athletics

I remember as a child going and seeing the first Star Wars movie. It was really fascinating to a kid. My brother even had the kids furniture. On Halloween, there were trick or treaters dressed up as various characters from the movie.

You know, costumes have come a long way since the 80's. They look very realistic. But they also come with a very high price. Especially if you are looking for adult-sized costumes.

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Running!
People love to run. No? Just look around. How many of your friends run?
And over the streets and parks every sigle day? Don't matter the weather or sittuation. They are child, adults or old ones, the fact is that people are more and more doing exercises and a impressive number is running.

Despite the fact people have different reasons to do it (maintain a high life quality, loosin weight, be in shape, just for fun or because they really need to run*), running is virtually a way of life. That's my oppinion. I have been seeing friends with their live changed in many ways.

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When I was at school there was an exercise called 'burpees'. This consisted of stretching out flat, then jumping up in the air. Think of it as a pushup followed by a star jump and you'll get the idea. They were torture, even when I was young and fit. After 20 or more of those, my wrists and knees would ache, and I know I wasn't the only one.

I was reminded of this because of a recent web release from law firm Simmons, Jannace & Stagg. The web release states that Nancy Burpee has lost the battle to be reinstated in the 2004 Paralympic Games team. Ms Burpee was disqualified from the paralympic swim team on a technicality. The law firm has represented Ms Burpee in an action against the US Olympic Committee, arguing that the Australian referee was biased against Ms Burpee. An independent arbitrator upheld the original decision.

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