Hello, it is I, is me. Either way, it's Pablo. Listen, it's been a hell of a two weeks here at

Pablo Torre finds out. My brain is a little broken by that, as the intro to this might suggest.

And we'll get to all of the stuff that has been developing in these last several days with the

NFLPA and more in coming episodes, in coming weeks. But today,

we wanted to bring you something different and also give our overworked and underrated staff

some time off. And what we have for you today is an episode from one of our kindred spirits

over at Vox. This is an episode of a show our kindred spirits over at Vox.

This is an episode of a show called Unexplainable,

in which they use science multiple times a week,

to tell a story, to explain something.

And this episode just happens to be a sports episode.

It happens to be about an object I've long been fascinated by.

And that object happens to be a gun.

There's confident, and then there's Tinea Gaither.

When I was younger, I used to beat up on the boys in PE. and ever since then, like, I've been addicted to what I do. What she does is sprint for Team Bahamas at the highest level. I love the adrenaline rush that I get every time I line up. I love making my family and my country proud. I wouldn't choose any other career for myself right now.

Back in July, Tynea was gearing up for a huge race in Oregon.

This was the World Championships, which is the biggest championship that we have as professional sprinters for the year.

Tainia had been training for months day after day to get ready for this championship.

And she'd reached the semifinals of the 100-meter dash. These moments are everything to us. It was a beautiful day, high 70s, clear blue sky. Got out on the track, everything was perfect. I was really zoned in to this race because I knew what I was capable of. I knew that I was ready to run the race of my life. Tanya Gayther at the Bahamas.

She lined up in the second lane.

Twice, a world championship finalist, over 200. And Tanya was locked in. If you go back and watch the video, you can just see how, like, tense my face looks. I'm like, okay, yeah, like, this is going to be great. She made sure to do her pre-race ritual. My teammates like to laugh at me about that.

I slap my legs and I throw my arms up in the air and throw them back over my head and just do like a little shimmy with my shoulders. And then I get into the blocks. She set up in the blocks, one leg in front, one leg behind, with both her hands on the ground in front of her. I heard the crowd go quiet. Of course you can hear a few murmurs or whatever, but that's normal.

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