Shock Horror, sports other than cycling!

Yes it's the time of the year when the football season is about to begin! it seemed like only yesterday since it finished :shock:
This up coming season I shall be returning to the football fields of Devon to terrorise players of all ages and genders as I have just dug out my referees kit and cleaned my boots for new season
This up coming season I shall be returning to the football fields of Devon to terrorise players of all ages and genders as I have just dug out my referees kit and cleaned my boots for new season
Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
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I played tennis for the first time yesterday. Apparently (mrs tardington) says I am quite good!
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Nope, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
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(can we draw up an FCN list for pedestrians and runners?)
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
FCN = 3 - 5
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If I can do that for just a few seconds, it's like grabbing a strand of quicksilver.
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I enjoyed them all - none to a level where anyone who was any good thought I was, hey ho.
having said all this if the big man upstairs said chewy there is only one game left you can play- it would have to be cricket - nothing comes close for me.
I am a bloke on a bike..
I have the same issue with martial arts - don't understand the "sport" aspect but love the way of living aspects.
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Was thinking of posting thread, which occured to me while cycling past a golf course, explaining the similarities between golf and cycling.
Turns out I wouldn't have been bothered :roll:
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I'm not surprised. I never know how they get the horses to swim...
No?
I'll get my coat...
First post from me, just to say I hate all competitive sports with a vengeance, including cycling as a sport. It is probably because I have always been utterly useless at them :oops: However I do engage in other outdoor activities, i.e. walking. I also engage in motorcycling but I do not regard that as a sport unless its done on a track as a race, whereas mine is all about riding long distances to interesting new places on the best roads, meeting up with people, camping out, etc. I would like my cycling to develop that way but time is against me so end up just commuting and doing Sunday rides with CTC or taking the kids out on the local trails.
The only competitive sport I have ever engaged in since leaving school was badminton and I was not very good at that, to the embarrassment of my father who was always quite good until he gave it up the other year at the age of 71. This was following a partial tear to his Achilles tendon during playing, but it was no big deal, healed quickly and he was back to his other love of hill walking and bagging Munroes after a few weeks, just took the doctor's advice not to do the badminton as well at that age.
I play football and golf. One to get rid of aggression, one to calm me down.
Riding my bike seems to do both.
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I'd like to play cricket, but I wouldn't be any good probably, so I'd need to find a pub of village team who are desperate for players.
What about distingusihing between different types of cycling e.g. mtb'ing and cyclo-cross? Cyclo-cross! Now that's what I really would like to do more of this coming winter!
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
Cjcp - I would love to have a go at triathlon - and possibly even cyclocross. I am paranoid about my knees for some reason. Not sure why! Make your own poll if you want though. 8) The cycling not the knees btw.
Ok, had a quick google (which kinda answers your question
Go on! Have a crack at a sprint tri!
With young kids, it seems much easier for me to train for those without too much disruption to family life just using the commute. It's not perfect by any stretch, but better than running and swimming. I've done one on a heavy mtb and that was seriously hard work (albeit great fun), so but a cross bike would make life a lot easier. Check out the British Cycling website - the calendar/events section will tell you where/when the cross races are.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."