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Jun 2020
3:05pm, 5 Jun 2020
5,827 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
I had a dodgy shoulder from too much adolescent cricket (enthusiastic throwing and leg spin bowling). Learned to play a crafty squash game to protect the shoulder but didn't play enough as years went on to keep the required muscles from hurting for days. Decided hockey and cricket with diminished reflexes might mean a hard ball damaging fingers... not good for a dentist!
Only fallen over running twice with enough force to impact my working.
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Jun 2020
3:19pm, 5 Jun 2020
5,828 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Dvorak's Olympic inspiration reminds me of a summers day I spent in 'Olympic' competition with two friends who were brothers. Probably aged 11 or 12, no training of course.
We must have done about 12 events in garden and street. Younger of the brothers was the biggest and most athletic of us (and ended up as an accomplished hockey player) and won all but two. I won the triple jump, the other (unathletic) brother won the standing jump.
I think the longest run might have been around our block, about 600m with a couple of hills.
I could barely move for DOMS in every muscle of my body the next day!
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Jun 2020
3:38pm, 5 Jun 2020
36,458 posts
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Nellers
I've never been good at ball sports or team games. I started canoeing when I was 12 with the scouts and within a year gave up scouts because it got in the way of canoeing, which I don't think was their plan. Raced at a reasonable but not outstanding level through until I was late 20s when child 1 arrived.
At my peak I was doing distance races at about the same level as GB international women, so if you equate that to running I was "decent club level" I suppose. As a junior I was probably top 3 in my county but remember my PE report from school saying "Neil is not a natural athlete and probably never will be", which was a little blinkered I'd suggest. I just wasn't good at the school curriculum of football, rugby and cricket.
Child one in '97 stopped all that and by the time my 40th was fast approaching I'd really done no exercise for over a decade so started trying to run a bit, and I'm still here.
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Jun 2020
3:48pm, 5 Jun 2020
13 posts
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bja61
57.5s mention of triple jump reminds me of failing to even reach the pit at a school sports day. I never did have any bouncy fast twitch muscle fibres!!!
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Jun 2020
4:25pm, 5 Jun 2020
16,630 posts
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Bazoaxe
Oh the memories of summer holidays. They start earlier here in Scotland and would start with tennis in the street as we watched Wimbledon.
Then the open was on and the golf clubs would be dusted down.
Then there would be cricket as we watched the test matches.
Our street was on a hill and when formula one was on we would race various contraptions down the street.
When play was rained off we would sit in the garage and okay board games.
We also had an occasional relay race if athletics had been on the telly.
Luckily we were too tired to stay up late enough to watch the boxing.
As boredom set in later in the holidays we would venture on an expedition to the pentland hills. No one worried about where we were and it was amazing how long we could last without food or drink. Tea was always getting served as we arrived back.
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Jun 2020
4:27pm, 5 Jun 2020
41,017 posts
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Lip Gloss
We did the Wimbledon thing as well. We used to do street olympics too. We lived in a new scheme and lots of children of all ages and even the parents used to join in....oh happy days 
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Jun 2020
4:28pm, 5 Jun 2020
41,018 posts
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Lip Gloss
The mums used to come and play double skipping ( lindys we called it ) with the girls too
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Jun 2020
4:51pm, 5 Jun 2020
35,097 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Yip, Wimbledon always made street tennis very popular. Great memories Bazo! G
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Jun 2020
7:24pm, 5 Jun 2020
16,634 posts
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Bazoaxe
I caught a trout on one of those pentlands trips. We saw it and I dipped a hook in the water near it and it only went and bit. I pull this thing out the water and have no idea what to do next. Luckily a passing walker managed to de-hook it and put it back from whence it came.
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Jun 2020
7:27pm, 5 Jun 2020
1,749 posts
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Fenland Flier
Was it as big as you're telling us from your avatar Baz?
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