The counter in her head logged the laps automatically. She didn't think about how many she was on, yet she knew.

"Must get through this." The voice in her head boomed.

Without thinking, she nodded in agreement. 

After a few more laps, she noticed the two others running about the same speed. She only noticed them again because they had become one big mass in her peripheral. She craned her neck to look at them talking to each other. Something she had not done in a bit. Chatting with someone who seemed to enjoy the conversation. Her right leg swung the wrong way when she looked at them. The balance that she worked so hard to maintain was now gone.

"W-Whoa!" She screamed instinctively and tried to right herself