Speed

In what can be as simple as displacement can be a serious form of thrill. How exciting can speed be on the roads? Not until an accident or a meet- up with the police. But speed on the roads has its thrills based on what the engines can do and the unique landscape it can bring. What about speed round the bend? An even greater dare promising more excitement. Not to forget, a greater danger and risk. So this speed on the road is much like a dare, like dodging a bullet or skydiving or swimming shark- infested waters.

Speed is spectacular in sport. World- class 100m sprinters take every technical aspect and detail seriously. Biomechanics, reaction time and ability and running form are some of the aspects that decide if it is possible to go under 10 seconds or not. Once again the 100m has always been the most popular event in contention every Olympics. Football, too, is speed. The English Premier League is the most fast- paced game around that it so much can be a form of short, sudden and impromptu sprinting competitions. The most lethal forwards are the speedy ones, leaving the defenders in despair and gasping for air. Because these forwards are taught repeatedly to put the ball in the goal in the least time possible. It just makes the beautiful game thrilling.

Speed has been put equal to technology. Get something done in a faster time than before and it could become a new discovery, a new gadget. Who in the 1900s would have guessed what e- mailing could do? Man has always been trying to fight against time to as far as imagining teleportation.