"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in message
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Serious answer this time.
I heard this discussed one night long ago at a dinner meeting with some race car drivers at a show I was doing .
I remember them saying it was a well known phenom, usually brought on by unusually high stress or extremely high
performance levels. I have no idea where or how to research it, but I personally believe I experienced it at least
once during a high school track meet where I was competing in the hundred. It happened near the finish line as I was
in a dead heat with the guy in the left lane next to me. I was straining and reaching for the stride. Suddenly,
everything seemed to fit into place somehow. My mind was suddenly as clear as a crystal bell. Everything slowed down
and my running become effortless.
Anyway, I won the heat, but lost the final :-)
It never happened to me during my tenure in aviation, and I spent most of that in a high stress environment to say the
least.
Dudley Henriques


I think some folks call it being 'in the zone'...