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To: Black_Shark

Actually tennis is a great sport, but it can be very tough on knees. And long distance running? My uncle is a world class marathoner who had both knees replaced at 50. Both are non-contact.


61 posted on 05/05/2012 1:51:09 PM PDT by boop (I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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To: boop

True that’s why I prefer clay. Preserves the knees.

It also doesn’t compare to a 250lb linebacker spearing you in the side of the knee. That absolutely shatters em.

Kudos to your Uncle. I was a sub 17min 5k’er in High School so I know how rough that is on the body. Running may the most mentally-challenging and physically painful sport ever invented.


65 posted on 05/05/2012 1:54:03 PM PDT by Black_Shark ( Who)
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To: boop
Actually tennis is a great sport, but it can be very tough on knees

Don't play on hard courts.

147 posted on 05/09/2012 7:39:33 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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