Chris from NJ/PA Area:
Well growing up, my younger sister and i were VERY into soccer. so much so, that we played year round, on different teams. my sister is in high school now, and isnt aloud to play sports that are high impact. over the years her knees have been torn up, and she has gone thru multiple surgeries. i also havent had the best of health from soccer, suffering from very weak ankles, and horrible knees. at age 19 i had already had 7 knee and ankle surgeries. plus at age 17 i had to get 4 false teeth, because mine were knocked out. soccer as we knew it was done for us. well, my step father, who is an amazing guy, got me a bb gun for my 12th birthday, and i got good with it. but i was playing soccer at the time, so i didnt think much of it. well about a year ago, my sister and i got shotguns for christmas. and so began a sport that was low impact on our legs, and a heck of alot of fun. skeet shooting was our new sport. just the other day, we saw you at an expo, and today we went to our home
range, as we were shooting, some guy said we were doin good. we both laughed, and said, were not trying to be the best, we just wanna sukLess.
Laura from Islip, Long Island:
All my life both of my parents were very athletic – my Mom owned an aerobic studio and my Dad was a marathon runner (among other things!) I always struggled with sports and even running – I have wide flat feet that gave me loads of trouble with shin splints, etc. I always had to do low impact sports. To make a long story short, I never gave up the hope of running – I always admired people running on the streets and after years of perseverance, I am now one of those people. After almost a year of successfully running a 5k on a regular basis I decided to step it up and registered for the Nov. 2010 NJ Tough Mudder. I was a spectator/supporter of some guys at work that did it in PA, and I felt I had to give it a try. So I started training, we recently did the 5k Spartan Race in NY and all I wanted was to do my best – just the fact of completing it was going to be great – I was the oldest & only female on the team with 4 guys – when I train I just try to sukless than the week before,
to my surprise on the day of the Spartan Race I had the best time of the team. I know they’ll never let that happen again, and that’s OK, I’m just happy to sukless!!!
Brian from NJ:
I’ve been training for the warrior dash coming up in September. I have been running in the woods in Holmdel park all Summer. When I first started training I would run about half way and I would have to rest. I kept trying and trying and it has paid off. I ran the 3 miles on Sunday in blistering heat. Although I didn’t break any records I’m happy that I can complete it and I “SUCKLESS” then I did a few months ago.
Oscar from NJ:
While starting to watch the World cup take control of almost every TV in the world this past June 11 I started to think about my “glory” days of when I used to score goals in High School. So I decided to put on my cleats one more time and started practicing on the game that I left almost 8 years ago. I started running and doing shooting drills and little by little my lungs and legs just hurt that much less….within 2 weeks my running was stronger and longer and my shooting was beginning to get faster…stronger…and more on target than it has been in a long time!! While I was no Landon Donovan or Leonel Messi and was still “SUCKING WIND A LITTLE I WAS MOST DEFINITELY SUCKING LESS”!!
Kathryn O from Utah:
When I was 13, my parents needed me to decide between piano and violin. I chose violin and have since been teaching myself piano for 16 years. This year, I started taking a weekly piano lesson. Something that needs to be known about me is that while I play five instruments, I was told that I would never be able to play even one. I have a disorder that messes with the signals between my brain and muscles so that I have terrible coordination. When my piano teacher suggested that I learn the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 for the recital in 6 months, I balked at it. But I started working on it. The last movement is supposed to run about 8 minutes, but my major accomplishment was that 5 months into practice, I had all 20 pages memorized and could play it in 10 minutes. I performed it one week ago and have now been asked to prepare my first solo recital since the age of 18.