Six weeks. That's how long the stress fracture kept me completely out of action. By the time I could walk without a limp, I had already resigned myself to sitting this race out.
Fate, as always, had other ideas. A new competitive rule this year mandated four women on the team roster. The tight timeline forced an earlier-than-ideal return to interval work. With roughly two weeks to race day, I eased back into harder efforts gingerly, each session ending with one quiet hope: that I could still walk the next morning. That became my rhythm for the final fortnight: one day on, three days off.
(Side note: 虽然其他队长们嘴上不断让我"悠着点"，但每次我跑完强度这两人还是分别充满期待且小心翼翼地问我的课表/恢复进度……笑死我了)
We were assigned the anchor leg, and our teammates ran brilliantly and handed us a generous buffer. By the time we received the sash, the title felt well within reach as long as there were no major hiccups. We started at a pace faster than planned. Somewhere around the 2–3km mark, 华夏 turned to me: "我可以再加，我想再加一加。"
At that point, we were already faster than planned. To an outsider, it might have read as inexperience and the risk of going out too hard, but what I saw in her eyes was not recklessness but a desire to push herself a little more for the team. Nevertheless, I decided to stick to the pace. There were instances where 华夏 struggled, but each time I reminded her to stay close, she responded and held on. We crossed the line together, team champions. The crowd erupted, but what stuck with me most deeply was not the applause, but the warmth of our teammates welcoming us at the finish line.
This sport has broken my heart time and again. From peaking last November, to being unable to walk pain-free in February, to learning to run all over again in mid-March… and now onto possibly my last relay for Tsinghua. Moments like these, watching my teammates give everything they have for the team, remind me why I do what I do.
南百一定会是我跑步生涯中的 core memory. 愿清华中长跑二队继续发光发亮！
——刘珈昀
回看下比赛直播依旧热泪盈眶，队友们赛前充分准备赛中拼搏团结帮助的这段经历让我记忆深刻！
赛前一直在犹豫要不要上场真的差点就没敢上，整个冬天几乎没有跑量，实验室办公室宿舍三点一线，读博的压力把我压得死死的。所以当南百临近的时候，我一直在问自己我真的要上吗？队长们反复排兵布阵、分析对手、琢磨每一棒的搭配。而我，一个冬眠型选手怕自己拖后腿。
但有一个念头让我最终站上了最后一棒的起跑线上。我们所有队友想让队长带着冠军毕业这是她最后一次南百，我们必然全力拼搏不留遗憾。陪我们练了那么久，带了我们那么久。于是跟自己说：崩也要崩在赛道上，拼尽全力，哪怕跑不到预期，也要对得起这一棒。
枪响之后，前面几组真的太给力了。
第一组波淇酱组合遇水则发直接遥遥领先；
第二组my跟tj姐妹跑出39分 拉开了明显差距；
第三组瑞神和mh发挥相当出色保住并扩大优势；
第四组汪队跟yf继续显著扩大优势；
到我们接棒的时候，心里其实稍微松了口气，队友们为我们拉开了足够的优势，稳住就是胜利！
队长就在我旁边，一边跑一边说不要急，稳住呼吸，跑得很好。全程带着我跑的渣昀妈妈绝对是这次冠军的功勋选手！真的就如解说说的最好的跑步CP，压轴且能够稳住拿下冠军的女生组合🥳当时脑子里只有一个念头 这个冠军必须拿下，不能崩！要崩也是终点崩！
冲线！3小时06分37秒，清华冠军！🏆🏆
最后冲线的时候，只听到队友们听到大家在喊加油，保住冠军的那一刻热泪盈眶！解说说我们在做实验空隙偷偷出来溜两圈笑鼠，博士生体育生实锤了hh
31所高校，百公里接力，我们站到了最上面——我们真的做到了！
南京百公里高校接力赛，像箱根驿传一样热血。
但比箱根更让我珍惜的，是身边的队友，是那个陪我跑完全程的队长！是大家为了同一个目标奋力拼搏自强不息的体育精神！我们拿下了属于清华的冠军属于二队的冠军🏆大家都好棒👍
人生能有几个这么热血沸腾的瞬间也是很值得了！
明年赛道再见！🥳
——朱华夏
10个月宝宝每天需要喝多少奶粉？
