Monday, August 18, 2008
How can we contribute?
The first few days at the Olympics were pretty trying for Canada. No medals, nothing but excuses and stories about athletes achieving "personal bests" which seemed very distant from what the rest of the world was doing. But, just a couple days later and all of a sudden Canada is doing okay, and as I write this Canada has won nine medals and are in the top 20 worldwide.
Just before that, I had the thought, as did some of my other friends...now into our 30s, there's no way we can train and be ready for a 100m dash or a 42K run (well we can do it, but, we can't exactly finish in world class times). So what can we do?
We can shoot things!
Whether a clay pigeon or a bullseye target, how difficult can it be, really? I read an article about how a Canadian woman in her 50s participated in Beijing in women's trapshooting after 30+ years of competition. And didn't Geena Davis come close to making the USA archery team a few years ago?
That's the ticket...SBP with a gun. Or bow. What do you think, should I give it a, ahem, shot?
Just before that, I had the thought, as did some of my other friends...now into our 30s, there's no way we can train and be ready for a 100m dash or a 42K run (well we can do it, but, we can't exactly finish in world class times). So what can we do?
We can shoot things!
Whether a clay pigeon or a bullseye target, how difficult can it be, really? I read an article about how a Canadian woman in her 50s participated in Beijing in women's trapshooting after 30+ years of competition. And didn't Geena Davis come close to making the USA archery team a few years ago?
That's the ticket...SBP with a gun. Or bow. What do you think, should I give it a, ahem, shot?
# posted by SBP : 10:47 PM
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Just to answer your question of How hard can it be? Coming from someone who has been in firing ranges in the military and again at brinks and in a few staff comps, it takes a great deal of training and skill. It is not something that everyone picks up easy or at all.
Plus ask an olympian "how hard can it be?" and you may get a punch in the face as it is a little insulting. Lol
Lol.
A kid just dropped out of school to become a pro guitar hero player, they said he can make up to 80,000 a year for it. Maybe that will become an Olympic event. What the hell is wrong with our world, no one should be able to become a pro video game anything.
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A kid just dropped out of school to become a pro guitar hero player, they said he can make up to 80,000 a year for it. Maybe that will become an Olympic event. What the hell is wrong with our world, no one should be able to become a pro video game anything.
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