“What allowed me to run effortlessly with joy was actually getting rid of that backpack full of weights, which was other people’s expectations.” @crazylongjumper There might be eight lanes on a track, but sprinting is a sport of one. It’s you v you. Head to head. A stride at a time. And although there’s almost always someone within an arm’s distance of you, the battle out of the blocks is internal. Few would know this better than gold medalist Marcell Jacobs. He tells us that his speed on the track comes from an inner strength he has off of it.