> Bob W,
> Cotty does synchronized swimming?
> I can't imagine him in one of those cute little caps!
> Regards,  Bob S.
> 

Really? The thought keeps me awake at night.

> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
> >> That could be it.  But why do we need some sanctioning body to
> >> recognize
> > it?
> >> There are running clubs, bicycle clubs, swimming clubs, etc. that are
> >> populated by people who will never compete, but they'll do it for the
> >> camaraderie or the exercise or whatever.  Then, some of them will
> >> train together so they can all go run some event with a gazillion other
> people.
> >> Which leads me to believe that in many people with lemmingitis, the
> >> affiliation isn't the motivator.  It's the recognition by the
> >> sanctioning
> > body.
> >> Again, why?
> >
> > I'd suggest that it provides a focus for the training - a reason to be
fit.
> > Although I don't think I'm every likely to run a marathon, I do jog
> > and cycle, and I'm in fairly good shape. Being fit for its own sake is
> > fine, but it also helps to have something else to be fit for and in my
> > case playing squash is part of that. Years ago I used to go to the gym
> > several times a week, but after the initial enthusiasm wears off it
> > becomes really, really dull as an end in itself.
> >
> > Of course, there are also people who love to be part of a crowd which
> > shares a motivation, and that I suspect is what motivates the charity
> > runners who only do minimal training. It's similar to what inspires
> > people to go to football matches, demonstrations, lynchings and
> > Nuremberg rallies. I'm personally not one for the madness of crowds,
> > but I can understand something of what people get from it when I cycle
> > to work in the mornings and find myself in a fast-moving peloton
> > weaving through the traffic. Rather like Cotty and his synchronised
> swimming.
> >
> > B
> >
> >
> >
> >
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