Last Straight Line

I asked my self many times "How could these Athletes feel during the last straight line? How could they feel once the finishing line is line of sight, and they know they have to reach that point, and it's just question of time? and when you can be in such position, maybe you can feel all this adrenaline goes up deep inside you, and make you feel so excited, so motivated. For me when you have the sport attitude, you can maybe understand all the excitment someone may feel at such situation and even if you lost some battles, maybe one day you can win the war.