Even though the winter Olympics are over I'm still thinking about them and I have realized that there is one event in which I could compete. I'm talking about the Luge. Not the Skeleton. There is no way that I would go zipping down a slippery curving ice coated slide at 60 miles an hour, or more, on my back, head first,
But I watched the Luge teams, for the two person sleds, and I'm pretty sure I could do that. On my back feet first so I could see where I'm going.
Of course there would need to be some modifications made to the event. I can't see myself running beside the sled pushing it to get it up to speed and then leaping in. I would rather get in the sled and recline carefully while it is securely held in place, then hold on tight while someone else gets the sled going. It does look like a fun ride.
If they ever build a luge slope here in Fort Wayne and offer an Octogenarian division (maybe limit us to 30mph) I'll sign up. Our colors could be gray and silver. Does anyone want to be on my team?
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