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FOR OARSMAN, THE SENSATION IS DIFFERENT.
WHILE RUNNING, SWIMMING OR EVEN PARTICIPATING IN TEAM SPORTS
ONE PERFORMS TO HIS OWN LIMITS,
LIMITS SET BY THE INDIVIDUAL CONDITIONING AND DETERMINATION.
WHEN EXHAUSTED,
THE INDIVIDUAL DECIDES TO ENDURE, CHANGE PACE, WALK OR COLLAPSE.
as PART OF AN EIGHT, however , one performs at the level OF THE CREW.
WHEN EVERY PART OF EACH BODY SAYS STOP,
INEXPLICABLY THE BOAT STILL CONTINUES.
INDIVIDUAL LIMITATIONS REASSERT THEMSELVES
ONLY WHEN THE RACE IS OVER,
ONLY THEN is the body RELEASED from the TYRANNY OF THE SHELL
AND ALLOWED TO VOMIT, LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS OR GRACEFULLY EXPIRE.
- STEPHEN KIESLING
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