Bradford_Crain said: Jim: You neglected to tell us what you weighed at age 12. I sometimes managed to get up to 140 pounds, like when I applied for a job as a lifeguard at a Chicago beach and they had a minimum weight of 145. I got the job even though I never made the weight. My more normal weight was 135, still is, with forays into the 120s during the racing season back when I raced slalom. when I was 12 and through high school I swam and played water polo. Didn't discover paddling until age 17. Not bragging, or at least not too much, but I hoped to make the point that 45 years of constant, intelligent training has paid off so far. And, by way of full disclosure, I had polio and my left leg has no muscles, so I probably should have always weighed a bit more. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 05 2007 - 06:25:35 PST
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