I thought I might provoke some extra reaction with my teasing of ulti players and promotion of disc golf, but my fanning of the flame wars has been Gaviscon-ed by Emily's calm and rational comments.
We never bothered with all this rehydration lark in my ultimate playing days in the 70's and 80's. To be fair though, I did get cramp at just about every tournament!!! I've wizened up now of course. Del (pun was intended) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emily Harford Sent: 14 May 2008 16:29 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BD] Far away water It's not really a walking distance issue, it's when games are back to back when it becomes a problem. My understanding is (and I'm willing to be corrected) that people should be getting on board something in the region of 10 litres a day when the weather is as it was at Mansfield. That comes from the following breakdown, because it sounds like a lot by itself, 2 as a base rate 1 per 5 degrees above 20 (and it was near 30 over the weekend) 1 per hour on the pitch. And that last point is kind of key, when you have a back to back games especially on the far pitches (which from memory are further than 300m from the pavilion at Mansfield and plenty of venues) you play upwards of 3 hours of ultimate, that's at least three litres that you have to have for yourself. Personally I wouldn't want to carry that and all the rest of my gear and think I shouldn't have to when I pay tour fees that should cover having water by the pitch. Now in fairness I missed this year's event at Mansfield, because of my dissertation, but wanted to point out that people really need much more water than you might think. Emily MU (not necessarily the views of my team-mates) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robins, Derek Sent: 14 May 2008 09:33 To: [email protected] Subject: [BD] Far away water How about thinking outside the endzone box? Those ulti players who lack the athleticism to walk 300m to fetch water before or after a game, should maybe consider a less runny-roundy game like disc golf. Entry fees are no lower, so can't help on that contentious area, but for the British Open you can actually win quite a bit of cash if you get good enough. There will be approx £1500 up for grabs at the 30th British Open at Quarry Park on May31 - June1. www.quarrypark.co.uk/open.htm Del __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1431 - Release Date: 13/05/2008 19:55 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
