re: have you achieved all your athletic or hobby goals?

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I found out recently there is a sprint triathlon at Oak Mt Stare Park that has my attention. Swim 750m, bike 8 miles, and run 2.5. Haven’t committed to it but I’m already at a point I can run a 5k in 35ish mins and bike frequently on the trails the race would be on. Just gotta work on the swim but have until May.

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do it. thank me later.

SCUBA - check
Surfing - Check
Fly fishing - check
Private pilot license - check
Skydiving - check
Paraglider - ... Debating whether I'm too old to try this now that I'm past 55.

I have not achieved all of my athletic goals. I still have several that I’d like to tick off and am in the process of ticking off. New goals come up every year and I’d say I have at least a decade provided I stay in shape.

That said, if I suddenly lost the health and ability to pursue athletic endeavors, I’d be able to look back and be reasonably pleased with what I did achieve.

I wish I had taken more advantage of my abilities when I was in my 20s and had the time.

hell no i wish i had but i had a accident shattered every bone in my right arm from my wrist til the elbow when i was 12

No. I haven't played in the NFL, NBA, and MLB yet.

Play in a U.S. Open qualifier

Damn Gus!! And still post on the OT

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Got my hole-in-one after 40 years. I’m good.

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did that in the first round of golf I ever played.

not sure I've even birdied any other hole in my life, so absolute pure luck.

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buck big enough to be in Pope and Young record books.

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this has been one of my goals for a looong time. I hunt a very average Louisiana lease though so not sure how I'm going to accomplish without changing something

another is the NWTF Grand Slam

I'm gonna be doing my 10th OCR next month.
I've been skydiving.
I've been cliff diving.
I've been swimming in open water with tiger sharks and bull sharks, in the wild, not on guided tours or something. I wouldn't mind getting a white shark at some point, make it the top three maneaters.
I've been less than a foot from a hole-in-one twice, still haven't had one drop, and I shoot in the low-mid 80's but haven't scored in the 70's yet.

My dad was a private pilot, and of the few fond memories I have of him, going flying was always the best. I wouldn't mind getting my pilot's license at some point.

Being in my 40's now, it takes a little longer to recover from injuries and they happen at the weirdest times. I'm a FF/EMT, train for OCRs, actively ranch and work cows, etc. Somehow I got the lamest sports injury over a month ago, partially tearing my biceps tendon in a fricking bowling tournament

Most of my risk-taking days are probably behind me. I'd like my kids to be old enough to have memories of seeing me at the fire station, or I'd have given that life up already. Time for new hobbies.