...Also, when you start such a high-level sport, begin with the lower rungs, climb onto the back of a badger or an opiated unaroused bulldog and off you trot, your prodding spurs made of perhaps a waxy solid rather than those sharpened wheels of steely dread pushers and torturers used in days of yore.
MB... you have the unerring ability to make me smile
Laura... if you do take MB's advice, can I suggest you avoid honey badgers as they are known to be rather fierce
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.