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Old 08-11-2008, 09:26 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by dubc80 View Post
My vote goes for Skeleton.

I've never tried it, so I dont think I should be talking....... but from a spectators viewpoint, there does not seem to be any skill required. It looks like a big huge toboggan ride.

Plus at the last winter Olympics, the Canadian guy who medalled was a firefighter from Calgary. Obviously if you have a regular full-time job, the training regime must not be that time consuming or difficult.
Or perhaps athletes get such poor funding that they need full time jobs to scrape by. Firefighting would be a perfect job because you could sit around and work out at work 95% of the time, and your schedule would be in some sort of 4-on 4-off format.
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