I feel like these mini attacks are all the more important to talk about because they’re such an integral part of how people live. I get them as much as anyone else does with deadlines and challenges at work and dealing with a lot of transition and unknown. They matter also because they are so natural.

They differ in severity, but I’ve heard many runners state that the moment they stop running is when they stop getting nervous at race lines. The fact that you get nervous means that something is important to you and you’re scared of messing it up, and not getting a little nervous means you lose that thrill of the unknown.