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#85: Gill1918 Presents Indoor World Champion Chanelle Price “Racing the Indoor 800 Meters” Powered by Coach O · The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

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  Welcome to the Gill 1918 Project, a podcast series by
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  coaches for coaches, powered by Gill Athletics.
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  Think of it as the Ted Talks of track and field coaching.
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  Short, insightful, and packed with valuable strategies to help
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  you grow as a coach. This episode is part of the
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  Youth and Beginner Series, brought to you by Coach O.
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  In this series, we focus on topics relating to coaching
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  youth athletes, coaching beginner athletes of any age,
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  and supporting brand new coaches as they find their way.
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  With that in mind, let's grow. Hello everyone, my name is
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  Chanel Price and I'm excited. To talk about.
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  Racing the indoor 800 meter in 2014, I became the first
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  American woman to win the 800 at a World Championships when I won
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  the gold medal at indoor. Worlds which were which?
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  Were held in SOPA, Poland. Funny enough, I came in second
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  place in every single 800 race I ran that 2014 indoor season.
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  Right up until that. Final at indoor worlds I
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  remember the night before the world final, I spoke to my
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  coach. Renowned Middle.
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  Distance coach JJ Clark. And he said, Chanel, I've been
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  studying all of your eight hundreds this indoor season,
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  watching the videos, trying to. Figure out.
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  Why you're getting caught at the line?
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  I think you're pressing too much.
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  The 3rd 200 just come off the. Throttle a tad bit that. 3rd 200
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  and you'll have a stronger finish coming home.
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  That last? 50 meters, they aren't going to
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  be able to catch you tomorrow. And he was.
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  Right, I listened to coach. JJ and ended up winning the 800
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  meter title. So here's what I've.
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  Learned from many many, many years of racing the indoor 800.
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  For those of you. Who don't know the indoor 800
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  is? 4 laps as opposed to two laps
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  outdoor. Therefore, you're running a lot
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  more turns indoor, and the turns are much tighter indoor than
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  outdoor. This actually favors.
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  Runners like me. Who are what we like to.
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  Call frontrunners. Frontrunners are those.
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  Who like to get out front? From the start of the race and.
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  Dictate the pace. Front and running the 800 indoor
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  is not the only way to run the indoor 800.
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  But it's not a bad idea if it's. Something you're comfortable?
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  With because it takes a lot of effort to pass people.
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  On the indoor track, I front ran the 800 at Indoor World in 2014
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  and if you watch. The video there were plenty of
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  times. When my competitors looked like
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  they wanted to go around me, but I just didn't let them.
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  That's the beauty. In front running you can
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  control. The race.
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  And there's no win to battle. Like when you.
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  Front run in outdoor races. But regardless if you decide to.
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  Front run or not the goal in that.
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  First lap. Of the indoor 800.
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  Is to get out and. Establish your position.
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  When the gun goes off, you'll want to take off pretty hard,
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  not an all out. Sprint, of course, but about 80.
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  5 to 90% effort. Now if they have you starting in
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  lanes, you'll stay in your lane the entire 1st 50 meters or the
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  entire first turn and then you'll do.
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  What they call? Break in, breaking in is when
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  you. Are allowed to leave.
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  Your lane and make your. Way to the.
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  Inside rail or in other words make your way to lane one
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  breaking in can be. Pretty dangerous with a lot of.
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  Pushing and shoving and sometimes tripping and falling.
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  So you have to stay alert. Once everyone has broken in and
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  established their position, the. Pace will settle in.
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  No matter where you end up in the pack of runners, don't
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  panic. There's still.
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  A lot of race left. Try to remain as.
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  Close as possible. As you can to the inside.
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  Rail. Don't run out in lane two.
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  You're running extra if you run in lane 2, Stay in lane one now
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  during the second lap. Try to stay.
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  Nice and relaxed. The pace should still.
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  Feel pretty comfortable. Some people around you may be
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  making all kinds of moves to get into better positioning.
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  Don't do. That that's wasted.
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  Energy. Just hold your ground.
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  Keep hugging. The Rail, AJ.
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  Wilson did an awesome job of this when she won the 2022 World
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  Indoor 800 meter title she was in. 4th or 5th place The first.
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  Lap and didn't panic during the second lap.
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  She stayed. She stayed right where she.
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  Was didn't make any unnecessary moves because she knew.
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  There was still a lot of race left.
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  During the third. Lap you.
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  Still want to remain calm and nice and.
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  Relaxed but this. Is when you'll want to.
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  Tell yourself to stay alert. You'll want to focus on
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  maintaining that same. Speed that you have.
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  Been running. But there's a.
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  Fine line between maintaining and pressing.
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  That's what Coach JJ realized I was.
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  Doing during my. 3rd lap all. Season when I kept coming in
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  second. Place I was.
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  Pressing the third lap, getting. Tight it was.
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  Taking away from my kick during the final.
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  Lap, which we'll talk about soon.
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  But in the indoor? Title.
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  That I won. I stayed relaxed the.
