Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?
When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.
Again, racing for me was about energy management.
In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.