With winter here. It's skiing. I made it to about the intermediate level. I'm still happy I had the opportunity to do it at all. Many folks in my socio-economic level never did.
2007-12-11 13:11:10 · 24 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Running for the sheer joy of it, and dancing for the same reason. Although I have arthritis, fibromyalgia, and badly injured a leg two years ago and was told I'd never be able to move freely...I am exercising, walking a lot, and determined to work "through the pain". I have even begun to do some of the dances I loved in the sixties...BY MYSELF IN AN EMPTY ROOM OF COURSE lolol....and I'm not ever going to let the spirit of that carefree girl I used to be, die off. I might creak and snap and crackle, and I might sit down one heck of a lot quicker and nicer than I can get up again, but doggone it, I'm gonna be HAPPY right where I am now! And i hate it when my BODY says it's heading for 60 but my BRAIN still feels 18!!!!
2007-12-11 17:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I can't say that I miss snow skiing. I was a terrible skier. Took lessons several times. The only thing I was good at was getting up after a fall. My husband and children loved to ski so I always went along and tried to enjoy it. I could do the "snowplow" but my knees always ached.
I miss being able to participate in sports. I loved playing basketball, softball and volleyball. Think I'd still try it if I could play on a team with women my own age.
2007-12-11 21:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Miz D 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi Shirley - I used to ski pretty well until my skis had an altercation with a pine tree - they went one way and I went the other - end of skiing career! Also miss ice skating - could dance on ice too! I also miss my bicycle believe it or not, but emphysema precludes many activities these days - so I just potter out to my mail box - and call it a walk! Ha! Ha!
Very good question.
CJ
2007-12-11 23:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by CJ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I've never tried to ski, wasn't a runner, and really wasn't into sports. I do realize how out of shape I am every spring when I get out to the garden and have to turn the soil with a shovel. By the end of the season I'm back into shape... just to begin the whole thing all over again. You don't need to have money to train with a shovel.
2007-12-12 01:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I can no longer walk due to a spinal cord injury and I most miss being able to walk through the hills and hollows of my home (Tennessee), to fish and hunt, to take my grandchildren shopping and to the park. I can no longer drive so trips through the mountains are only memories now. I have a wonderful, happy life with many blessings but I've had to find new hobbies and passions to occupy my time and my mind.
2007-12-12 09:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by missingora 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tae Kwon Do-- at 33 i wanted to do something and I couldnt find an aerobics class so I joined a Tae Kwon Do class and stayed there 2 years until the school closed down for financial reasons.
2007-12-12 00:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would definitely have to say it would be running then triathlons. I used to run and work out at the gym after work every day......took off on weekends. I can still work out just not as hard as I used to because of my knee replacement.
Can only walk or walk fast, no running. I miss dancing fast
dances for hours on end. Of course I loved the slow dances too. I won several contests and trophies.
2007-12-11 22:42:08 · answer #7 · answered by Eve 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For a few years I grieved that I would no longer ride dirt bikes and climb mountains. Then I realized I have done a lot of things and enjoyed the majority of them. so I am blessed!
2007-12-12 08:17:21 · answer #8 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've always been energetic and MOOOVING, jumping up and down on and off everything. Last summer at my grandson's ballgame i squatted down to talk to someone sitting in their chair and when I started up I couldn't make it. I fell on the lady beside me.
I was astonished at my own weakness and embarrassed because I didn't know i had limitations.
Things, they are a changin'.
:)Juju
2007-12-11 23:38:44 · answer #9 · answered by Ju ju 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
AFTER LEAVING SEATTLE IN 1986, I WATCH THE SEA HAWKS, SONICS ON T.V.. THEY ALWAYS SHOW THE SPACE NEEDLE, PUGET SOUND, THE FERRY BOATS, AND MT RAINER. OTHER THEN THAT I DO NOT MISS THE COLD WINTERS AND SNOW FROM SEPT TO FEBRUARY. MOVED TO ALABAMA AND PLAY GOLF YEAR ROUND HERE. TODAY IT WAS 69 DEG AND A LOW OF 57 TONIGHT YES YES YES. SWEET HOME ALABAMA.
2007-12-11 22:25:46 · answer #10 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