My senior year of high school I visualized winning the Colorado state cross-country meet thousands of times. All summer, I got up at 6 a.m. to meet my teammates for practice and it paid off – I stood on the starting line of the state meet undefeated and with the fastest time. I had never felt more confident as I rounded the final curb with 400m to go, I was with the leaders just as I dreamed, but as I dug down deep for the final kick I started to feel light headed and see sta