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April 11, 2016

Part of the race involved running through a pebble paved obstacle course composed of multi-tiered stone platforms. At the very bottom level, the path would sometimes lead into a shallow swamp with tall grasses and mud. In addition, small creatures would swarm and bog down whoever got entangled in the vegetation. In response to seeing others struggle with this, I tried my best to stay on the highest route possible - until I met a dead end. I was standing on a square platform a good 10 stories up from the now vast expanse of brown dirt. Ahead of me lay an impossible jump to another platform with small gardens of grass, denoting that it was definitely not meant to be traversed. I looked down and wondered if I was standing at a lethal height until someone ran past me on the right and jumped off. They stopped moving after hitting the ground.

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