Sunday, December 25, 2011

Chariots of Fire

12/22

It is nice watching the sprinters run 48’s for the 400 meter race, even more so on an Indoor Track. They move past you so fast for so long. A 48 is the fastest I can recall seeing in person, on an Indoor track. It is really the body acting in such unison that is intriguing, like watching a woman run a 53 400 meter, not the actual time because there are obviously much faster 400 meter runners. But this is so close to the best, that it captures in a large essence what the best ever have done. Autonomy of complete form with limbs, organs, skeletal muscles and so on all in synch. Not some melee of haste, but a timed approach to covering ground the quickest possible. The 400 meter is such a fun race to watch.

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