With throat burning and lungs heaving, I suffered through that first day. In hind-sight, running with Emily, a girl bursting with natural talent, was definitely a poor choice when I was so miserably out of shape. A few days later, I found myself placing seventeenth out of the twenty girls in the cross country time trial. Instead of the success I found in lacrosse and soccer, I found myself at the back of the pack. And the most mind boggling...

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