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IN THE ZONE

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The seizures are coming more quickly. Diane is still feeling the auras, but the seizures are coming too fast.

Is Diane still feeling the auras? Yes, she is still feeling the auras.

She is running out of time. She is losing control of her seizures.

What is happening now? She is losing control of her seizures.

They are becoming more frequent and stronger. Sometimes Diane is having them two or three times a week.

How often is Diane having seizures? She is having seizures two or three times a week.

This is a very dangerous situation. The doctors are saying they can take out a piece of her brain and maybe stop the seizures. There is a three percent chance of dying from the operation, but if she continues to have seizures there will be a ten percent chance of dying over the next ten years.

She is feeling afraid, but her decision is clear.

How is she feeling? She is feeling afraid.

The doctors are opening her head and cutting out a golf-ball-sized part of her brain.

What are the doctors cutting out? The doctors are cutting out a golf-ball- sized part of her brain.

The operation is a success. Diane’s seizures are stopping. After her surgery, she is beginning to run again.

What is she doing after her surgery? She is beginning to run again after her surgery.

At first she is just running for fun. Then, she is thinking about competing. Diane Van Deren is becoming a top ultra-runner.

What is she becoming? She is becoming a top ultra-runner.

When Diane runs, she isn’t thinking. She is only running.

She is losing herself in the activity. She is running for very long distances.

How far is she running? She is running for very long distances.

Sometimes she is running all day and all night, but it’s not difficult. She isn’t complaining. She isn’t thinking about how difficult the running is.

Is she thinking about how difficult the running is? No, she isn’t thinking about how difficult the running is.

She isn’t thinking about how tired she is. She isn’t thinking of anything at all. Her mind is becoming quiet.

What’s happening to her mind? Her mind is becoming quiet.

She is listening to the sounds of her feet. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. She is feeling her breath going in and out. What is she feeling? She is feeling her breath going in and out.

In, in, out, out. In, in, out, out. Her breath and her feet are falling into rhythm. One, two, three, four. In, in, out, out. She is running to this music. One, two, three, four. In, in, out, out. She is feeling, but she isn’t thinking.

Is she feeling? Yes, she is feeling. Is she thinking? No, she isn’t thinking.

She is feeling calm. Her mind is at peace. She is running at her best.

How is she running? She is running at her best.

She is running in the zone’.