My fingers dug into the dirt as I tried to breathe. My endurance had slowly improved over the past few days, but there didn’t seem to be enough hours in the day. My hands shifted as I balled them into fists against the ground. I had lost count and sweat dripped to the dirt underneath me. I flattened my hands again, palms down. Some pebbles and harder chunks of dirt dug into my palms as I lowered myself down and pressed back up again. I started over counting. I didn’t stop. The mindless motions h