Given that analogy, surely you could understand why someone would much rather walk than surf to their destination? Especially people who are experienced marathon runners.
If I tried standing up on the waves without a surfboard, and complain about how it's not working, would you blame the water or surfing for the issue, or the person trying to defy physics, complaining that it's not working? It doesn't matter how much I want to run or if I'm Kelvin Kiptum, I'm gonna have a bad time.
That only makes sense when surfing is the only way to get to the destination and that's not the case.
Say there are two ways to get to your destination. You still need to use the appropriate vehicle/surfboard for the route you've chosen to use. Even if there is a bridge you can run/walk across, if you try and surf across the water without a surfboard, and try to walk it, you're gonna have a bad time.
Analogy feels a bit tortured at this point.
What a coincidence that now's the point it's tortured and not any earlier!
It was incredibly tortured from the get go and is screaming that it be put out of its misery.