Sports

Train cautiously in cold weather

ATHLETES should take ex-
tra precautions training in
cold winter weather.

During the winter most
athletes retreat indoors for
their conditioning or recre-
ational exercise.

There will always be some
athletes, however, who
prefer to do their running or
other conditioning activities
outside.

This group can include
wrestlers, cross-country and
track athletes and football
players (in off-season condi-
tioning programs).

These athletes don’t

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always see falling
temperatures as a warning to
take extra precautions when
venturing outdoors. Trainers
and coaches should remind
them that extended exposure
to the cold and wind,
without proper protection,
can be dangerous.

A combination of low en-
vironmental temperatures
and gusting winds can lead
to hypothermia, a potential-
ly fatal condition.

Hypothermia is defined as
a body-core temperature
significantly below 98.6°F
(37°C) due to the reduction

of general metabolism inthe
body's tissues. Factors that
may contribute to this loss
of valuable body heat in-
clude hunger, fatigue, exer-
tion, amount and condition
of clothing, injury, and pro-
longec exposure to the ele-
ments.

Any athlete who par-
ticipates in outdoor recre-
ation should guard against
excessive heat loss and
recognize the following
progressive signs of
hypothermia.

(!) Constant shivering:

photo submitted
WORKMEN at Whistler Mountain off-load new snow-grooming machines.

Whistler gets
grooming help

Bob Dufour, marketing
director for Whistler Moun-
tain, recently announced the
Mountain's acquisition of
six new German snow-
grooming machines costing
$1! million.

“They. arrived last week,
and we’re excited because
they are the best in the

world,” said Dufour. “With
these machines we've in-
creased our present groom-
ing capacity by over one
third,’

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snow, turning it into fluffy
powder.

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this is an attempt by the
body to generate heat.

(2) Apathy, slurring of
speech, listlessness, involun-
tary muscle movement,
croaky voice, sleepiness and

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