J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

I like feeling smug when other people try and book the holiday they want, and it's too late and all the tickets have gone - but I have some because I paid full price and booked early :D :D

Ally

Tony,
If hedging your bets is allowed, then I reckon it's in the mountains :D

It's okay, I do plenty of different sorts of running. I run uphill on a road, downhill through a bumpy field, back up the same very steep hill in the field, some on the flat in the field, and back down the road - and all in my wellies!

And, I'm working my way through my exercise book.

I do those exercises when I'm watching telly and the ads are on. It's surprising how many squats etc. one can do during the ads :lol:

Ally

Nelly,

With 6 weeks to go you should be fine if you keep going with the exercises :D.

It was my arms that ached the most the first time I went ski-ing again as an adult :(. I'd completely forgotten to do any exercises for them. And, of course, I kept falling over and it's really exhausting pushing yourself back up all the time especially if you're practically on the flat on a blue. Plus, the drag lifts can actually drag on your arms if the slope is steep. And, carrying skis about - from your apartment and up steps to the gondola etc. is surprisingly tiring. Even just ski-ing with your arms out in the driving wheel position makes them ache after a bit.

So, now I've added arm exercises to my routine, from that ski exercise book.

Ally

snowb4ndit wrote:
It can't be Bulgaria as there are no little old ladies charging £2 to use the toilet.

Davos?

I think maybe you're right Snowbandit and it's not Bulgaria, I can't see any little old ladies either.

How about Grindelwald in Switzerland then?

Kate,
I think that happens to all of us parents when we introduce our kids to ski-ing. They seem to learn much faster than us. You'll have to get used to 'hurry up Mum, what are you doing?' all the time, as he hurtles down black slopes leaving you miles behind.

Ally

Tony_H wrote:

AllyG wrote:
But we'd better get back to ski buses now, before Admin locks this thread as well, because of my 'wibbling'. I definitely seem to have a problem with 'wibbling off piste' all the time.


Ally

You noticed?????

Tony,
I am trying - very hard, but sticking to the subject matter at hand doesn't seem to come naturally to me.

Kate,
I hope your kid has a great time on the ski holiday. If you're like me, and coaches make you sick, then it's a good thing you're not going with them. My elder daughter went on two ski holidays with the school, and had a fantastic time, and came back a brilliant skier.

Ally

I can remember once, my younger daughter got her shoelace stuck in the escalator, at the bottom of it, when she was quite young, and it was really frightening. For a moment, she couldn't move, and everyone had to sort of jump over her. I was just about to push the red panic button when I managed to get the shoelace out. I suppose I could also have pulled her shoe off, but I didn't think of that at the time because I was too busy panicking :shock:.

Getting your ski stuck in a tree when you're on a chair lift would be a bit like that, I suppose, only much worse.

She is accident prone, but not (so far anyway) when she's on skis. Unlike me, she hasn't seriously hurt herself yet.

Ally