Yes, I think marathoners have run just about as far as they're going for now.
I think the survival difference between decathlon and MP is whether or not you have a gun or a horse. It's easier to improvise a javelin and a pole for vaulting.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 11:32:40 am PDT #5509 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger - Aug 26, 2008 11:33:23 am PDT #5510 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Why walk if you can run?
Because racewalking is designed to keep you from putting all your weight on one leg. For me, running = a sharp jab under the kneecap every time my foot hits the ground.
I think there should be an Olympic event called "Fix your computer after the latest service pack hosed it."
There could if we started the Geek Olympics.
Trudy Booth - Aug 26, 2008 11:34:24 am PDT #5511 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 11:34:28 am PDT #5512 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And the shot for putting. Can't see the point of the discus as well.
amych - Aug 26, 2008 11:36:16 am PDT #5513 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, the wtf-ness of MP in no way makes me not love it. But I do find it incredibly amusing that the bunch of upper-class Euro guys who decided to revive/update the Olympics decided that "survival skills" meant pretty much "what upper-class Euro guys like us are talking about when we want to feel all manly about ourselves".
I think the survival difference between decathlon and MP is whether or not you have a gun or a horse.
What, no love for the survival value of a round-robin of single-touch epee encounters?
Jesse - Aug 26, 2008 11:39:23 am PDT #5514 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do love the Olympic sports where you trace their origin to an actual useful skill.
For me, biathalon wins on this one. Skiing and shooting!
And the shot for putting. Can't see the point of the discus as well.
It just throws better, no? Like, if you're going to see how far you can throw things, you might as well pick the furthest-throwing? That would work in battle as well, I'd imagine. A rock-throwing kind of battle?
megan walker - Aug 26, 2008 11:42:18 am PDT #5515 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
the bunch of upper-class Euro guys who decided to revive/update the Olympics decided that "survival skills" meant pretty much "what upper-class Euro guys like us are talking about when we want to feel all manly about ourselves"
Now, don't go dissing M. Coubertin!
Why walk if you can run?
I'd say it's probably the equivalent of the breaststroke in swimming. It's not fast, but you could go a lot farther before tiring.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 11:42:34 am PDT #5516 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The discus just looks harder to aim.
sarameg - Aug 26, 2008 11:45:02 am PDT #5517 of 10003
Rock-throwing is an early survival skill!
Men's and women's - same distance.
I put the modifier in the wrong place (I thought it! I swear!). Men's racewalk. Women's is only 20km, according to wikipedia.
juliana - Aug 26, 2008 11:50:43 am PDT #5518 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Men's racewalk. Women's is only 20km, according to wikipedia.
aaaaaaah.
Also, WTF? Apparently, women can't walk that long?