Trying to catch my breath, I walk down the hallway to the Pancam room expecting it to be mobbed.

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Though my breaks to commune with nature could be considered virtuous, they were in fact excuses to catch my breath.

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As I was trying to catch my breath, I took off my shirt, looked in the mirror and tried to convince myself that I was still that fit guy I had always thought I was.

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"My name is Erwin Kirsch, " he said, pausing to catch his breath.

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