“You have to be able to feel where the edge is in particular training sessions, to have a sense of pace from the catch of your breath and the weight of your legs, and you have to be able to be attentive to the background fatigue that is the constant companion of any athlete.”
“‘You have to lift your head up,’ he says, ‘so that you’re looking about 5m away. Your brain is an amazing thing and even if you’re looking ahead it will still get your feet to dodge what’s right underneath you. It can read the ground.’ I like this idea–that you’re constantly projecting 5m ahead of you, living a second or so in the future.”
Michael Crawley, To The Limit (2024)
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