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  Best runners are able to run. Fast while staying, while while
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  while also. Staying relaxed, but you're
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  going to have to train your. Body.
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  To do this you have to run fast but relaxed.
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  And practice so you can start to naturally.
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  Do. So in your races.
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  But again. During that 3rd 200 of the
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  indoor 800 meter. You.
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  Want. To start telling yourself, yeah,
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  OK, be alert. I want to maintain, but I'm
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  going to stay relaxed. I'm not going to press, I'm not
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  going to start my kick early, right?
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  I'm just going to try to maintain this.
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  Speed that I've. Been going and as you're coming
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  into. The.
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  Final lap. That's when you'll want to start
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  thinking about positioning. You.
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  Have to remember though, everyone is thinking about
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  positioning at this point in the race, so if you're going to make
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  a move coming into that final lap, make it a definitive move.
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  AJ Wilson did a. Beautiful job of this when she
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  won her indoor 800 meter title. I know I keep bringing her race
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  up, but it truly was like the perfect.
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  Indoor 800 meter run. You should definitely check it
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  out. It's on.
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  YouTube anyway coming into that final.
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  Straightaway of the third lap, Ajay was still in about fourth
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  place, but she starts. To move.
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  Wide to get. Around the runners in front of
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  her and then going into. That last lap.
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  She makes the strongest move to the front.
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  No hesitation? No.
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  Fear, she searched. The front and never.
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  Looked back. So if you're going to make a
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  move. Like like like that it has.
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  To be definitive if you watch my world indoor race.
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  I was. Still in the front coming into.
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  The last lap into that 4th lap. And I knew the runners were
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  going to try to make a move to get around me coming into that
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  final lap, but I didn't let them.
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  Their move wasn't strong enough to overtake me it.
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  Has to be kind of. It has to be a.
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  Forceful move to the front if you're going to do it.
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  So if you're in the front going into the final lap, stand your
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  ground. Be alert.
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  If you're not in the front, make a strong move.
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  To get there. And then that final lap is all.
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  About. Trusting your training and
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  kicking to the finish. Again, stay nice and relaxed.
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  I'm going to keep saying that. Stay.
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  Nice and relaxed. While also winding up.
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  Your kick to the. Finish.
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  I know, I know every coach is going to have a different.
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  Philosophy. Philosophy for this, but with
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  coach JJ used to call it. Wind move and punch so that at
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  1:50 to go I'm winding up at 100 meters to go I'm moving and at
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  the 50 meters ago I'm punching. And if you can see.
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  The if you. Watch my race, you can see that
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  last fifty. I was running like a dog was
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  chasing me. That was my punch.
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  But. That was something we did in
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  practice, like every day. We ended our training with a
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  wind move punch 150 so that when it came to races I naturally
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  wind moved and punched and so again.
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  What you do? In training is going to.
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  Correlate to your. Races, it's not just going to
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  automatically happen on race day.
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  So training, training, training is fair, very important, and
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  I'll say. This in that last lap as you're.
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  Doing your kick? Keep your shoulders.
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  Relax your face loose. And when your.
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  Legs get tired, go to your. Arms, arms, arms, arms will get
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  you to that finish line. And don't forget to run all the
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  way. Through the.
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  Line. Now, as I mentioned earlier, I
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  came in second place. In.
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  Every single Andrew meter I ran leading up to that world indoor
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  final, right, I had to be very mentally strong to stand on that
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  finish line and during that final, sorry to stand on that
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  start line during that final and still.
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  Believe that I. Could win.
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  And I say. That because the mental side of
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  the. Sport is just.
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  As important as. The physical side.
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  Having a short term memory is crucial.
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  I was not standing on that line thinking about all of those
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  races that I had lost, right? It wasn't the time or the place
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  to. Think about.
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  That I was standing on that line confident, you know, I didn't
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  let those. Past races discourage.
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  Me. I knew I had put in the work.
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  I knew I was. Fit.
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  I knew I was. Ready, right?
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  I trusted my training and I also trusted my coach.
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  His advice to back off a little that 3rd 2. 100 scared me a
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  little bit, I'm not going to lie, but I.
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  Trusted his expertise. So that's the thing, you have
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  to. Believe in yourself and you.
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  Also have to. Believe in your.
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  Coach that's. Crucial to running any race, not
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  just the indoor 800. It doesn't matter how ready.
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  You are physically if you're if you've already psyched.
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  Yourself out mentally. Now I'm a big, big advocate for
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  mental. Health especially.
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  Athlete mental health, it's something I've struggled with
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  and I'm. Very, very passionate about
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  Maybe I'll do. Another video down the road
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  focusing on mental health, right.
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  But in the meantime, if you're an athlete or a parent or a.
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  That's on. Rise dot care.
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  Anyway, I've taken. Up enough of your.
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  Time. That's all folks.
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  Thank you for listening. I hope you took something out
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  of. This video of.
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  Racing the indoor 800 meter. Let me know your thoughts you.
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  Can find me on Instagram at. See Price.
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  Run or Twitter. At see.
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  Price Run 7. All right, catch y'all later.
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