Lake Girl
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My sister has run a marathon (just to see if she could) and did a 1/2 with her daughter a couple of years ago - just one year after she was hit by a car while riding her motorcycle! She's in her mid-50s. Sports are what gave her the focus she needed while in high school - would likely have gotten in too much trouble otherwise and never would have graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Ed. Lacrosse and basketball were her sports...
I have a son who is much the same - If he does not lift weights, swim, run, bike, etc, he drives those around him crazy - too much energy. Tae Kwon Do kept him manageable in his teens. He's a fire fighter now so the attention to physical fitness has served him well.
Four generations of my family spent summers at Lake Erie and grew up swimming. We even had an Olympian of our own - George Breen 1500m freestyle. The lake may have changed but all my kids are water babies!
Don't get the running thing either...
I have a son who is much the same - If he does not lift weights, swim, run, bike, etc, he drives those around him crazy - too much energy. Tae Kwon Do kept him manageable in his teens. He's a fire fighter now so the attention to physical fitness has served him well.
Four generations of my family spent summers at Lake Erie and grew up swimming. We even had an Olympian of our own - George Breen 1500m freestyle. The lake may have changed but all my kids are water babies!
Don't get the running thing either...