G is for Gymnastics

I'm not really into sports but if I had to be an athlete then I'd want to be a gymnast. It just looks so beautiful and elegant!

Alas, this dream will remain just that. A dream. For you have to start at a really young age in order to be that flexible and unfortunately my days of touching my toes to my forehead are long gone. Also, since doing an eight week course of gymnastics every year at school, it became quite evident that I do not possess the elegance or the skill to be a gymnast.

I'm far too heavy and don't have the upper or lower body strength to fling myself around like they can. Plus jumping over the buck was way out of my capabilities...

A is for Archery

Archery, to me, is one of the coolest sports around

Seriously, who wouldn't want to be Katniss? Or Legolas from LOTR? Their skill with a bow and arrow are second to none and yes I know they are fictional characters but that's besides the point.

I adore archery and would love to learn how to do it someday. Not only is it a skill that is predominant in my favourite genre: Fantasy, but it is also a skill that was predominant in one of  my favourite era's of History: Medieval/Middle Ages.

Unfortunately with the development of more advanced weapons, the use of bows and arrows quickly became obsolete. Which I think is a crying shame.