Gaby Foster of Menlo Park, California, averages a 5-mile run six days a week. But she’s not the only cherub who said they work out to stay in shape during the program.
Foster, a 3-year track and cross country runner, said she wants to train for what she hopes will be her best season in the upcoming school year. Her runs range anywhere from four to six miles.
Foster said she mainly runs along the lake, but also enjoys venturing into new areas.
“I think it’s just super fun to run through the neighborhood and admire all the houses because I think Evanston has really cool architecture,” Foster said.
Leo Beirne of New York said he bought a gym pass for $70 at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion to stay active. He said playing in pick-up basketball games with his friends was his favorite activity at the gym.
“Lifting is where we do our work, but basketball is where we make our memories,” Beirne said.
Will Hansen of Missoula, Montana, said he and his friends would go to the gym frequently during lunch or dinner before the academic workload increased.
“As the program went on, we got busier, and our consistency dropped, so we definitely started going less,” Hansen said. “But for a while there, we were going pretty much every day.”
Hansen said he encourages future cherubs to buy gym passes not just because of physical gains, but because of social benefits.
“You’re just going to make a lot of fun memories,” Hansen said. “I definitely got closer to all the boys that I would work out with because we were playing basketball and lifting together.”
