Poster: A snowHead
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At what age do you accept that you're reaching the stage where your body just can't continue to accept the abuse that has been thrown at it over the years?
My joints and limbs are 59 years old.
Mind.. about 18.
Should I grow up or just carry on through the pain barrier?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@esaw1, just carry on and pretend until you break down and die. Best way to go.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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😀😀Thank you. I'll do just that! Question answered.
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The oldest guys doing Masters races are in their late 80s.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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off season training really helps, my father is 60, 5 years before he decided to start swimming, cycling and going to the gym regularly. I skied with him for the first time since his training and he absolutely smashed me down the slopes having put in the work (I'm 21). His back would get achy so he decided to do yoga/ pilates after skiing and he would feel fine the next day.
No reason he couldn't keep on killing it when hes 70.
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What @Steilhang said.
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I started skiing last year at the tender age of 62. I hope to be still doing it at 82. Try avoid putting loads of weight on. It just puts a strain on your joints and ticker.
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@Awdbugga, yep.
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I know what you mean, I turned Fifty two weeks ago and have been noticing aches and pains in the knees and such.
I'd say I feel the most youthful when I'm flying down a slope.
Conversly I'm most aware of my age when I'm at the top of something scary for the first time, especially if I'm on my own.
My present to me was a solo weekend at Glencoe. I decided to try the flypaper...My legs were petrified at the top but at the bottom I was giggling like a child.
So I second @Steilhang, and @geepee,
Life is for the living!
Slopes are for sliding
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@Awdbugga, Great quote!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Graham Warren wrote: |
@Awdbugga, Great quote! |
Or to put it in a more genteel way:
"To ski, however well or poorly, is a reminder that one is alive, and that life is tremendous fun" - J Riddell, British Winner of the 1929 Inferno ski race in Murren.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Alastair Pink, do you know HOW Jimmy Riddell won that Inferno (pretty sure it was him)...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Well my Dad was saying at SFaB that he can’t do the same length of days he used to, but still able to ski for a reasonable amount and enjoy it. He turned 70 in Feb.
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Poster: A snowHead
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To steal one of those inspirational memes "You don't stop skiing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop skiing" I intend to keep going as long as I'm physically able.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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53 in a few weeks, from 17 to 33 I worked at a dry ski slope, all that time skiing on a dry slope and my hips are starting to play up. Constant ache and stiffness, currently do a lot of cycling after 50+ miles I can really feel my hips moaning. Wont stop me skiing or cycling though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm 71 and intend to continue skiing - but possibly not living up to my screen name - for as long as I can walk.
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I'm now past 50 and am fitter than I've ever been in my life. OK, I was a total bookworm until 20
However, all the old injuries ache a bit, and I have to train harder to get small increases but am aiming to carry on biking, climbing and skiing right up until the weight of painkillers consumed means I can't make it up the mountain.
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tarrantd wrote: |
To steal one of those inspirational memes "You don't stop skiing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop skiing" I intend to keep going as long as I'm physically able. |
This is my aim to oat age 71. I live on a sailboat in the Eastern Caribbean which helps keep me going. Swimming in seawater is excellent non weight bearing exercise as I am sure my joints are well worn by now.
3 weeks in Utah most years.
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@esaw1, for goodness sake MTFU. I am exactly the same age as you. I have climbed for 30+ years and don't feel as sprightly as once upon a time.
First time off piste 4 years ago (5 weeks after a partial menisectomy), and now after my fourth season in Chamonix I (with my equally ancient chums) have done a shed load of 45 degree plus moderately hard descents, over 25,000m of up (would have been much more with a good Spring), etc. Also, first water ice 5 climbing for 15 years.
For me anyway it is all in the preparation. Began training 1st August using the approach set out in Training for the New Alpinism by Steve House. From a steady start to bastardly hard gruelling work in late November and December. As @Scarpa, notes, increasingly hard work for small increases (improvements).
But the important fact is that you can still improve. It needn't be about just managing the decline yet; you still get out what you put in.
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Had my first ski trip in 2007 aged 60 and skied twice a year through to 2016.
Haven't skied since the Birthday Bash in 2016 for health and fitness reasons but have recently been given the all clear.
As part of my fitness preparation to ski next year I have registered for the local 5k Parkrun (jog/walk) along Worthing seafront which will be my first 'competitive' run since school.
A few weeks to go before I will be already but going public increases the commitment.
