That day, I found myself running for hours in the elusive flow state, grateful to be there. It was one of the few times I have left an event feeling like I got the most out of myself on race day.
Maybe this speaks to my inability to periodize training adequately. I am so bad at peaking my training that I ran my best race without foresight.
But I sometimes wonder whether paying outsized attention to optimizing our bodies misses the mark. For example, I can't track joy on a fitness tracker, but joy plays a considerable role in my racing.
By optimization, I mean a heightened focus on maximizing physical outcomes, which broadly characterizes discussions of health in the sports and fitness industries today.
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