Ira willed herself to go on. She had reached maybe the 10th or 12th pole by now. She had really lost count of it. She decided to just go on and forget about counting the poles. But it did cheer her up a little to see that she had crossed maybe more than half of her lap.

But though her lap was only half done, her energy was almost full done with.. She was literally struggling. But along with that, yes, she was having fun..