Needless to say, I was excited and anxious about the ski trip. We were going to a mountain where if you weren’t skiing there was simply nothing else to do. What if I couldn’t ski due to the knee bothering me??? OMG – I’d be stuck inside with NOTHING to do for an entire week!!! AHHHH!!!

Yes, overkill, but still kinda worrisome.

Anyway, the first two days were tolerable with the tape. It made a huge difference in the right patella tracking.

I also arrived at the mountain with my foam roller, which I cannot recommend enough. My morning ritual consisted of foam rolling all the major muscle groups focusing on IT Band and lats (to help keep the shoulder happy) and physical therapy exercises. I must admit that several mornings, I only did one or two reps of the PT exercises before giving out. I digress…

On Monday of the trip, my husband and I had a full day lesson with a ski instructor, who not only taught me the correct way to ski with some visual cues that will certainly stick (dorsi flexion and make your femur point at your toes – that man is a genius), but he also showed us the other side of the mountain, which was amazing!!! I skied for 7 hours straight and my knee didn’t even twinge! It’s amazing what skiing with proper form will do for your knee. 😉

The next day it dumped 11 inches of snow and continued to snow the following day. Needless to say, after two days in fairly deep powder, I took a day off. OMG – BORING!!!

The following day, Friday, I skiied at about 70% b/c my muscles were so tired, and that’s when we decided to go home one day early due to a rather well earned fatigue.

Overall, an excellent trip, and one that fueled the fire of fitness, yet again. Nothing like getting passed on the slopes by a rather fit retiree!!! or 10!