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Weekly Contest #182
Two streets forward then turn left. Avoid the camera, high on the wall of the opposite corner. Three hundred steps down the street, left turn into the alley. One minute to catch my breath and steady my nerves. Four seconds inhale, seven seconds hold it, eight seconds exhale. Repeat, concentrate on the breathing and nothing else. And again. There’s no time to waste but controlling my breathing means I control my anxiety. My heart rate’s dropping, the tingling in my extremities dying down. The next step is the most difficult and I need to be ...
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