Date: 2008-10-07 08:00 pm (UTC)
*grin* Is figure skating considered "jock-ish" now? :-)

Seriously, though, I do like to be physically active. Back in May, I hiked the length of the Isle of Wight -- twenty-seven miles over hilly terrain. In preparation, I spent the two months before going on walks of increasing lengths. First three miles, then nine, then seventeen, then twenty-two. Next year, I am toying with the idea of the London Bike-a-thon, basically a fifty-two mile cycle ride. I am never going to be an athlete (or a competitive skater!) but I like to use my body. As a child, I was largely sedentary, preferring to focus on developing my mind. Eventually, I learned that this was a mistake -- it isn't an "either/or" situation!

As for balance... well, you and I may share that awkwardness! Anything that requires balance does not come easy to me! I did not learn to ride a bicycle until I was twenty-nine years old! I had a doctorate before I could ride a bike! Similarly, as a child I could not roller skate, ice skate, ski, whatever. I am working on that now, first with the bicycle -- which has become my main means of local transportation -- and next with the figure skating lessons. Eventually, I will probably learn to ski as my next step...

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