Our school has this stupid thing called 'borgjoggen' literally translated it means 'borg'(name of my school) and 'the jog'..
from the age of 14, they make every kid run 7.5 kilometres in under 50 minutes, thats like 1 kilometre per 6.5 minutes. And I guess that would be quite easy for someone with a good physique and a decent stamina, but imagine how it is for me, I have asthma and almost non-existent muscles in my legs, And I had to work my freakin' a** off to get the time in under 50 minutes. And then I see some kids already in goal and guess what they say?!?!?!?!

- It's fine but try a little harder next year!!

When they said that I wanted to rip their stupid heads of like a praying mantis

I remember the pain of those runs!!!! It has been many years since I had to do them but I still remember them quite vividly!!!! I was doing them before I was diagnosed with acid reflux- not just regular heartburn, quite severe. I would be in agony for days afterwards!!! I still live in the same neighborhood as I did as a kid and in the last week I have seen all the middle school kids heaving themselves around the neighborhood. I feel their pain!!! Twenty years later and I still wince!!!

Don't let the other people get you down and if it makes you feel better, you should rip their heads off like a praying mantis!