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Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.

When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race.I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water.Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past.
I saw so many types of people doing it.I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race, but I had little running practice.I just wanted to finish.
On the day of the race, it was terribly hot.After running for about 5 miles, I was thinking, “I must be crazy.Why did I do this? What was I thinking?” And at one moment, I said to myself, “I am never doing this again!”
That first 10 km race was quite an experience.I jogged (慢跑), I walked, I jogged and walked.At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.
Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very fast, and I felt a little embarrassed (尴尬的) that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn’t even keep up with him.But then I realized something.He was running his race and I was running mine.How often in life do we compare(比较) ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not give up on running races, and that one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running.
As I crossed the finishing line, I was proud of myself.I didn’t regret (后悔) having such an experience.