J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

I give myself a ski connected project to concentrate on, which makes me feel I am making progress towards the ski holiday, without counting the days.

Currently, I am going to French classes so that I can ski in French speaking lessons in the afternoon (they don't do English speaking lessons in the afternoon in Courchevel 1550), and I am trying to lose weight so that I can get my ski trousers on, and I am trying to get fit so that I will be able to ski all day without dropping dead from exhaustion and wobbly legs.

Nelly - sneaking in an extra ski holiday in April sounds like an excellent idea to me :thumbup:

Ally

Well you are very lucky Pablo :D

Fancy getting time off just when the snow is good and prices are cheap :roll:.

We are stuck with going during Feb half-term when the slopes are busiest and the prices are highest :cry:

How long have you got left at Uni?

Ally

Trencher,
I can't see anyone here buying ski boots on the internet, after all the posts about fitting problems.

Which free DVD did you fancy?

Pablo,
Aren't you meant to be somewhere else on the 23rd Jan - or have you finished now?

Ally

Cut them Pablo? I thought they were adjustable???

Ally

Yeah, very sad - and awful for her family and friends :cry:

Ally

Rose,
We got stuck on a slope as well, at Tignes, at the top of the red one in the late afternoon. The snow had all gone on quite a large section at the top, all the way across, and all that was left was the hard green glacial ice.

I did wonder a bit about what to do. I slithered across to the other side and found a tiny patch of snow right at the edge of the piste to stop on, and then I 'talked' my daughter across to me.

I wasn't sure what to do. Had I been in a boat I'd have let off a flare for the life-boat! I did think about phoning for a skidoo to come and rescue us, but I couldn't remember the number :cry: and I don't know that even a skidoo would have managed on that ice. There was no-one else there apart from one of the ski teams, and even they had a bit of job - one of them fell over :shock:

I decided to side-slip down the very edge of the piste to where the snow started again, and managed to persuade my daughter to follow me. We did manage it okay, and then we could ski again.

I don't think, in our situation, it would have been safe to either take our skis off or slide on our bottoms - it looked very slippery and dangerous to me.

Well done Rose, for even contemplating going back to your particular nightmare. Several people from our chalet spent their 3 days at Tignes when we were there sliding down icy pistes on their bottoms :D. You're certainly not the only one to try that technique!

We were back on that red piste on the morning, after they'd put some snow back on it :D

Ally

Cwagner,
I do a mixture of going out jogging and power walking, and exercises inside - like squats, star jumps, jogging on the spot, ladies press-ups (since I got 'old' I can't do proper press-ups any more), balancing exercises like rocking back and fore on one leg, and stretching exercises like leaning against the wall etc.

What I have found is that I have to be very careful when I start exercising not to over do it. The first day, for example, I can usually run quite a long way, but if I do that then the next day my legs hurt, especially my Achilles tendon on the back of my ankle :cry:.

So I am very careful to take it easy the first day, and if I don't ache the next day then I gradually increase the exercises/distance.

Best of luck with getting fit in time for your holiday, and I hope you have a great time :D

Ally

That's very clever Trencher :lol:

Ally