[Philmont]: More Stuff

 This one sort of scares me to tell you about. At every show I go to (11 in
the past 7 months) someone is handing you drinks, bars and pills. All are
supposed to make you run faster, jump higher, and feel no pain, etc. Having
been there I know that above 20,000 feet the energy bar you see everyone
eating is snickers and 3 musketeers.

The Pills promise you everything. The bars taste like straw covered in
chocolate and the drinks don't need advertising because the after taste
stays with you for months.

I've been given several samples of something called Sportlegs.
(Sportlegs.com) I tried one after a half day of skiing, having not skied
this year and not exercised at all in 15 days. I expected to be in pain the
next two days. On a whim I popped half of the recommended number of pills
from Sportlegs. I did so to prove them wrong. The next day I got up and
half way through the day realized I was not in pain. It seemed like I had no
lactic acid in my body. Ok, day two it will hit, (age delays some things).
Again nothing, Hmm, I'm in better shape than I thought!

Two days later I went skiing with some younger friends. We skied top to
bottom at Keystone every 15 minutes including the gondola ride back up. We
were hauling on a cold clear day burning everything. By half way down the
run, my quads were burning to the point I had to stop to keep the tears from
freezing. I knew I would be hurting the next days. I skied so I would hurt
the next day. I was hurting the day skied I had to hurt the next day. I
took half the recommended sportlegs again and felt no pain, not the next day
or anytime after that.

I really don't believe it. The ingredients make no sense. The problem is
I've seen so much snake oil before. Yet it works for me.

Here again, I get nothing from these guys.

Jim

James H. Moss, JD, Editor
Outdoor Recreation & Fitness Law Review:
The Outdoor Recreation & Fitness Law Reviews are publications for members of
the Outdoor Recreation, Adventure Travel, Hospitality and Fitness Industry.
http://www.snewsnet.com/cgi-bin/snews/law_review/index.html
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Adjunct Professor: The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism,
University of Utah
Outdoor Recreation Risk Management, Insurance and Law
http://www.health.Utah.edu/prt/

Instructor: Ski Area Operations, Risk Management Course Colorado Mountain
College
Email: jmoss@coloradomtn.edu
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PO Box 16743
Golden, CO 80402
303-807-2275
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Received on Wed Feb 22 02:53:24 2006