July 5, 2007

Snow Capped Mountains & Secret Bank Accounts

These are the first things that come to mind when you mention Switzerland, well that and blonde girls in a platted pigtails. One of the draw backs I've found of training a lot, while having very little body fat in summer is great, in winter you freeze your arse off! At least when you're not out going for a run that is.

One the things that really annoys me is waking up in the middle of the night with a cold back, something the Swiss in their eternal wisdom (and being surrounded by snow capped mountains probably helps) have come up with the solution for. The pyjamas pictured to the right are the most comfortable and warmest I've ever owned, and they are 100% cotton as well :-) The company is called Gaggohaas, they speak Swiss German over there but the site and staff also speak English. They also seem to do an Amazon with shipping times, delivering in 4 days to New Zealand (rather than the listed 20).

Synthetic fabrics are horrible if you have eczema like I do (from food allergies), and pretty much everything these days is a polyester/cotton mix. This does help the fabric to wash and dry faster but far from ideal for itchy skin. Winter seems to be the worst, the cold weather and lack of sunlight don't seem to be so good for the skin. And as an added advantage I've found their long pyjamas also help stop you tearing your skin to bits at night (very easy to do) when you have a bad allergy.

On the same topic, one of the things I've heard that helps winter eczema is sunbeds. Apparently the root of the problem is the lack UV exposure. So while it might increase my risk of skin cancer, I'm going to give it a whirl. I've found a gym across town that's just opened, figuring a new machine is probably safer than an old one, and am going in this weekend. Hopefully it helps and a bit of tan wouldn't be bad either! ;-)

Posted by Matt at July 5, 2007 12:09 PM

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Yeah I'm missing the sun as well. I'm white bait, Lol. Although winter boots, coats and scarves are fun :)

Posted by: Michelle at July 5, 2007 6:19 PM

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