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Seeing backwards running races would be impressive. Seeing the fastest human runners is also very impressive, but it’s also less interesting in a sense because

by nkrisc 1y ago

Seeing backwards running races would be impressive. Seeing the fastest human runners is also very impressive, but it’s also less interesting in a sense because they’re doing exactly what our bodies evolved to be able to do. It is interesting to see that ability pushed to its natural limits, but I think it’s a bit more interesting to see people excel in things we didn’t evolve to do: like swimming or running backwards.

bravesoul2 1y ago
Diagonal running!
aleph_minus_one 1y ago
> Seeing backwards running races would be impressive. For cars, such races seem to exist (have existed?) in the Netherlands: > Dutch Reverse Racing > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLgPTJWAysY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLgPTJWAysY These kinds of races seemed to be popular in the Netherlands because DAF (a Dutch manufacturer) produces the Variomatic transmission system > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variomatic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variomatic "Because the system does not have separate gears, but one (continuously shifting) gear and a separate 'reverse mode' (as opposed to reverse gear), the transmission works in reverse as well, giving it the side effect that one can drive backwards as fast as forwards. As a result, in the former Dutch annual backward driving world championship, the DAFs had to be put in a separate competition because no other car could keep up."