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Postby Bailey » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:12 pm

4. Swedish for "speed play," a type of loosely structured interval training for runners, cyclists and in-line skaters; combines high-intensity segments with regular training pace in order to build strength and speed -
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Postby gailr » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:38 pm

I think the loose structure is the most worrying.


[additional thought] does fartleknugen contrast with the dscipline of farvegnugen? [/additional thought]

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Postby sluggo » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:49 am

I think the loose structure is the most worrying.


[additional thought] does fartleknugen contrast with the discipline of fahrvergnügen? [/additional thought]
Fahrvergnügen -- fahren, to drive or to go, + Vergnügen, pleasure

-or if you believe the Urpin'Dictionary:
"Fahrvergnugen is slang for Jägermeister; a German liqueur that tastes like camel armpits."

So -- ja.
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Postby Stargzer » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:32 am

While we're all talking dirty in Swedish instead of Hawaiian, the word for The Sleigh Ride in German is Die Schlittenfahrt. The former is the title of a light orchestral piece written during a heat wave in August, 1946, the latter is "the popular name given to one of the Three German Dances composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."

See also: The Great Sleigh Drive (Die große Schlittenfahrt), " ... a daring and bold maneuver by Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, to drive Swedish forces out of the Duchy of Prussia, a territory of his which had been invaded by the Swedes during the winter of 1678.
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Postby gailr » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:42 am

" ... a daring and bold maneuver by Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, to drive Swedish forces out of the Duchy of Prussia, a territory of his which had been invaded by the Swedes during the winter of 1678.
It's not really a maneuver at the moment. It's more of a gesture."

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Postby Bailey » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:07 am

"Fahrvergnugen is slang for Jägermeister; a German liqueur that tastes like camel armpits."
I want to hear more about the flavor of camel armpits....

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