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@Hurtle, Nope, I still read a couple of books per week, the only time that slows down is when I am away working and don't get as much time.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Scarpa, phew!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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under a new name wrote: |
@Alastair Pink, do you know HOW Jimmy Riddell won that Inferno (pretty sure it was him)... |
I'm not sure, unless he was the racer who was the first down to the finish line in Lauterbrunnen and found that there were no timekeeper race officials there, they weren't expecting anyone to get down so quickly and they had to be located in a nearby bar!
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@codyaitch, I hope all goes well with your plan and look forward to seeing you skiing again.
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You know it makes sense.
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geepee wrote: |
@codyaitch, I hope all goes well with your plan and look forward to seeing you skiing again. |
+1
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@esaw1, I'm the same age as you and despite the abuse I've thrown at my body over the years have just done my first season in Les Arcs after buying a small apartment last year. (I did a couple of seasons in Val Thorens a number of years ago during a midlife crisis). I intend to do this on a regular basis until there's a good reason to stop and I hope that won't be too soon.
The season had exactly the effect I had hoped for - skiing improved, weight lost and generally feel healthier. I figure that if I keep this up then the chances of me being able to ski in the long term are much improved.
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Poster: A snowHead
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esaw1 wrote: |
At what age do you accept that you're reaching the stage where your body just can't continue to accept the abuse that has been thrown at it over the years? |
Never.
If you're struggling, train harder.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@esaw1, I hit 65 for this next season and I'm planning on stepping up a gear . . . and as some here know, I'm mostly held together with Mechano and gaffa tape There's no real reason beyond peer pressure and your own lack of will power to deny you being as able and active into your 80s as you were in your 20s . . . It's all about diet, weight, attitude and goals. Ok, as your DRNA falls off the end of its chain (for most of us, about 85), you are going to start to crumble, but if you're fit and active then, you've a longer way to fall than those who gave up in their 30s and 40s.
There is one thing that most people don't acknowledge . . . As we age we tend to gravitate toward friends and people that make us feel comfortable, safe and happy. We move away from those activities that challenged us and embrace those that comfort us . . . Unfortunately, that is what prematurely ages us. If you want to keep going there are just two things you need to do . . .
1: Be selfish with your time (this is difficult within a relationship )
2: Rule 5 . . . always, rule 5 . . .
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Masque wrote: |
There is one thing that most people don't acknowledge . . . As we age we tend to gravitate toward friends and people that make us feel comfortable, safe and happy. We move away from those activities that challenged us and embrace those that comfort us . . . Unfortunately, that is what prematurely ages us. |
Maybe I'm not as old as what my passport said I am then?
I still prefer unknown more than known. Discomfort be damned. (yes, I'm talking about people and emotions)
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52 and like to think I ski better now than ever. Mr P is nearly 58 and is equally of the same mindset. We make very good ski companions for each other too...we enjoy skiing with each other more than anyone else. Mr P junior (23) is a ski instructor and he can be quite complimentary about our ability and enthusiasm to crack on- even he quite enjoys skiing with us as, though we can’t ski as fast or as well as him, he doesn’t really have to wait for us too much.
Want to ski more, explore off piste more, and generally be outdoors. We are both lucky as we don’t seem to have any more than the odd twinge in the odd joint. We are very lucky!
I must admit my out of season fitness regime (mostly running) is a bit lax these days, And I need to do something about that. Last weekend the inaugural Gatwick half marathon went within 400 yards of Home, so I have declared an intention to do it next year.
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Will qualify for a free lift pass in France next season so why am I going to the Birthday Bash?
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I turned 50 this year, and it almost coincided with me taking a redundancy deal last year - may not work again in fact, if we can get certain ducks in a line
So, the not working thing could have gone badly wrong, sedentary, pub most days, weight gain etc - but it hasnt, in the winter I was in the gym most days, skiied for a week in Tignes, and several day trips to glenshee / glencoe. My wife and I are also drinking a lot less than before.
Now the better weather has returned, I have been on my road bike, doing a lot of manual work in the garden, still gym if weather less than perfect, using my single speed to get around, go to shops etc.
As a result, I am a stone and a half lighter, feel fitter than I have done since my 30s, and everyone comments how healthy I look.
There is a slight problem, though - because I am so fit, I think I can do anything and assume I can go on all day, lugging timber out the garden to the recycling centre, move loads of earth etc etc - but by the end of the day I can be shattered.
So, to summarise - you dont need to give up, you can "have it all" but your body will tell you when you have done too much well before your head will.
Now, off up a ladder to paint the front windows !!
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Great Hunter Thomson quote but let's not forget he topped himself in his 60's
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