The warm-down is scheduled by television
Finals are slower than semis and it is not nerves
The fastest loser spot ruins the heat it appears in
Heat is the opponent nobody puts on the start list
The hurdler who wins is rarely the fastest one
Chasing a cadence number is how runners get hurt
Ageing takes your top speed long before your engine
The new marathon shoes changed tactics before they changed times
Running downhill is the session your programme is missing
The lane you draw quietly rewrites your race
A long jump is decided before the athlete leaves the ground
The last lap is settled three laps earlier
Your lactate number belongs to the lab, not to you
You cannot recruit a sprint fibre in a gym
The steeplechase is a rhythm event pretending to be a distance race
Amateur runners have copied the wrong half of the elite plan
The reaction time floor is a rule pretending to be biology
