I developed an interest in sports at a relatively early age.\u00a0 I suspect it may have been spawned from looking though my dad’s college year books and seeing him in the team pictures.\u00a0 My dad was my hero.\u00a0 I wanted to do things he had done.<\/p>\n
I had a cane pole, and he took me fishing. Then I got a little Zebco rod and reel.\u00a0 I took the hunter safety course when it was offered as an extra-curricular session in the fifth grade.\u00a0 Then we went hunting for rabbit.\u00a0 We ate that rabbit I shot. Not bad. We canoed for my 13th birthday. As a family, we camped.<\/p>\n
I think my first organized sports activities came in the fifth grade when I participated in summer league softball. I loved softball, but I didn’t play after we moved to Ohio, because it wasn’t offered there. Volleyball filled that void for three years. In the 8th grade, interscholastic competition opened up for girl’s basketball.\u00a0 I played that throughout high school and was the leading rebounder my junior year. I decided to leave competitive sports in the middle of my senior year, so I didn’t finish the basketball season, nor did I compete in track that year. In the spring, track season came along.\u00a0 I wasn’t much of a runner, but I did a fairly good discus toss for my time.\u00a0 For a few years, I held my high school record.\u00a0 Thankfully, someone broke that record (because it really needed to be broken).<\/p>\n
In hindsight, I wish I’d been more open to cross country (I didn’t become a runner until the summer after high school graduation, and I ran until my late-30s when my knees betrayed me.\u00a0 Then I trudged for a few years, and now I ride a recumbent stationary bike.) and golf for the fall and spring seasons.<\/p>\n
I played a little intramural softball and a little lunchtime basketball in the Air Force. I get most of my exercise from yard work now. My knees, hands, back, and other appendages are giving me increasing hassles.\u00a0 I’m trying to strike a balance between keeping the joints and muscles moving and reducing pain. If I don’t keep them moving, the pain will get worse.\u00a0 It hurts to move. Finding balance. That’s the goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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