April 29, 2011

Friday April 29th was a day full of anxiousness for me!! Besides the normal race-day nerves, I was also taking the exam to become a certified personal trainer. I don't even know how many hours I'd been studying for this...lots. It's out of 800 points but you only need 550 to pass. Four students in my class had taken it before me, and two of them had failed!! There are 150 multiple choice questions and you get 150 minutes to take the test. The testing center was in Portland, and the classroom was very institutionalized - sanitary - white walls - intimidating. At the end of the computerized exam, you click one button, "End Review," which submits all your answers!! The next screen to come up tells you if you passed of failed, but not in big bold letters. You have to read the whole screen!!! Nerve-wracking!! Here are the results:

(Sorry for the poor picture quality)

Praise God I passed!! Now, I am officially, Lauren Cross, C.P.T. Soon, I will be

Lauren Koemans, C.P.T.