Childhood Sports

So glad you guys liked Bailey’s video premiere! His brithday is just starting as this blog post publishes! Woohoo!

Been hoarding my HLS swag bag goodies…*sigh*

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I always save the good ones too long! lol

Loved my Empower Glo Bar sample. I waited a bit to eat it, but it was still quite tasty. Thanks Ang!

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I made some date-rice-milk-oats for a pre-workout snack WITH salt (new trick I learned thanks to that talk on Sports Nutrition at HLS).

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Taught a fabulous private Zumba class tonight with a guest appearance from my head instructor, Erica. We busted out a lot of fun, new songs:

  • What Is It
  • Shake Your Pom Pom
  • Shake
  • Press It Up

So fun! I just love that Shake Your Pom Pom song (from the Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack) but I can’t remember the choreography! Hopefully Erica will help me learn it. 🙂

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Erica and I hit up Dean and Deluca for some post-workout sustenance to enjoy whilst chatting about class, choreography notes, areas for improvement, and all that fun stuff.

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The pita chips here are to-die-for, so I had to have them. I got some hummus for pita-chip-dipping along with an expensive fava bean salad ($8 for that small container! As if!) and some black bean chili. The soup was just ok, but the hummus and chips…LOVE!

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Dessert = an adora sample from the HLS swag bags.

I definitely wasted a good 20+ minutes watching old-school Michelle Kwan videos. The videos make me miss skating terribly, but I also feel extremely lucky to have been growing up along with Michelle (we are nearly the same age just 2 months apart). It was awesome to enjoy her skating while I was practicing figure skating, too. It seems no one can match her talent and artistry.

Here’s a wonderful video from when Michelle won the 2003 Worlds – such a powerful program! I can’t believe she almost quit competing a year or so before this, but I’m so glad she didn’t.

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By the way, we lucked out big time with Cafe Don Pablo coffee giveaway! At first, Don Pablo was just going to give away 1 bag of coffee, but they decided to give everyone who entered a free bag instead! How generous! 🙂

Thank you Don Pablo!

I emailed all the winners earlier today. If you didn’t receive an email, but you entered the giveaway, please shoot me an email and let me know.

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Currently enjoying some fresh-brewed hot tea.

Time for bed…g’night!

What was your childhood hobby/sport? Do you still do it?

19 thoughts on “Childhood Sports”

  1. I started skating at the age of 5 and was a competitive skater for years. Had the amazing opportunity to train with Nancy Kerrigan and Paul Wylie. I stopped for a variety of reasons, and I miss it SO MUCH. When I finish grad school in May I fully intend to get back on the ice. There is nothing that makes me happier than this sport. I miss everything about it. Even the smell of the ice 🙂

    PS = I watch skating videos all the time. Those 20+ minutes were not wasted in my opinion 😉

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    • I almost took a lesson with Paul Wylie as an adult! He coaches in town. 🙂 He is such an amazing skater…I still love his JFK program!

      Glad to find a fellow skater out there!

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  2. My primary activities were ballet and cheerleading. Other than breaking out into certain cheerleading dances when I hear the appropriate music, I only stuck with ballet. I take adult drop-in ballet classes once a week or so.

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  3. I tried dancing and gymnastics which I wasn’t very good at either. So I switched to softball and volleyball, although I gave it up once I got to high school. Looking back I wish I would have stuck with soomething. I think figure skating is such a beautiful sport. Now that’s something I’ve never done being from the hot, humid South Louisiana. Looks challenging, but so elegant! Have a lovely day!

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  4. My childhood sport was basketball. Started when I was five and played through college. Lots of memories made and I think that sports teach great values and diciplines that can be carried throughout life! 🙂

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  5. I had so many childhood sports 🙂 Gymnastics, softball, figure skating, cross country and track and field! I played on a softball team this year and I suppose you could say I’m doing cross country! 🙂

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  6. I tried tennis and basketball as a child. Not so good at either one, but husband & I still play tennis from time to time. Then in jr high & HS I started running CC & track, and stuck w/ those in college too. I’m still a runner to this day, just training for races that are longer!

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  7. My favorite childhood sports were swimming and skating 🙂 I never pursued either of them seriously though, it was just for fun. I haven’t skated for so long but every winter here in Ottawa the Rideau Canal freezes over and I’m trying to make it a habit to start going there and re-learn to skate – especially on a non-flat surface!

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  8. I was pretty overweight as a kid and was afraid to do sports 🙁 So I never got into anything…although I wish I would have! My sport back then was downing pizza and doritos
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    You are too cute in your Zumba wear! I love it!

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