Most Injuries on Last Run

[skibum1321]

I don't think I've ever been tired while skiing, but I guess it just because I'm young and don't tire as easily. Last year, I skiied 4 of 5 days. 2 were powder days in 32" deep sticky stuff and one was in wet spring conditions and I was still fine after.

I guess I better enjoy it. It won't last forever.

I'm young and I still get tired after a hard day of skiing. I can bounce back by the next day. I think that's where the youth comes in more than not tiring in the first place.

 

[awf170]

I don't think I've ever been tired while skiing, but I guess it just because I'm young and don't tire as easily. Last year, I skiied 4 of 5 days. 2 were powder days in 32" deep sticky stuff and one was in wet spring conditions and I was still fine after.

I guess I better enjoy it. It won't last forever.

I'm young and I still get tired after a hard day of skiing. I can bounce back by the next day. I think that's where the youth comes in more than not tiring in the first place.

he skis wawa thats why he doesnt get tired.

 

[Zand]

The ski areas in the one I just posted were Loon and Cannon, as well as the SC day at Wachusett. I skiied no groomers at all as all ofthe groomers at Loon were bumped up, Cannon was all bumper up or a sheet of ice, and Wawa didn't groom the mush that day.

 

[kcyanks1]

I don't think I've ever been tired while skiing, but I guess it just because I'm young and don't tire as easily. Last year, I skiied 4 of 5 days. 2 were powder days in 32" deep sticky stuff and one was in wet spring conditions and I was still fine after.

I guess I better enjoy it. It won't last forever.

I'm 24 now. The first time when I would say I started tiring was mid-college (it might be irrational/ just not true, but perhaps the MRG day meant something). I've stilled as recently as last year skied 5 straight days (lucky enough to do it twice last season, I think!) and I was fine doing so .. But each day normally followed the general pattern of being stiff/not so great in the morning, feel good before lunch, not so great after lunch, better for a while, then more tired.

The past two seasons, though, I had an additional problem of back pain that started Fall '04 (unrelated to the MRG-induced back pain), this one from carrying too many books along my laptop on my back for law school. Finally this fall while the pain hasn't completely gone away I think it's improved, so maybe I won't feel as bad starting off in the morning.

Probably the most important thing though, is that to be honest, I don't excercise nearly enough or stay in good enough shape - I'm not overweight, I'm just not particularly strong (whether muscle-wise or cardiovascuarly) in any way. When I was in high school and younger, I guess it just didn't matter from a skiing perspective. But while I'm still young by almost any view at this point, I think that starting by mid-college I wasn't getting away with my low level of exercise.

 

[Sky]

HEH! I just remembered that my worst injury (thankfully not all that bad) was from my first run...off the top of Cannon two seasons ago.

Caught an edge, pre-release, got spun around and was skiing down hill backwards on one ski. It must have been an awesome sight. *EGAD!*

Anyway...I "normally" stretch before I ski. I "usually" take a warm-up run somewhere on the mountain...an easy run NOT off the summit just to get dialed in, get the feel of the snow, deliberately think about the techniques. If I feel good, I take it up a notch. No "ripping" it till I'm dialed in.

Last run is "it depends". Last run @ Wachusett is usually one last cruise from the summit. Last run @ Cannon or Wildcat is either the last time I rip it up...or one last cruise on an intermediate trail...."usually".

On a related note...I have a fishing "T" shirt with a skeleton holding a rod..."One more cast". HEH! How true.

 

[Skifastsailfast]

Forgot to mention...if it's a powder day, first run on cruiser is off. My mission is to get as many freshies as possible.

 

[ChileMass]

OK here goes -

I'm 46, so I don't get as many runs as I did 20-30 years ago, and I have a better appreciation for my limits. Still, I rarely take a real warm-up run. Personally, I know my legs won't last all day, and I no longer care about getting that last run with the local Ski Patrol. Therefore I need to take advantage of how fresh I feel early in the day, and when you youngsters are burning your legs off skiing that last icy run at 430PM, I'll be working on another beer in the lodge.

And - come to think of it, the only 2 times I ever really hurt myself were last runs (once at Sugarloaf, once at Whiteface), so there's another good reason to quit at 3PM when the sun is still warm and high in the sky. :beer:

 

[Lostone]

I don't think I've ever been tired while skiing, but I guess it just because I'm young and don't tire as easily. Last year, I skiied 4 of 5 days.

My advice would be not to get old. :wink:

I'm 55. I get tired a lot. I skied 128 days last year, and if you do the math, you'll see that a lot of them were consecutive.

Was I tired? Well, if I was tired every day, that would have to include the first day, when I hadn't been skiing since the April before... I was tired every day. Sore too. :wink:

:beer:

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

The idea that injuries are more likely late in the day has been treated as gospel for as long as I can remember. Interestingly, I have never seen any hard data to support it. Maybe worth some research.

I'm not crazy about getting older. It certainly has it's downside. It does, however, beat the alternative :wink:

 

[skibum]

Her's a last run injury story:
Last day of the season at Crested Butte, a friend and I stupidly say "last run" at the top of Funnel. It's the large avalanche path chute always shown in pics of the mountain. We get down just fine but at the bottom I trying to pack in some last mintue fun. There are a bunch of small boulders in the chute runout in an area called the pygmy spear garden. It's pretty flat and just small 3-5' rocks to hop up off of, not really drops. I hop off one and all I see is a rock garden, come down and my nose catches one. I got thrown about ten feet, twisted in the air and landed on a rock square on my left ass cheek. Felt like it was numb and on fire at the same time. It swelled up all sorts of colors and a couple of inches out. Then within a few days I toll a 3 day train trip to Boston. Ugh!
Never say last run, it's bad luck.