Anxiously sitting in the bleachers before the City Championships 1500m race in grade 5, I first learned about the performance-enhancing effects of music. One of my competitors told me that he usually sang "Old McDonald had a farm" in his head while racing to give him something else to focus on. But since this was a big race, he was going to sing along to something special: "Who let the Dogs Out." While it may have technically been an upgrade, the Baha Men's one-hit wonder was specifically …
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