Messages posted by : Eljay
Forgive me, but I've got to pass Valentine's day on my own somehow!! Some men don't need Lycra! |
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Maybe I'm repeating something that others already been written elsewhere, or that folks already know and I apologise if that is the case, but just read an interesting article.
It says that at altitude less oxygen gets to the muscles and research suggests the highest risk of accident is after 3pm on the third day of the holiday. This is because muscle fatigue reaches its peak 48 hours after the start of the holiday. I'm sure we all know that it's famously that last run of the day that is the most dangerous. That's what happened to me. Was talked into doing one more run, when I should have given up with a vin chaud. |
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:mrgreen:
I got some lovely flowers, but no nice dinner as OH is working. Me and the dogs watched Torville and Dean Woohoo |
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Check your insurance.
If your gear is delayed for more than 12 hours you are usually covered for hiring skis, boots etc in the resort for each 24hr period that yours hasn't arrived. |
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I injured my knee on only my second ski holday back in the early 90's. We had gone to Bulgaria and hired equipment! Bad idea.....oh well. Live and learn. Damaged medial, later and cruciate on right knee and medial ligament on left. Being Bulgaria they didn't have so much as a crepe bandage. I did ice it, but I had a knee like an elephant by the time I got home 4 days later and couldn't straighten my knee. Arthroscopy showed that my cruciate was "hanging by a thread" and the other ligaments were just like over-stretched rubber bands. The consultant told me to work hard on my quads, go ski next season and his words were "suck it and see" Because I had imobilised my knee immediately after the accident due to the pain, it took me 3 months of intensive physio to even get it fully straightened........however, I have managed to ski every season since then, but not without the odd twinge. I "tweeked" the medial ligament 3 years ago, but I started exercising it immediately despite the pain. Always carry my own bandages and ice pack and of course Ibuprofen just in case.
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I'd like to be going skiing.........no surprise there then. Will just need to make do with skiing on the Wii fit!
When did you last eat fish and chips out of a newspaper? |
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I would agree that ski school is the way to go and maybe a private lesson (if the pennies allow) nearer the end of the week. Ski school is lots of fun.
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