Supersquid wrote:
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Fly is awesome fun.I did a masters program a few years ago. We didn't do much butterfly, but when we did I swam freestyle. Finally, one day at the end of class the coach made me do 50 fly. After watching me he said he would call that butterstruggle, not butterfly, and never made me swim fly again.
Awesome fun isn't how I would describe butterfly.
I was thinking about what makes fly so much fun.
I think it is because it is quit a bit different from most of the other activities we do.
Maybe this is because there only two speeds: sprinting and drowning.
I suppose there is not a real risk of drowning.
But DROWNING feels possible- once your form breaks down, your legs drop, you are gasping for air, and bobbing up and down.
It is a bit like doing a really hard rock climb - where you are a bit uncertain of your gear - and you are struggling blindly for the end.
Or maybe a bit like sex- except the middle part is painful and frightening.
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Velocibuddha: Jan 8, 21 10:35