Choking happens when attention shifts from external execution to internal monitoring. Your stride breaks down because you start watching it.
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- Focus on a competitor's back, the next 50m, a course feature
- Avoid checking the clock mid-race
- Pre-decide responses to surges so you don't have to think
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