Were you athletic as a kid?

[Duck on Wheels]

I was a klutz, and afraid of getting a ball in my face (first because I couldn't see it, later because my glasses would break). I could ride a horse .... sorta. And a bike .... sorta. I was good at swimming, but never in the competition sense. Like Trek420, I enjoyed learning life saving and swim instruction. Never a racer, but I could do all the strokes beautifully except butterfly. Senior year in HS I finally got an A in PE --I taught the non-swimmers til they all passed their beginners' swim test so they could graduate, even had a football star in "my" class. More recently I've been hiking (tour orienteering in the Summer, berry and mushroom picking in the Fall). Biking as something more than transport is very new to me, as of last year. Now going-on-60 I don't expect ever to be fast, but I do have some endurance in me and it feels good to stay in shape.