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Concerning the Reverie Experienced by Marathon Runners (and other athletes)

Posted by William Angel on February 4, 2015 at 2:31am

Note the fellow in the background juggling five balls while running the marathon. Here is another shot of him https://flic.kr/p/avX81c"You’re involved in the action and vaguely aware of it — your focus is not on the commotion but on the opportunity ahead. I’d liken it to a sense of reverie . . . the insulated state a musician achieves in a great performance . . . not just mechanical, not only spiritual; something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one."—Arnold Palmer

daydreaming, reverie, running

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