I have agreed to a one-on-one decathlon with a younger, fitter English colleague. We were both looking for something to do and this is what we came up with. We each proposed seven events and crossed two off each others list. The final events are:
Table Tennis – best of three games to eleven
Squash – First to 3 sets
Lawn bowls – best of three games
Basketball – game of horse (matching shot for shot)
Soccer – You have 5 balls, and need to dribble the ball round a couple of obstacles and then shoot. The player who scores the most goals in the least time is the winner.
French boules
Go kart racing
Kicking rugby penalties – How many penalties can you kick moving back 5 yards at a time. You kick until you miss. The winner is the one with the most conversions
Javelin – longest throw wins out of five throws each
Fencing
Our first event is table tennis in July.
2 comments:
This post raises (at least) 2 questions:
1. Does the picture show what you think you'll look like after the decathlon?
2. What "sports" got crossed off the lists?
@Sal - no, I'll just like like a dead, out of shape, old guy. The four that got crossed off were:
From my list:
- bowling
- poker (heads-up)
From his list:
- bench-pressing
- long jumping
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