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IN THE ZONE

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Diane Van Deren is a top ultra-runner. When Diane runs, she isn’t thinking. She is only running.

Is Diane a top soccer player? No, Diane isn’t a top soccer player. Diane is a top ultra-runner. Is Diane thinking? No, Diane isn’t thinking. What is she doing? She is only running.

She loses herself in the activity.

How does she feel when she runs? She loses herself in the activity.

She runs for very long distances. Sometimes she runs all day and all night, but it’s not difficult.

Does she run far? Yes, she runs for very long distances. Is her running difficult? No, it’s not difficult.

She doesn’t complain. She doesn’t think about how difficult the running is. She doesn’t think of how tired she is. She doesn’t think of anything at all.

Does she think about how difficult the running is? No, she doesn’t think about how difficult the running is. Does she think about how tired she is? No, she doesn’t think about how tired she is. What does she think about? She doesn’t think of anything at all.

Her mind becomes quiet.

What happens to her mind? Her mind becomes quiet.

She hears the sounds of her feet. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. She feels her breath going in and out. In, in, out, out. In, in, out, out.

What does she hear? She hears the sounds of her feet. One, two, three, four. What does she feel? She feels her breath going in and out. In, in, out, out.

Her breath and her feet are in rhythm.

What is in rhythm? Her breath and feet are in rhythm.

One, two, three, four. In, in, out, out. She runs and runs to this music. One, two, three, four. In, in, out, out. She feels, but she doesn’t think.

Is she thinking or feeling? She feels, but she doesn’t think.

She is calm. Her mind is at peace.

Is she nervous? No, she isn’t nervous. Her mind is at peace.

She is running at her best. She is in the zone’.

Is she running poorly? No, she isn’t running poorly. She is running at her best.

To be in the zone’ is a state that many athletes and successful people have experienced. It’s also called a state of flow.

What’s another way to say “in the zone”? A state of flow is another way to say in the zone’.

The zone or flow is a state of calm and complete focus while doing an activity.

This can happen in many different situations.

What does “in the zone” mean? The zone is a state of calm and complete focus while doing an activity. Does this happen just during sports? No, it doesn’t just happen during sports. It can happen in many different situations.

Some top-level athletes feel this when they are performing at their best. One thing people often say is that their mind becomes empty.

What happens to peoples’ minds when they are “in the zone? People often say that their mind becomes empty.

They are not judging. They are not worrying. They are not thinking about what to do next.

Are they judging? No, they are not judging. Are they thinking about what to do next? No, they are not thinking about what to do next.

They are not thinking at all. They are just doing. Sometimes people in the zone’ also talk about losing their sense of self and their sense of time.

Are they thinking or are they doing? They are just doing. What do some people lose when they are in the zone’? Some people lose their sense of self and their sense of time when they are in the zone’.

Time either slows down or there is no sense of time at all. This is how Diane runs. Without thinking or worrying, she is completely in the moment.

What happens to time when people are “in the zone”? Time either slows down or there is no sense of time at all.

When Diane was younger, she wasn’t always in the zone’, but she was always a successful athlete.

Was Diane always “in the zone”? No, she wasn’t always “in the zone”. Was she always a successful athlete? Yes, she was always a successful athlete.

As a small child she played on a boys baseball team and used the name Dan.

What sport did Diane play as a child? As a child, Diane played boys baseball. What name did she use? She used the name Dan.

In high school and college she played basketball and became a champion tennis and golf player.

What sports did she play in high school and college? In high school and college she played basketball, tennis and golf.

After college, she became a professional tennis player. She spent four years traveling the world competing in tennis tournaments.

What sport did she play after college? After college she became a professional tennis player. How long was Diane a professional tennis player? Diane was a professional tennis player for four years.

She always ran to stay in shape for tennis, but running was not her main sport.

Why did she run? She ran to stay in shape for tennis.