This is my shortest ever blog, but it may have a significant impact on your next ski holiday.

It’s your first day back on the slopes, and you want to hit the ground running.  You don’t want to miss a thing, so you‘re up early, on the first chair, and skiing like a mad thing all day.  It feels so good!

The next day you’re just a wee bit sore, but not enough to stop you.

But on the third day you hit the “Day Three Slump”.  Your skiing seems to have got worse.  Your energy levels have slumped.  You hoped you’d get better; it’s frustrating.  At the end of the week you feel you’ve made no improvement; got no better than last year.  This is how your week may go:

I have a suggestion for “slump day”:  take it easy, be patient, don’t push it, do lessthan you might.

Would it be sacrilege to suggest taking a later breakfast?  An even greater sacrilege to suggest starting at 11:30 and finishing at 2:30?  Or, if it pleases you, consider taking a half day out and visiting a local place of interest. You could spend an amusing hour or two in a ski shop trying to guess which of this year’s new wonder skis is actually last year’s but in different livery.

Tomorrow do just a little bit more.  On day three you’ll be ready to fly; stronger, your muscle memories will have kicked-in.  You’ll find yourself skiing better, not worse.

At the end of the week, you’ll be skiing better than last year, and you won’t get home feeling frustrated that your skiing is in decline.

Your week will go like this and end on a high:

It will be a better feeling and well worth a try!