I do believe I'm in the best shape of my life...

Lacrosse and Yoga: Let me take this moment to give kudos to yoga for benefiting my lacrosse experience. When I started, I ran a 8:28 mile as a freshman. I’ve reduced that to the 7:40s as a senior. Never in my life, if someone would have asked me, “Lars, think you’ll beat 7 minutes?” would I have pegged myself to do so. Last week, I broke out. 6:44 was my mile time. Why? First and foremost, I am learning how to breathe. If there are any readers out there, do yourself a favor and take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It’s quite unbelievable how wonderful one can feel from simply doing just that. Secondly, I am more flexible, I’ve left this out until now, but remember how at the beginning of this I could barely snag my shins? Well in just about a month I have surpassed my shins, moved passed the toes, and have obtained a firm grip on my entire foot—all while sitting on the floor with a straight spine and a hinge at the waist. Finally, like I am learning to do in so many aspects of my life, I am able to just ‘be’ while doing lacrosse—whether that’s running or goalkeeping. I don’t think about beating past times or how I’ll make it through the next lap, I just put one foot in front of the other.