From the Deep
“He had been taking part in the annual Venice Beach international boat race for the third successive year, but until today, had never led. Now, the twenty six year old German turned the boat slightly, feeling the rush of acceleration as it cut through the water. His nearest challenger was three-time world champion, British born, Ben Green, who had suffered technical trouble earlier in the race, and for the last mile or so, Zimmer had been steadily increasing his advantage at the front. There were over sixty entries for this year’s event, and popular opinion was that it was going to be a two horse race between Green and his bitter rival, Jonas Haim, who as expected, was right with Green as they tried desperately to close the gap.
Nobody however, had expected Zimmer, a fifty-to-one outside bet, to become such a fly in the ointment. As he carefully repositioned his one man sailboat, Zimmer half wished he had placed a bet on himself for the win, and then reminded himself there was stil...l a long way to go and his arms and back already burned with the efforts of his exertion.MoreLess
Nobody however, had expected Zimmer, a fifty-to-one outside bet, to become such a fly in the ointment. As he carefully repositioned his one man sailboat, Zimmer half wished he had placed a bet on himself for the win, and then reminded himself there was stil...l a long way to go and his arms and back already burned with the efforts of his exertion.MoreLess
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