Running a mile

7th grade P.E. class is typically the bane of most kid's existence, especially since every Friday is mile-run Fridays. Since I liked running, I was able to run a mile in 7 minutes. Usually I beat most of the class by about a minute or so. You had to run around the field, but part of the field cuts through a wooded area, and you're supposed to go all the way around the woods. About halfway through the semester, our coach began noticing a lot of people running sub-8 minute times, which is impossible unless you were a really good runner. One day I finished the race and was getting water, and I noticed that no one was finishing after our pack of leaders. Turns out the coach caught the rest of the class cutting through the woods and made them do an additional 5 miles.

MLiBTY