly but surely I started jogging from 2 minutes to 3 then 4 and 5 minutes.
Joseph: but people say that running can give you muscle problems and also become a factor leading to arthritis.
Me: why listen to them? There will always be people who preach the evils of jogging.
Joseph: but dedicated joggers usually drop dead at 50 years old.
Me: where did you get that from?
Joseph: the internet. It has to be true because the internet never lies. I read this information just last week and I said thank God I don’t jog.
Me: do you really believe everything on the internet. Remember anyone can post things on the internet. Well just last week I read The Medical Journal, where Danish researchers found out that 20,000 regular joggers are far less likely to die prematurely than most non joggers.
Joseph: you’ve got a point, but I’ll have to take time out to think about this jogging thing that your trying to get me to do with you.
Me: if you do decide to come, the normal meetings are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Joseph: okay Sam. Now supposedly I decide that I will start jogging how to I start?
Me: all you have to do

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