seeing 6:43 on the clock i had to slow down. my stomach was starting to act up a bit and i was terrified of getting horrible cramps. another girl was running about my pace, just ahead of me, and i told myself to just keep up with her.
miles 3 and 4 came in right under 8:00 minutes each, and i had pulled up next to the girl and we continued to run together up until the very end of the race. luckily, my stomach cramps went away somewhere between mile 3 and 4, which was a huge sigh of relief.
we picked up the pace in mile 5, coming through in 