Lordy, this Monday is dragging and it's only 9am.   So here's my topic of randomness.

Besides running, what else do you or did you do?  Not so much cross training, but like organized sports and the like.

I was a softball player (center field and batted clean up!) in high school when I was recruited for volleyball (really, only for my height).   It was sort of a foreign sport to me - I'd always been a softball player  - summer league, intramural leagues, HS team, etc.   But then I quickly fell in love with volleyball and softball became my second sport.

I played vball all four years in college and then joined a fairly competitive co-ed intramural league in grad school.  I was also on a more relaxed sand vball team at the same time, so I was basically playing volleyball at least ~4-5 times a week for over a decade.     I had to give it up when I hurt my back in 2000/2001 and I was never able to play again.     It makes me incredibly sad, especially when I see my colleagues still playing and some coach now too.

So for now I watch volleyball on TV for my fix.  I find myself yelling at the screen a lot. lol

Anyone else?

I, uh, was in a bowling league when I was 8-12 years old.

And I played soccer for a year when I was 7. I got a trophy and we didn't even win!

My husband and I would play tennis once in awhile but he had knee surgery a couple years ago and gave that up. One time he shot the ball into my leg and I said "ARGH! That's my running leg!" It left a nice welt.

I was terrible at tennis so I made up my own rules. If he hit it to me and I couldn't hit it back, it was still my point because he hit it too fast. If I returned and it went out, it was my point because at least I RETURNED the ball.

Rugby and cricket at the collegiate level.

Football (Soccer) through to about 11-12.

I also rowed at bit in college, but rather lacked the height to be really good at that.

I always sucked at everything except running.  When they were picking teams, I got picked last unless it was tag or some other such game that primarily involved running.  Then I got picked first.

Football and lacrosse in HS.  Also, lots of basketball rec leagues, but not the HS team.

Basketball leagues in college.

Rugby in law school.

Just golf these days.

 

Very similar story on my end, I was usually last pick though even in the running games back then though. Nobody wanted the overweight kid with the glasses and the inhaler.

I bet those mean kids wouldn't recognize you now!

As a child and later a teen, I hated team sports (I still do now). I felt awkward and uncoordinated. We had no track team, or anything of the kind, in high school at the time. I'd say that cycling was my thing as a teenager. I could easily cover 200 kms in one day, every weekend. I used to own the whole shebang, clothes, speed bike, etc..., which I paid for myself with hours and hours of babysitting. This was many years before dressing up for cycling became the norm in America. It was hard to find cycling shorts and shoes back then and we only had one or two stores in Montreal carrying that kind of stuff. Now I look at what people wear and use when they ride their bikes and I roll my eyes... I don't get why people have to dress up if they're only going to ride for a couple of hours and at a very slow speed. I find it silly...

I stopped cycling when I had my daughter at 21. But I stayed active through hiking and canoeing on weekends, and a daily regimen of home exercises. It worked well enough for me. Running is the best, though, and I miss it.

 I don't get why people have to dress up if they're only going to ride for a couple of hours and at a very slow speed. I find it silly...

Had the awkward experience this weekend of running "with" a cyclist. He merged onto the road I was on and we moved together (on opposite sides of the street) for like 15 minutes (about 2 miles). He was all decked out. It was all very uncomfortable. Just a long straight slight uphill. Exact same pace. Mercifully I eventually turned off to another road and ended our dance.

To the question: football, hockey, baseball in high school. Baseball in college. Club hockey in grad school. Then beer league hockey until broken ankle convinced me I was too old for that crap.