'My kids' taekwondo instructor encouraged me to join in during their class'

I started doing some of the warm-up exercises at the back of the hall just to keep my blood from freezing in my veins

Caroline Delaney describes how she accidentally got involved in taekwondo as an adult. Picture: Larry Cummins

Have you ever paid for swim sessions and found yourself ‘doing the maths’ while going up and down the lanes: ‘If I go once more then that’s just €100 per swim so if I go twice a week until summer I’ll have it down to €4 per swim, etc,’? 

That’s all very well until the kids’ gymnastics or soccer or basketball hours change or they have a party to go to and it’s my activity that gets sidelined and I end up resenting it for wasting money.