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100 Sports to Try Before You Die - Your Athletics/Sports Bucket List

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Sports to Try Before You Die - Add These to Your Bucket List

Do you have any athletic goals or sports you would like to try before you die? Then be sure to add those to your bucket list - a list of things you want to do before you "kick the bucket". In this lens you'll find over 100 ideas of sports and athletics you can add to your bucket list.

Take out a pen and pad of a paper, read through this list of sports, and write down any that catch your attention.

(Aggie Women's Tennis - 38 is courtesy of StuSeeger).

Running/Jogging

1. Run a 5k.

2. Run a 10k.

3. Run a half-marathon.

4. Complete a marathon.

5. Run the Boston Marathon.

6. Run the Honolulu Marathon.

7. Run the London marathon.

8. Join the 50 States Marathon Club and run a marathon in all 50 states.

9. Become a triathlete (participate in endurance events consisting of swimming, cycling, and running).

10. Complete the Ironman Triathlon.

11. Complete the Norseman Extreme Triathlon.

12. Walk across the Simpson desert in Australia.

13. Complete an American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

14. Hike the Appalachian Trail.

15. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail.

16. Hike the Continental Divide Trail.

17. Run a mile in 5 minutes.

(Marathon de New York : Verrazano Bridge courtesy of Martineric.)

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Think you're too old to run a marathon? Think again.

Here's a man who ran a marathon at 101!

The interview also includes a woman who ran the London Marathon at 80, but somehow after they finish interviewing the 101 year-old man, running a marathon at 80 doesn't sound like such a big deal ;-)
Buster Martin 101 year old marathon runner
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"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle."

~Ernest Hemingway

Cycling and Other Wheel Sports Bucket List

11. Learn to ride a bike efficiently and safely.

12. Bike through National Geographic's 10 Best Bike Trails in the World.

13. Ride a unicycle.

14. Go mountain biking.

15. Enter a bike race.

16. Participate in the Tour de France.

(Cycling in Stoke-on-Trent courtesy of Futurilla.)

 

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(Matt on Shrek courtesy of andy_c.)

17. Learn to rollerblade.

18. Learn to ride a skateboard.

19. Learn to do a "wheelie" on your skateboard, and other tricks.

20. Learn to skateboard on ramps.

Raquet Sports Bucket List

21. Learn to play tennis.

22. Perfect your serve.

23. Play doubles.

24. Enter a tennis tournament.

25. Compete at Wimbledon.

26. Learn to play squash.

27. Learn to play racquet ball.

28. Learn to play badminton.
Important!

"For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream."

-- Emmitt Smith

Team Sports Bucket List

Choose one of the team sports below and resolve to excel at it. Or, just get a group of friends together and play for fun.

29. Baseball.

30. Softball.

31. Basketball.

32. Football.

33. Soccer.

34. Lacrosse.

35. Field Hockey.

36. Ice Hockey.

37. Polo.

38. Volleyball.

39. Cricket.

40. Rugby.

41. Join a rowing club.

(Beach Volleyball courtesy of timypenburg.)

“A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind.
- Webb Chiles”

Boating Bucket List

42. Canoeing.

43. Kayaking.

44. Sailing.

45. Participate in a regatta (boat race).

46. Drive a speedboat.

47. Ride a jet ski.

48. Go water skiing.

49. Water-ski barefoot.

(Jet Ski courtesy of leo!.)

Kayaking! 

Important!

"I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there."

~Robert Altman

Fishing/Hunting Bucket List

50. Take up fishing.

51. Learn to bait your fishing hook.

52. Take up fly-fishing.

53. Go deep sea fishing.

54. Go ice fishing.

55. Go hunting.

(Gone Fishing courtesy of magnoid.)

“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated." Arnold Palmer"”

Golf Bucket List

56. Learn to play golf.

57. Make a hole in one.

58. Play golf in all 50 states.

59. Play golf with Jack Nicklaus.

60. Play St. Andrews.

61. Play Pebble Beach.

62. Go golfing at each of the 100 Best Major Golf Courses in the World.

(Golf Club Against Ball is courtesy of kulicki).

Combat Sports Bucket List

63. Try fencing.

64. Learn archery.

65. Try shooting.

66. Boxing.

67. Wrestling.

(On the fence by Time stands still)

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“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill”

Horseback Riding Bucket List

68. Take horseback riding lessons.

69. Go horseback riding along the beach.

70. Learn to jump on horseback.

71. Participate in a show jumping competition.

72. Go horseback riding in Central Park, New York.

(Two Equestrian Riders is courtesy of mikebaird).

Bowling Bucket List

73. Learn to bowl.

74. Bowl a strike.

75. Join a bowling league.

76. Play in a bowling tournament.

Swimming Bucket List

77. Learn to swim.

78. Swim in all of the Great Lakes.

79. Swim in the ocean.

80. Learn to high dive.

81. Participate in a swimming race.

82. Get certified as a lifeguard.

83. Swim across the English Channel.

(Ibiza Swimming)

Snow and Winter Sports Bucket List

84. Learn to ski.

85. Learn to ski jump.

86. Ski the Alps.

87. Ski the Andes.

88. Go heli-skiing.

89. Ski at St. Moritz.

90. Ski in Vail, Colorado.

91. Ski at the top ten ski resorts in the world.

92. Complete a cross-country ski race.

93. Go snowboarding.

94. Go sledding.

95. Go snowmobiling.

96. Learn how to ice skate

97. Learn to figure skate.

(Zillow Water Skiing is courtesy of evocateur).

Martial Arts Bucket List

98. Karate

99. Become a black belt in karate.

100. Kung Fu

101. Jujitsu

102. Tae Kwon Do

103. Judo

104. Aikido

(Karate training is courtesy of Genista)

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What's on your athletics/sports bucket list?

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  • Liveliferead Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    Missing some beach volleyball on the beach under the sunset! Awesome lens otherwise. :)
  • hermaniv Feb 21, 2012 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    I've done a few of these! Racquet sports might have to include racquetball and squash! Then I could chalk up some more!
  • paullenton Feb 2, 2012 @ 7:21 am | delete
    Very complete! Thanks!
  • Rudy145 Nov 19, 2011 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    Good Lens I love bucket Lists!
  • non_sequitur Sep 14, 2011 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    Great lens.
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