'I don’t just mean I’m a better runner. It’s beyond that. I’m better at being Sha’Carri. I’m better at being myself.'
And lo and behold, two hours later, there she is. Shiny gold talons flashing as she laces up her sneakers and sets off on a swift warm-up jog. Track practice, I realize, observing from the bleachers, has something of the atmosphere of a movie set—lots of milling around, gossiping, finding ways to stay lively as you await your turn to perform. “Set ’em up!” Mitchell calls out, and four or five runners take their spots on the blocks to run, and rerun, the same 100, 200, 400 meters.
” Observing track practice in Florida, I see what Mitchell means. To a casual viewer watching 100-meter sprints on TV, the whole race goes by in a burst. But there’s a detailed choreography. The push off the blocks, head down, barreling forward; a straightening-up a few paces in, steps short and fast; the lengthening stride in the last dash to the finish line. With each call of “set ’em up!” Mitchell is helping his runners refine this form. Over and over, day after day, “set ’em up, set ’em up.
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