I wonder what it is that keeps us enthralled by a sporting contest, and is it just a human characteristic?
For instance, I (and millions of others) can get absolutely absorbed by a tennis match, cricket, cycling, football (sometimes) etc. As an example, I am currently listening to the test match whilst writing this and feel unable to switch it off even if it is distracting me somewhat. It's probably a 'home country' thing, because most things I get absorbed in feature one or more teams/players from the UK, so if that's the case it purely a nationalistic thing. The only way to test this theory would be to force myself to watch a non-UK match of something. I seem to remember I have done this before with a Wimbledon match or 2, and as long as the skills are high, is quite addictive, so this appears to blow the nationalistic theory out the water. Whatever the reason, I think it's quite a healthy addiction and applies to everyone I know - I can't think of anyone who does not take some sort of interest in sporting occasions.
Biked to work yesterday and felt lousy all day - tired out. I had a lift home, so avoided doing 80 in a day (and probably sleeping all evening) and just to test out my staying power did the same this morning after dropping my car off at the garage to fix my brakes that have suddenly lost their power assisted feature. Hopefully it's only a split pipe or similar.
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