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one-sixth of a mile, so we had to

complete nine laps.

Coach had us line up at the

starting line. He pulled out his

stopwatch. “The first one done

gets one free penalty without going

through spats.”

I thought that would be a good

prize. I had already been through

spats a couple of times for being

late for practice, crawling through

the guys' legs, and having them

take a whack at me. Larry, the

heavyweight, had caught me hard

enough to roll me twice.

I was determined to win, and

the minute Coach said, “Go!” I

was off to a quick lead. I held it,

and by the middle of my second

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