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the part of the race where lungs lie and legs negotiate.
means the last portion of an effort, race, or timeline, where the end is visible but not yet earned.
from from horse racing, where the homestretch is the straight run to the finish line, no more turns left to hide behind.
racing termoriginally described the straightaway before the finish
psychologyperceived effort spikes even as actual pace slows
misused oftenpeople call things final stretch far too early