BURST Magazine Spring 2020

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On the Move

By Erica Mooney

How Exercise Fuels Your Fire

Imagine your iPhone alarm clock screaming in your ear at 5:00 a.m. sharp.You scramble to put on athletic clothes and sloppily tie the laces on your battered tennis shoes without a second thought. Within five minutes total, you are out the front door and surrounded by a peaceful, still silence that only the 8

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pre-sunrise world can offer to those self-disciplined enough to experience it. Senior social science education major Amber Johnson has lived this scene more times than she can count. For Johnson, a roughly four-mile run constitutes her everyday routine. Whether rain or snow, sun or clouds, Johnson

kick-starts her morning with jogging to clear her head. A former member of the Millikin University track and field team and now an assistant cross country coach at Clinton High School, Johnson is no stranger to the benefits of daily exercise. She manages to make her physical health a priority despite


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