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The importance of pre-race rituals.
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That feeling you get right before the gun.
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The inability to simply walk up a flight of stairs.
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The love-hate relationship of running.
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Laughing when people say it's a non-contact sport.
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Feeling completely comfortable in shorts THIS short.
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Underestimating the difficulty of the steeple-chase.
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How it feels to take the lead in the last 50m:
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Becoming an instant diva over the smallest details.
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Frantically untagging any pictures taken of you during a meet.
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The never ending animosity between sprinters and long distance runners.
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Eating 3 bowls of pasta the night before a meet.
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Getting nervous if the runner next to you has bad-ass flats.
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The importance of looking both ways before crossing the track.
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Anticipating the lane assignments:
16.
The awkward tan lines after an outdoor season.
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Controlling your anger when someone in your relay gets you all disqualified.
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The fear of being pushed up into a faster heat and coming in dead last.
19.
Constantly having one bruised knee from hurdles.
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Struggling to reason with non-runners.
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Wondering if high-knees drills really did anything at all.
22.
Understanding the true value of a few inches.
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Having the coach surprise you with an event you have never run before.
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Falling in a race and trying to recover gracefully.
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Always being thankful you didn't try pole vault.