At times, the surface of the sea would appear to freeze over entirely, slowing our progress to walking pace, as the bow of our ship pushed at the pack ice until it fissured enough to let us through.
Nor, especially, did the centre-backs, with Martín Demichelis not entirely surprisingly slow and out of position.
One of them, Melissa Hacker, has made a memorable video for the occasion, consisting entirely of slow panning shots of an 18th-century wax "Anatomical Venus" kept in a medical museum in Vienna.
Saying the National Guard should recapture the spirit of the Minutemen of the Revolutionary era, General Blum said the current mobilization system was "entirely too slow and cumbersome" to deal with the modern threats of terrorism.
It is a quality probably best embodied by someone such as Andrés Iniesta, who simply drifts about in his own portable pocket of space, always two carefully calibrated steps ahead, like a man playing football against a team composed entirely of slow-moving cinematic zombies of the 1970s.
Though 140 was the second-lowest semi-final victory target in the history of the tournament, Pakistan were choked by Sri Lankan spin duo Herath and Ajantha Mendis, who were complemented by seamers serving up a diet consisting almost entirely of slower balls.
His solution was to change the flow of the entrance entirely, creating a slow reveal.
In emerging markets of Asia and South America, Ms. Nooyi said consumer spending should grow, but not at a rate that entirely offsets the slow growth in the West.
Rather than administering aid almost entirely through the slow drip of private organizations, international agencies and foreign powers should put their money and their effort into the more ambitious project of building a functional Haitian state.
It's entirely possible the slow start is a result of his getting used to his new, retweaked swing, but it's worth noting just how lost he has looked at the plate, as he has struck out 16 times while taking just three walks.
