Chance - USWNT

Nine

Nicole POV

We had just got done with practicing the skills part of practice and now it's time for the conditioning part.

We were sitting around the bench waiting for Dawn to come out.

Dawn finally came out and was smiling as she walked toward us.

"I have a feeling we aren't going to like this one bit" Emily said falling on to her back

"I agree with Emily" Mal said with a look of dread on her face

"It can't be that bad can it?" I asked looking around at everyone

"Just wait and see rookie" Kelley said with a smile

"It may not be as bad for her like the rest of us. I mean she did decide to race Carli in the mile and these conditioning practice are the easiest to Carli" Mal said

"Wait, you raced Carli" Ash said shocked

"Not yet, they were suppose to do at the end of last camp but it didn't end up happening" Alex said

"So I am going to beat her at the end of this camp" Carli said with a competitive look on her face

"I don't know, I think Nicole has a good shot at beating you Carli" Tobin said causing Carli to roll her eyes and me to give Tobin a high five

"What is this, I hear about a race?" Dawn said looking at us

"Nicole is going to race Carli at the end of this camp" Rose said

"In what distance?"

"The mile" I responded with a smirk

"Since I'm intrigued in who would win this, I'll make you guys a deal. Today we were suppose to 12 sprints around the field, but if one of the two come in in under 4:45, I'll cut it to 6" Dawn said causing my eyes to widen in shock and I looked over a Carli who had the same expression.

"That is faster then most females in college run it" I said looking at Dawn like she was crazy

"You guys can do it, think about the team!" Megan said walking over to us and pulling us to our feet trying to hype us up.

"Your just saying that because you don't want to run" I said

"That's true" Megan patting me on the back

"I'm actually curious who would win, but if one of you come in before that time. It would be nice" Tobin said

"Let's get this over with" I said walking over to Dawn

"Okay, I would say a mile is around 5 laps around the field"

Carli and I lined up where Dawn told us while the rest of the team is gathered in the side a little be off from the path we are going to be be running.

"On go, okay?" Dawn said getting her stop watch ready as Carli and I nodded

"3,2,1, GO!" Dawn yelled and I took off.

I'm a forward runner by habit so I sprinted until I was in front of Carli and kept running.

1 lap, still feel good

2 laps, I start to feel it in my legs

3 laps, I still feel it in my legs but push them to move faster

4 lap, I feel it in my legs and I'm starting to feel it in my chest

5 lap, I've been in front of Carli the whole time but I don't know how far back she is from.