Good God Gabby! That smile on her face at the end! That total being in the zone. Goose bumps just watching her. The sound of the crowd clapping. The unity of it all. Wow and wow and wow and wow
I remember some moments of total being in the zone when I played softball. Yeah, God in the body... thanks RC for posting ________________________________ From: Robin Carlsen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 6:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus God, these horses just kill me --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=17028 > > > > Carl Hester rode the top scoring ride today for Britain. Fabulous Dutch > > horse. Wish I had the video to post, but alas. > > > > Here ya go, Ann. NBC has videos of many events as well as live streaming. > Hester is masterful, Uthopia is a gorgeous horse from head to tail. > http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/equestrian/highlights-carl-hesters-individual-dressage-ride.html > > I'm on vacation in Michigan, just north of Oscoda on Lake Huron, haven't > posted much. I've been taking long walks on the shore, toes in sugar sand, > enjoying a nice breeze coming off the lake, just relaxing and visiting > family. In the evening I've had eyes glued to the Olympics, women's > gymnastics, swimming and beach volleyball. > > All glory to gymnast, Gabby Douglas! Fabulous! Only 4'11, just a little bit > of a thing, but, oh what a powerhouse. She won gold for Women's All Round. > Number one and best in the world. Gabby trains in West Des Moines, Iowa. My > granddaughter, a budding gymnast, love-love-loves her! > > Here's Gabby's winning Floor Exercise: > http://www.nbcolympics.com/wthr/video/gymnastics/highlight-gabby-douglas-floor-exercise-in-all-around-final.html > > > The precision and years of training required of a gymnast is every bit as > demanding as it is for dressage, both exquisitely beautiful and thrilling to > watch. Dear Raunchydog, So glad there is some FFL poster who is watching the Olympics and saw the glorious performance of the irreisistible and celestially bouncing Gabby Douglas--what a beautiful creature she is. There is no form of athletics which asks so much as does gymnastics does--not even the Decathlon. I like that someone in the world felt the sensations that I did in watching Gabby's individual performance--and would communicate this on FFL. Does this mean that your granddaughter knows and trains in the same facility as does Gabby Douglas? Well, I will remember you tonight, Raunchydog, when I watch the NBC coverage. Bob Costas, the Jesus Christ of sports announcers, I figure. But all the NBC colour commentators--for swimming, for gymnastics, for volleyball--they are all superb. We might, here on FFL, have the basis of a water polo team--you know: all that blood in the water left after the Hungary and Soviet Union match in 1956. But Share refuses to pull anyone under the water and smash at them with her fists. The rest of us know the rules of water polo and play the game as hard as it has to be played here in the FFL pool. To be an Olympian, might be the best experience anyone can have of physical achievement--and something well beyond that.. Did you see those US women eights row to victory yesterday? The Olympics in London, there has never been anything like it. And the highlight for me is the performance of the US Fab Five--and Gabby especially. Enough. Enjoy Lake Huron. Robin
