Jules recommends cross-stitch. Lots of cash but what about flying in some form?
Rowing - club at Ewden I think.
MTB and road bike seem very obvious choices. I’ve dabbled very lightly with MTB for a few years after my son got into it and really enjoy it. Road biking was something I thought would be shit, but is actually great fun. I’m about a year in.
Wait a bloody minute. Why has no-one suggested golf yet?!
I often wish I could be a bit 'jack of all trades' and have several things on the go depending on conditions instead of all or nothing in one sport, but I just don't seem able to. Sounds like you're similar.
Kayaking sounds great but is there much in the peak?
Hill running would be obvious as well but like I said I don't back my legs. Ran a bunch as a teenager but injured my ankles, knees, shins and stress fractured my tibia. In climbing I'm bombproof by comparison! Even a 30min jog makes my shins sore.
Quote from: abarro81 on April 05, 2021, 11:16:15 pmHill running would be obvious as well but like I said I don't back my legs. Ran a bunch as a teenager but injured my ankles, knees, shins and stress fractured my tibia. In climbing I'm bombproof by comparison! Even a 30min jog makes my shins sore.Obviously you need to do something that interests or inspires you in the same or similar way as climbing does and if that isn’t running then fair enough. However, I wouldn’t write it off on the basis of the above as you need to build up slowly. You’ll have the aerobic fitness to run for 30 mins easily, but not the relevant conditioning. For most (general population), the aerobic system will be the limiting factor, whereas I’m guessing it won’t be for you. My nephew had a similar issue coming to running from biking at a reasonably high level - he could run up hills without any issue, but ended up with a stress fracture because he jumped in with both feet and didn’t give his conditioning chance to catch up with aerobic system. For most I’d say this can be avoided/fixed but obviously you’ve got to want it enough to go through the period where it doesn’t feel like exercise.
Quote from: Plattsy on April 05, 2021, 08:33:07 pmRowing - club at Ewden I think.Ooh yeah!I rowed for a bit when I was at Durham Uni. Very motivating. The best team experience I've had.(strength and power combined with skill and team work)