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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (49180)	11/27/2001 3:17:37 PM
From: Bruce Brown	Respond to of 54805

i hear so many stories about people getting hurt playing basketball. i have never had problems with tennis except for plantar fascitis (sp?). it seems like a good lifetime sport as one can eventually retire to doubles. they had an article in the WSJ a while back about these centenarians who traverse the country still playing tournaments. some die right on the court but nobody cares; keep playing. what a way to go! Yes, I imagine it is a good sport for longevity. I don't know about tennis injuries other than the surgeon who did my knee says he does a lot of meniscus surgery on tennis players here in Austria. I suppose a pivot to change direction could cause the injury or jumping over the net.... you might want to invest some of your hard-sung marks or francs or whatever in a sub-$100 heart rate monitor. I simply rely on a watch and time the mile or kilometer marks to maintain pace. By the way, the currency is Schillings here in Austria - that is until January 1 when it is all Euros. those are words that will break Austin's heart. his name is painted on commonly biked roads and on bumper stickers and T-shirts. i think he still has a house here, but is probably in Europe most of the time. He's worthy of all those shirts and stickers because he is immortal in the cycling world. I'm sure he spends part of his year in Texas, but the training for each year's tour de France requires riding the routes over and over again while memorizing every inch of the terrain to prepare for the summer event. he recently played a charity tennis event here with Sampras and Agassi; hand-eye coordination does not appear to be among his many talents. Well, you can't have it all. At least he's got his legs, lungs and gut. Not to mention hair. It appears Agassi and now Sampras are on the same side of the hair court. BB