Saturday, July 31, 2021

another favorite

 I just watched another exciting swimming race.  Caeleb wasn't in this one.  Bobby Fink just won the men's 1500 meter free style for the US.  What made it exciting was the ending, but isn't that always the case?  In this particular race there were four swimmers and they were up and back the length of the pool many times (I lost count).  Three of the four swimmers stayed very close through the whole race, the fourth swimmer was always about a body length behind, but about half way through the final lap, Bobby, who had been in second or third place through the whole race, put on a burst of speed and was suddenly two lengths ahead of everyone else.  When he touched the wall, nobody was even close to him.  But the interesting thing to me was (and I really love the underwater shots) he didn't look like he was trying harder, he just suddenly was swimming faster.  I don't know how he did it but it was very impressive.  As I mentioned, I love the underwater shots.  I think it's interesting how far they all swim under water before they surface and take their first breath.  That's my kind of swimming.  I know how to kick and how to use my arms but I never could learn to take breaths while I swim.  Needless to say, this limits the size pool I can swim across.  Had I just been able to master that last skill, I could probably have been a contender.  

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