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Forget the goals and PBs – just enjoy it | Brief letters

The Guardian UK Tuesday 04 August 2026, 15:52 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read
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Recreational sport | Happy WhatsApps | Woodlice woes | Guessing game | Lost in filmWhat happened to the joy of recreational sport (‘I spent a week crying. I’ve never had an injury in my life!’ Why do so many fitness fans end up needing surgery?, 3 August)?

Recreational sport | Happy WhatsApps | Woodlice woes | Guessing game | Lost in film

What happened to the joy of recreational sport (‘I spent a week crying. I’ve never had an injury in my life!’ Why do so many fitness fans end up needing surgery?, 3 August)? It’s like modern life – goal and target-oriented. PBs, how many laps, lengths, miles? Have to get the laps in, even if the back is killing me. Why? Is it about bragging rights? As a lifelong sports and exercise enthusiast aged 77 and still loving it, I really don’t understand the motivation for wilfully destroying your body in the name of sport.
Barbara Smyth
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

• My experience of WhatsApp blue ticks differs (Letters, 29 July). During the Covid pandemic, every day I rejoiced in seeing the blue tick on a message from a family member who lived alone and had Covid: they were still alive.
Ann Newell
Thame, Oxfordshire

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