So, any of you into sports?

Manichean · 12-07-2010, 07:42 AM

This is one of them I'm-kinda-bored- threads. And I don't mean watching sports, I mean participating. So, what do you guys do for fun/to stay fit/just for the heck of it?

I used to be really into long distance running (the longest I did was a semi-marathon). Then I got involved in this sport:

(Not on that level, but still...) Now I barely run any more, though I'm thinking about doing a full marathon next year.

kindlekitten · 12-07-2010, 08:33 AM

skiing, horse showing, rodeoing

I used to do a lot of technical climbing, too old and busted up for that now

Sweetpea · 12-07-2010, 08:39 AM

I read books!

I don't really participate in any specific sport. I do love skiing though, but I can only do that once a year, if even then (no skiing this winter season nor last...). I also like to take bike trips (extended). Mountain walking is also a thing I love (but no mountains here), as long as I can walk upon Mother Earth (so absolutely no ropes!). And I like swimming.

But as soon as it becomes a "must", I don't like it anymore. Which is why I'm not going to any gym or anything like that. I will feel like I don't want it, but people want me to want it, which causes me not to want it.

Manichean · 12-07-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

skiing, horse showing, rodeoing

I used to do a lot of technical climbing, too old and busted up for that now

Too busted for technical climbing, but fit enough for rodeo? Must've been some climbing trips you took, or I have a totally wrong conception about how difficult rodeo is

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

But as soon as it becomes a "must", I don't like it anymore. Which is why I'm not going to any gym or anything like that. I will feel like I don't want it, but people want me to want it, which causes me not to want it.

For me, it's not about having to do something. I'd stop if it were. I do it because it's fun.

astrangerhere · 12-07-2010, 09:07 AM

Avid fan of all levels of football (soccer) from the college level to the professional level. I play around a bit with my partner, but its not something we do regularly.

Mostly we run and ride bikes. Do that daily.

obs20 · 12-07-2010, 09:14 AM

Mostly swimming lately since I've been mending a torn Achilles Tendon. I'd like to get back on my bicycle soon.

Billi · 12-07-2010, 09:20 AM

Besides going to work on my bike everyday: running and chess (if you allow this as a sport).

dsvick · 12-07-2010, 09:37 AM

I used to run a fair amount but can't anymore as my knees can't take it.
I love to rock climb but can't afford the gear now and the people I used to climb with are no longer in the area.
I like to play catch and such with the kids though

LCF · 12-07-2010, 10:51 AM

I used to shoot. Last week I tried aikido - it still hurts

kindlekitten · 12-07-2010, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

Too busted for technical climbing, but fit enough for rodeo? Must've been some climbing trips you took, or I have a totally wrong conception about how difficult rodeo is

For me, it's not about having to do something. I'd stop if it were. I do it because it's fun.

I only barrel race now, used to do the wild horse race and both bareback and saddle bronc riding, only did bulls once. that's some scary sh8t there!
I also sail and swim, not as much as I would like

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Originally Posted by LCF

I used to shoot. Last week I tried aikido - it still hurts

and of course shooting. do that probably more than anything else

Manichean · 12-07-2010, 11:55 AM

If biking for transportation counts, I do that a lot. I don't have a car, and I'm faster than buses on bike (and, by the way, much faster than cars, if you count door-to-door time, as in "No bloody parking space again!").

When I was a kid, I swam a lot and am actually trained as a lifeguard, but, while I very much enjoy swimming, somehow it never clicked as much as running and climbing.

beppe · 12-07-2010, 06:13 PM

Yesterday I played tennis again after 4 years. My long time partner is my wife and when she got pregnant we just gave that up, together with the ski, both downhill and cross country. So, we started again Monday morning, in the middle of a snow storm, at 11:00. Cold like hell, lights that took an eternity to illuminate the field. New strings, new sets of balls. Whow. I just could not connect the racket with the ball. I was right there with the legs and the body, the eyes and the time were adequate, but hitting ... a farce. After a little while we tried a match. I lost the first set 6-2. Made points on her mistakes. Lost the second 6-3, but could have gone 5-4 on her service. Some little improvement. It was a lot of fun. I sweat a lot, did not hurt a little bit, except that I went into the ground in the first minute and lost some skin in the hand, arm and knee. Saturday repeat. She hesitates, she actually does not want to leave the girl with a baby sitter. But I am insisting. If we start playing again it has to be on a regular basis, or ... or what? I do not want an other partner. If I take up an other partner it will not be just for tennis. The message might have gone through.

happy_terd · 12-07-2010, 09:01 PM

I lift weights and run.

