Quote Originally Posted by cracka View Post
I was this way in high school. Every day I wasn't at school or work I was kicking a soccerball, playing basketball, or baseball. Like, I'd literally always be doing some type of sports related activity. During the soccer season I'd be first at practice and last to leave and usually put much more effort into it than most. When I left soccer practice and didn't have to work I'd go home and shoot basketball til it got dark. Every single year I played hs soccer I had shin splints from running on our hard track since we didn't run on the soccer field until the beginning of March and our season started in January when we went back for the second half of the school year. I never really thought of shin splints as that bad until one of our other players had them and decided to sit out the season because they hurt so much and felt they weren't able to move. Sure they hurt and all but I never felt they were something that could keep me off the field.
That type of work ethic and determination to keep doing what needs to get done goes right into my career life to this day.
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Yeah I remember one year I was trying to get better at biking, was winter 2005. I had this routine: biking 150 kms 4 times a week, working out 3 times a week for 1 hour and half. I never felt like it was "working"...I just enjoyed what I was doing, even if it was cold I liked the open spaces and exploration, and liked to feel good and fatigued after working out and seeing how I progressed.

Although work is a bit different for me. The physical component is lacking and most of the time you're confined in closed spaces, so I can't be as fulfullied as when I'm playing sports.