Giving up golf for cycling/running

[jowwy]

To me, Darts, poker, snooker etc are all games.

Games of skill yes, and the more practice the better.



Never said they didn't




http://www.etwa.org/tournaments.html

then as its a game of skill - it can be classed as a sport - SIMPLES

 

[flatflr]

I didn't consciously give up but after 12 years skydiving I felt I needed to do something to work on getting fitter and decided to get myself a mountain bike. I just started to spend more and more time on the bike and less time on the airfield. It works out pretty well as I have a airfield where some friends still jump around 20 miles from how so I can ride there, catch up over a cuppa and ride back. Not jumped since 2011 and don't really miss it but not sold all my kit yet, that would be a big step, but am on my 4th bike already!

 

[Smurfy]

What about crown green bowls, you have to be at least 70 before they let you start playing that

I played bowls a bit in my teens. Despite the image, it's actually quite good fun.

 

[Saluki]

I was a runner and rode a bit of National Hunt as an amateur. Hardest thing I ever did was giving up my licence. I cried for a year.
Too many injuries with the horses and then I tore my achilles out training which put paid to my running. I was training for a half Ironman when the tendon went so I just stopped running and kept on cycling.

I really miss the horses.