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The narrator shares two personal anecdotes about their experiences with athletics and a sports camp.
**Part 1: Overcoming Initial Struggles with Athletics**
* As a child, the narrator was not physically gifted and struggled in PE classes.
* They decided to join an athletics program near their home, which they surprisingly enjoyed.
* Through dedication, they improved their skills and even participated in a competition in another city, where they stayed in a hotel that shared a floor with a clinic for elderly patients, leading to some unsettling encounters.
**Part 2: A Disastrous Experience at a Sports Camp**
* After a year of athletics, the narrator attended a children's sports camp, which was intensely focused on training (3 times a day).
* They encountered various challenges, including a canteen infested with large flies and a disastrous attempt to heat up a bathhouse with a friend, leading to a scolding from the coach.
* The final straw was discovering boys peeking at girls in the bathhouse area, prompting the narrator to leave the camp after just 3 days. This negative experience led them to quit both the camp and their athletics program.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, keeping each fact as a short sentence and omitting opinions:
1. The narrator was not particularly gifted physically in childhood.
2. They disliked physical education in lower grades due to performing poorly compared to classmates.
3. The narrator joined an athletics group near their house, attending three times a week.
4. After a month of athletics training, the narrator's performance improved, moving from last to penultimate in running.
5. They participated in their first competition, which was held in another city, an unusual location for such events.
6. The competition venue was also where people over 60 years old, possibly with health issues, resided on the same floor.
7. These individuals wore uniform-like clothing, resembling pajamas, and most appeared calm.
8. Two residents, one around 65-70 years old and another about 10 years younger, left a strong impression on the narrator.
9. The narrator participated in athletics for over a year before attending a children's sports camp.
10. The sports camp was radically different from a regular children's camp, with intense training (three times a day, excluding Sundays).
11. The narrator was 16 years old at the time of attending the sports camp.
12. Responsibilities at the camp included tasks like heating the bathhouse, which was typically done by groups of children in rotation.
13. The narrator, along with a friend, failed to successfully heat the bathhouse due to lack of experience.
14. The incident resulted in the narrator and their friend being reprimanded by the coach.
15. After a series of unpleasant experiences, the narrator left the sports camp after just 3 days.
16. Following the negative experience at the camp, the narrator stopped attending athletics training.