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Kohli’s innings against Pakistan at the World T20 is a reminder of how supremely gifted athletes break through invisible mental barriers and enter the “zone”.
Editor's note: On 25 September, Eliud Kipchoge won this year’s edition of the Berlin Marathon, clocking in at 2:01:09. The Kenyan smashed his own world record by 30 seconds, hit the tape a full four minutes and forty-nine seconds before second-placed compatriot Mark Korir, and equaled the legendary Haile Gebreselassie’s record of four wins at Berlin. In that race, Kipchoge was in what we call “the zone”. We invoke the “zone” all the time—I am as guilty of this as the next hack—but it occurred to me that I have no real understanding of what that place is; no clue where it is or how an athlete gets there; no idea why, once you have found your way there, you can’t take up permanent residence in that rarefied sporting space. Those questions, and the sheer scale of what Kipchoge accomplished—among other things, he now holds four of the five fastest times in marathon history—had me rummaging through my collection of books on running, looking for insight that would make sense of it all. My excavations led me to Ed Caesar’s 2015 book …
Kohli’s innings against Pakistan at the World T20 is a reminder of how supremely gifted athletes break through invisible mental barriers and enter the “zone”.
Editor's note: On 25 September, Eliud Kipchoge won this year’s edition of the Berlin Marathon, clocking in at 2:01:09. The Kenyan smashed his own world record by 30 seconds, hit the tape a full four minutes and forty-nine seconds before second-placed compatriot Mark Korir, and equaled the legendary Haile Gebreselassie’s record of four wins at Berlin. In that race, Kipchoge was in what we call “the zone”. We invoke the “zone” all the time—I am as guilty of this as the next hack—but it occurred to me that I have no real understanding of what that place is; no clue where it is or how an athlete gets there; no idea why, once you have found your way there, you can’t take up permanent residence in that rarefied sporting space. Those questions, and the sheer scale of what Kipchoge accomplished—among other things, he now holds four of the five fastest times in marathon history—had me rummaging through my collection of books on running, looking for insight that would make sense of it all. My excavations led me to Ed Caesar’s 2015 book …
The kingdom and its sovereign fund pull back on splashy global bets to focus on domestic returns as war and realities reshape priorities
Abu Dhabi’s Aldar and Dubai Residential REIT deliver strong earnings, UAE exits OPEC amid rising Gulf tensions and other news updates.
The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.
The kingdom and its sovereign fund pull back on splashy global bets to focus on domestic returns as war and realities reshape priorities
Abu Dhabi’s Aldar and Dubai Residential REIT deliver strong earnings, UAE exits OPEC amid rising Gulf tensions and other news updates.
The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.
