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[Crisi]

Dear teachers,

Are the tenses in the following sentence correct?

Ashamed I crawled away, thinking that it had been the last time I would take part in such a race.

Thanks in advance for helping me.

[CP]

I would write it this way:

"Ashamed, I crawled away, thinking that it was the last time I would take part in such a race."

Since I am crawling away ashamed, it must be because I am quitting the race. It is so close in time that it really doesn't need the past perfect tense.
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[Crisi]

Thank you CP