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After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.

I no longer run barefoot.

Everyone has a few little quirks in their preparation - I just tend to do the same sort of things as I did in previous competitions - but there's nothing too weird, sticking with lucky knickers or socks! For instance, I'll see my family the day before a fight but won't see them on the day.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

Once, right before a show, I realized I'd forgotten shoes. I didn't want to wear my flip-flops onstage because I could trip. I ended up going barefoot, which actually worked out because it became my 'thing.'

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

I sew my own shoes. Other male dancers don't, but I like it one way, and I've learned to do it that way.