And for the record I took 5L of fluids with me to the pitches on Sunday morning for my personal use:
2x500ml Powerade 2x1L bottles isotonic drink powder + water 1x2L water bladder Enough isotonic powder to mix 4L in 1L portions Plus I had all my Ultimate gear (except waterproofs!), SLR camera and a chair. A lot of kit but the chair and the cameral would have been left behind in preference to the water. Regards, Paul Holden mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jaimie Cross wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
