Relaxation Is a Part of High Performance

Sprint coach couldn't understand how karl lewis was always last or second to last at the forty meter mark, but then went on to win at the hundred meter sprint. Eventually he realized that karl didn't do anything different at the 50 metre mark. The other runners who would try to push harder, clenching their fists, scratching their faces, slowed them down while karl breathed past them. Relaxation is a part of high performance and we are taught to push harder - it's counter intuitive. So what do you do? Here's good advice from jerry lynch: Let the meat just hang on your bones. Breathe deeply. Run happy from the inside.