"I don't need to make sure I'm in shape for a month later," the 28-year-old eight-time world champion told AFP. "I don't have to worry about peaking because if I run fast, great. And that's all we have to worry about."The Olympic 100-metre champion returned to Paris this week two years after his 2024 Games triumph looking to steal the show on the blue track of Charlety Stadium.He will compete in Sunday's Diamond League meet which has been given the green light despite concerns about extreme heat in the French capital.During the week, Lyles had trained alongside fellow American Jordan Anthony, the world indoor 60m champion, and Trinidadian Jereem Richards, world 400m silver medallist, under the watchful eye of coach Lance Brauman before cutting the session short due to the heatwave. Back in the cool of his hotel, Lyles reflected on his excellent start to the season with victories in Rome, where he clocked 9.8 seconds in the 100m - the third-fastest time of the year - and Ostrava where he set a new all-time best in the 150m of 14.67sec. The 150m is a rarely run hybrid distance, but the showdown in the Czech Republic against young Australian sprinter Gout Gout had been highly anticipated. "I never could have done that in a normal season," said Lyles. "I would have had to prioritise meets with much stiffer competition that fit well into the preparation schedule for the World Championships or the Olympics."But this year, the sprinter —- who has already spent a decade on the professional circuit —- is focusing on events he enjoys. Cultivating creativityAfter Paris, he will not pin on a race bib again until late July for the US Championships.