Toppled

A year or so ago, I found out to my great surprise I actually held a record at my local gym.  I had the high score on the rowing machine for the “Fish” game, having exceeded 2,000 points on it.

As one can imagine, I am a rather unlikely record holder in the gym, but this is not a game of purely speed or stamina but of co-ordination and timing also, so my mis-spent youth playing space invaders is useful for some things! Basically you row on the rowing machine to move your player up and down the screen – go fast and you move up, slow down and you drop down. And the aim is to eat up the approaching fish while avoiding the sharks. You have a set period of time to get as many points as possible – 30 for small fish and 60 for large fish.

It’s a great way to exercise without realising you are exercising as you get so intent on the game and doing speed bursts here and there.

But sadly I was told today that my record got broken over the weekend 🙁

I am determined to regain it by the end of the year!