o? lympics?
Feb. 7th, 2014 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twoelevenanybody else planning on watching any of the olympic games? i'm expecting to watch the biathlon (skiing and shooting)¹, and maybe the speed-skating relay, but that's about it. dïe überblönde doesn't seem very excited by any of it this time around.
1: while i suck at athletic events, i like watching athleticism, that indefinable quality of strength, grace, and endurance that distinguishes athletes from shlubs like me. but it turns out that many sorts of athletes are born, not made: if you (don't) got the right genes, you can('t) be a great runner, cyclist, jumper, or a few other things. that doesn't particularly interest me.
OTOH, combining multiple difficult feats -- like the great endurance required for x/c skiing combined with the precise fine muscle control for target shooting -- is something that AFAIK, one can't be entirely born with, and is closer to athleticism than either by itself.
1: while i suck at athletic events, i like watching athleticism, that indefinable quality of strength, grace, and endurance that distinguishes athletes from shlubs like me. but it turns out that many sorts of athletes are born, not made: if you (don't) got the right genes, you can('t) be a great runner, cyclist, jumper, or a few other things. that doesn't particularly interest me.
OTOH, combining multiple difficult feats -- like the great endurance required for x/c skiing combined with the precise fine muscle control for target shooting -- is something that AFAIK, one can't be entirely born with, and is closer to athleticism than either by itself.