I also like to conquer supposedly hard exercise videos.

Finished my last day Friday!!!!

desertblues · 12-08-2010, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I lift weights and run.

I also like to conquer supposedly hard exercise videos.

Finished my last day Friday!!!!

Very nice video, HT. Good for you to conquer that kind of regime.
I'm not an athletic person, more of a bookish person, but I used to run a lot; till my knees opted out. That sense of freedom is hard to replace, but now I try to bike real fast one hour a day. I will be getting back to lifting weights this spring, as I like the singlemindness of it and the sense of power.

happy_terd · 12-08-2010, 04:19 AM

Riding a bike is great exercise.

I am actually on my 4th day of being exercise free. Every once in a great while you have to give yourself a week off to rest.

I cant wait to get back into it though.

12-07-2010, 07:42 AM	#1
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	So, any of you into sports? This is one of them I'm-kinda-bored- threads. And I don't mean watching sports, I mean participating. So, what do you guys do for fun/to stay fit/just for the heck of it? I used to be really into long distance running (the longest I did was a semi-marathon). Then I got involved in this sport: (Not on that level, but still...) Now I barely run any more, though I'm thinking about doing a full marathon next year.

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	skiing, horse showing, rodeoing I used to do a lot of technical climbing, too old and busted up for that now

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Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I read books! I don't really participate in any specific sport. I do love skiing though, but I can only do that once a year, if even then (no skiing this winter season nor last...). I also like to take bike trips (extended). Mountain walking is also a thing I love (but no mountains here), as long as I can walk upon Mother Earth (so absolutely no ropes!). And I like swimming. But as soon as it becomes a "must", I don't like it anymore. Which is why I'm not going to any gym or anything like that. I will feel like I don't want it, but people want me to want it, which causes me not to want it.

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astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Avid fan of all levels of football (soccer) from the college level to the professional level. I play around a bit with my partner, but its not something we do regularly. Mostly we run and ride bikes. Do that daily.

12-07-2010, 09:14 AM	#6
obs20 Wizard Posts: 2,782 Karma: 29028512 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florida Device: Sony PRS 600, Nook ST, Toshiba Excite 10.1 AT 300	Mostly swimming lately since I've been mending a torn Achilles Tendon. I'd like to get back on my bicycle soon.

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Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Besides going to work on my bike everyday: running and chess (if you allow this as a sport).

12-07-2010, 09:37 AM	#8
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	I used to run a fair amount but can't anymore as my knees can't take it. I love to rock climb but can't afford the gear now and the people I used to climb with are no longer in the area. I like to play catch and such with the kids though

12-07-2010, 10:51 AM	#9
LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	I used to shoot. Last week I tried aikido - it still hurts

12-07-2010, 11:55 AM	#11
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	If biking for transportation counts, I do that a lot. I don't have a car, and I'm faster than buses on bike (and, by the way, much faster than cars, if you count door-to-door time, as in "No bloody parking space again!"). When I was a kid, I swam a lot and am actually trained as a lifeguard, but, while I very much enjoy swimming, somehow it never clicked as much as running and climbing.

12-07-2010, 06:13 PM	#12
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Yesterday I played tennis again after 4 years. My long time partner is my wife and when she got pregnant we just gave that up, together with the ski, both downhill and cross country. So, we started again Monday morning, in the middle of a snow storm, at 11:00. Cold like hell, lights that took an eternity to illuminate the field. New strings, new sets of balls. Whow. I just could not connect the racket with the ball. I was right there with the legs and the body, the eyes and the time were adequate, but hitting ... a farce. After a little while we tried a match. I lost the first set 6-2. Made points on her mistakes. Lost the second 6-3, but could have gone 5-4 on her service. Some little improvement. It was a lot of fun. I sweat a lot, did not hurt a little bit, except that I went into the ground in the first minute and lost some skin in the hand, arm and knee. Saturday repeat. She hesitates, she actually does not want to leave the girl with a baby sitter. But I am insisting. If we start playing again it has to be on a regular basis, or ... or what? I do not want an other partner. If I take up an other partner it will not be just for tennis. The message might have gone through.

12-07-2010, 09:01 PM	#13
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	I lift weights and run. I also like to conquer supposedly hard exercise videos. Finished my last day Friday!!!!

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12-08-2010, 04:19 AM	#15
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Riding a bike is great exercise. I am actually on my 4th day of being exercise free. Every once in a great while you have to give yourself a week off to rest. I cant wait to get back into it though.