very true Del, it's hard to argue with someone on their way to do a physical activity who is not able to carry an extra litre or two of water for what may be approaching 500m. Indeed it would appear unlikely that they could complete a round of disc golf given the slightly heavier nature of the discs required, even if it was a cool day!
On 14/05/2008, Robins, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
