“Too often I am consumed with being time-efficient in my coaching and in my own life, which can make something like stretching seem frivolous because it serves no direct, obvious purpose that can be time-quantified. In fact, stretching and time have about as much in common — to paraphrase Elvis Costello — as dancing and architecture. My runners have taught me that stretching is a state of mind. It is about personal flow and reconnection and a little bit of strapping on the mental battle armor for what’s about to come next. It is about the transition from the outside world to the pursuit of personal betterment.”
To Be a Runner by Martin Dugard, p. 28
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