Win a Nikon Super Zoom Digital Camera with Electric Ireland

nozzferrahhtoo

Parenting is the best keep fit activity I know. Nothing else keeps me going as long or as hard and I end every day exhausted. Especially those days that find me pushing her in a buggy up the local hills.

tony007

I love jogging. It keeps me fit.

bpb101

Korfball ftw

Elliee

My favourite sport is basketball, love a good team sport, otherwise Id never have the drive to motivate myself.

TeddyTedson

I love tennis and wish it was played more in this country. Levy fees are ridiculous in some of the clubs. Affordable tennis clubs are needed.

irishgeo

The medals for the London Olympic Games are currently being stored in the Tower of London alongside the crown jewels.

LoonyLovegood

Architecture, Literature, Music, Painting and Sculpting were all Olympic events

N64

I love cycling. Its a fast/cheap way of getting to work/school and its a great form of exercise

Allii

My favourite sports to watch in the Olympics would be gymnastics and boxing. I'm a bit lazy myself so the only "sport" I do is walking. I need my mp3 player with me though, some 70's and 80's tunes to motivate me.

iDann

Swimming...it's just so relaxing and just feel your worries wash off you

magicray

My favourite olympic sport is the 100m - I am always amazed that its almost over as it starts

The_B_Man

Favourite activity....Cycling!
Fun and functional. Keeps you fit, helps you lost a load of weight, and saves you on transport costs going to work/college!!

kiwipower

Oldest Olympic Sport in the world for men.
Was only recognized as a female sport in Athens in 2004.
My Sis and I use to compete as a young'un back when there was a ban on girls over 12 competing.
You should a seen the looks on the boys faces when they realized they might get handed a can of whip-arse by a girl!
Biggest highlight of my career - getting to compete in the semifinal of the NZ National champs on the under 45kg class!

litup

Running - it's free, I can do it whenever I want and it's great for clearing the head.

iasc87

In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. The distance was filled with hills and other obstacles; thus Pheidippides arrived in Athens exhausted and with bleeding feet. After telling the townspeople of the Greeks' success in the battle, Pheidippides fell to the ground dead. In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games, held a race of approximately the same length in commemoration of Pheidippides.

Alpish

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

jordata

My favourite sport is Sumo wrestling - such amazing athletes to watch

wonski

Volleyball - because there is a big chance my country will earn gold medal this year.
Also love tennis, and, well - i love most of olympic disciplines...

MickShamrock

Gandhi once covered the Olympics as a newspaper reporter.

eamon234

Can't beat the old fashioned jog. Would do more but for my dodgy knee.

GreenWolfe

The olympic torch for the 2012 games is perforated by 8,000 circles. These circles represent the stories of the 8,000 torchbearers who will carry it.

creativedrinker

I do a 20k cycle every day and go kayaking if the sea allows it, absolutely love it!!

LizT

Keep fit activity - a walk! It's nice to just clear your head and go for a really long walk.

ED E

Cycling, for the endorphin buzz. Or Airsoft for the action.

FirstinLastout

Surfing. Everyday different just as the emotions experienced can be, from going home elated to arriving back frustrated.
Every wave is different and often many different faces in the same lineup, some from the other end of the parish to others whose traveled from the other end of the world.

bluenessy

You got to love the swimming. Nothing can make you feel more at ease than floating in a pool

OakeyDokey

After the Games four arenas would be ‘deconstructed’ and relocated to other parts of the UK along with the swimming pools that are used for water polo and the 50m training pools. Charities will be given the sports equipment used in the Games for free.

Princess Peach

Favourite Olympic sport to watch- Women's Beach Volleyball

My favourite sport to do is running

gopod

Women's boxing will make its Olympic debut at the London 2012 Games.

It is the last remaining men-only Olympic sport.

History in the making!

mayotom

With 5 gold, 3 silver and one bronze medal, Martin Sheridan was the most successful Irish person in Olympic history, although he did represent the USA, because Ireland did not exist as an independent state at the time

randylonghorn

Apparently Dimitrios Loundras was the youngest ever competitor in modern Olympic history at 10 (well, just under 11), and he won a bronze medal in the parallel bars in 1896.

He later went on to become an admiral in the Greek navy!

Sindri

Rugby is returning to the Olympics in 2016. The current holders of the Olympic gold medal for rugby is America who won the last time the Sport was an Olympic event in 1924 and they are also the most successful team with 2 gold medals. France have 3 medals. A gold and 2 silvers.

One of America's best Olympic athlete was born in Mayo, Ireland. His name was Martin Sheridan. He was a member of the Irish Whales, a group of Irish-American athletes. He had 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and a bronze medal although he won 5 of those (2 golds and 3 silvers) at the Intercalated games which the International Olympic Commission no longer recognizes.

shrapnel222

Gandhi once covered the olympics as a reporter

damoz

Running - can do it anywhere, anytime and its the best work out you can get.

Agent Smith

Ireland bid to hold the Olympics before, But lost out to Berlin in 1936

Kolido

My favourite sport is tennis, I play it to keep fit and it also improves my reflexes.

Star Lord

My favourite keep fit activity is TRX. It was invented by the Navy Seals as a way to keep themselves fit while they were away on assignments, so you know it's good!
It involves using the TRX straps to do resistance exercises, using your own body weight. Because of this, it is very adaptable to people of various fitness levels, and is easy to push yourself harder simply by leaning further into the exercises.
I'm certainly not the fittest, but thanks to a couple of months of TRX classes with TRX Evolution I've been losing weight, getting stronger and getting fitter, and I've been enjoying it immensely!

studiorat

Powerboat racing was once an official Olympic sport in 1908.

Since then motorized competition has been unsuitable for the Olympic games.

As perhaps was live pigeon shooting and the horse long jump!

Eoineo

I'm not sure if toddler wrangling or laundry hoiking qualify as a sport but they certainly are an activity that keep me fit!

rgiller

Favourite sporting activity is ultimate frisbee - perfect blend of skill, fitness and tactics and an excellent team sport

p15574

The 5-times gold medal American Olympic backstroker Aaron Peirsol has an older sister named ... Erin

LuLu2012

The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912

fionny

The last Olympic gold medals made solely of gold were awarded in 1912 they are now made with 92% Silver but must be plated with at least 6grams gold.

zero19

Can't beat a good game of Ping-Pong!

Boardnashea

Running and triathlon are my favs. Just have to get better at getting out there and training. Just bought the wetsuit so no excuses now.:)

ladycam

Love walking
As a sahm, I try to get out in the evenings with a friend.
Our mouths probably get more exercise than our legs (what with all the gossiping and occasional trip into pub:eek:)
Beats pushing buggies and hanging washing on a line anyday:D

run_Forrest_run

love running, I like to pretend I'm a Kenyan

kerash

Women beach volleyball players won't have to wear bikinis at the 2012 London Olympics.




N.b. That means they have a choice of what to wear, they won't be naked

bobbaggio

Hiking in the Wicklow Mountains!! Amazing

smacman

My favourite sport is the Marathon - interesting Olympic fact: The medals are designed espicially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city’s organizing committee. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. Also, the gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5 percent silver, with the gold medal covered in six grammes of gold.