Sitting in Montreal with the world conversing around and over my head while I listen to music, the time before the start of a race is interesting to watch the people since they all have a heightened energy and sound around them. Everyone’s voice is a bit sharper and senses are a bit touchy. There is nothing like the feelings of 7 people in a room working together and needing to give 150% for the time of the race and what each of our rituals are leading up to it.
I am a quiet introvert so my ritual is anything that takes me away from everyone else for awhile so that I can get my senses and head in one place to allow my mind to go into a bit of a subconscious mode since so much of what I am doing is very brain intense and if I stop and think I will screw up and slow up the rest of what I have to accomplish.
