Have you ever wondered about your health and if it was good or not? You have reached the right place. For 1st and 2nd quarter we did the mile run. Also, we have the 28-day challenge booklet and these two artifacts show how I grew in persistence to get a very good mile time and I used PBL in the 28-day challenge project. I used PBL in this project because we learned about the ways to get the best mile run and exercise. You can eat healthy and stretch every day to become fast and have a good mile run. This also leads to cardio-vascular endurance which is how hard you work so your heart rate is big. The two artifacts I have are my first quarter mile run and my second quarter mile run and my 28-day challenge.

My first artifact is the 1st and 2nd quarter mile run. This is something I grew in by using persistent in every single part of the mile run. In the 1st mile run I did terrible and I got 10:34 this was bad for me because we checked the national data and for boys it was 8:06. This caused me to also be mad and I had to be persistent to get close to or below the national time. The 2nd quarter mile run I was very proud of because it showed that I grew a lot in persistence and cardio-vascular endurance (this is when your heart delivers energy to your body and the oxygen. Oxygen is being produced quicker and that goes into your muscles). The 2nd quarter mile run I got exactly one-minute lower, which is 9:34. In the second mile run I didn’t get to the national data but I was closer than before. This shows that I grew in persistence because I had 10:34 and by second quarter it was 9:34 which is very good because that is a minute difference.

My second artifact was the 28-day challenge booklet project. In this project, we had to do a lot of things. First, we had to write down the SMART goal we are going to achieve during this project. SMART goal stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reasonable, and Timely. That means that it must be a very good and specific goal meets the goal of SMART. Second, we had to use the activities that we picked to work toward our goal, we had to pick at least three. Third, we had to say who or what will influence you to do these exercises. Fourth, we write down the date, what activity we did and the data that you had to record. We also had to answer a question for every week that we did. The last thing we had to do was answer 4 questions if you did well or not on the project. I used persistence in this project because the three activities I picked were running 7 days of a week, high knees three days a week and jumping jacks three days a week. This helped with my 2nd quarter mile run, and I got a minute lower then what I had before. The data that I recorded was RPE and Heart Rate. RPE is rate perceived exertion and it tells you how you had work. Heart rate is where you can tell how fast your heart is beating one minute. I also used PBL in this because if I didn’t know how to do an exercise or I don’t get a question, I learned how to do it while doing the project. This artifact shows that I grew in persistence and cardio vascular endurance during this project because while jogging and exercising I got faster and stronger.

After reading this you might be go out to jog or do other kinds of exercises to get fit. DRSS has made me a better student here by teaching me to use the five qualities to succeed in life. I have grown in persistence and cardio-vascular endurance in the whole school year because I used to give up in school then I noticed that if you give up you won’t succeed so I used persistence in the whole school year. I used cardio- vascular endurance in wellness and fitness by getting better every year in running and exercising. When I grow up I want to be computer engineer and that uses persistence because I must be careful and do trial runs every day to get the best program. It can also help with cardio-vascular endurance because you must walk around the office. This world has helped me figure out what I want to be and what school is right for me.