What's the dumbest/stupidest thing you've done while in a lactic acid haze
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What's the dumbest/stupidest thing you've done while in a lactic acid haze
Today, while in the intoxicating zone of lactic acid and physical agony, I decided I should try and take a wiz on my bike for the first time on a long decent. It was...messy. =)
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lactic acid haze?
intoxicating zone of lactic acid?
Oooo-Kay. As far as I know lactic acid is the stuff that causes the burning pain in your quads when you climb a hill. There's no "haze" or "intoxicating zone".
intoxicating zone of lactic acid?
Oooo-Kay. As far as I know lactic acid is the stuff that causes the burning pain in your quads when you climb a hill. There's no "haze" or "intoxicating zone".
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Are you sure it's lactic acid that gets to your head and not endorphins?
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If a lactic acid haze includes a lack of oxygen to the brain...
I almost fell off a trainer during an interval session...
The world was closing in on me and I lost my balance tipping the trainer...
It would have been difficult explaining to my wife what happened while laying on the floor, clipped into my bike attached to a trainer...
I almost fell off a trainer during an interval session...
The world was closing in on me and I lost my balance tipping the trainer...
It would have been difficult explaining to my wife what happened while laying on the floor, clipped into my bike attached to a trainer...
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the dumbest thing i've done I would have to say is..................not using the lactic acid haze as an excuse to pee on myself.
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I'd really like to see a research article that states or even indicates that lactic acid affects the brain in such a way as to produce a "haze" or "intoxicating zone".
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Probably continuing to ride my guts out and then attempt to change in the parking lot, remembering that it is NOT recommended that one removes cycling shorts in a public place after I had gotten the waistband down by my knees. Fortunately, no one was looking.
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isn't that runner's high?
except you're on a bike
except you're on a bike
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Well, I've just never heard of lactic acid affecting the brain before ... but who knows, maybe it does, and if so, I'd like to see some scientific journal articles about that.
Already things like endorphins, blood sugar levels, and oxygen levels affect the brain while riding ... and now lactic acid too??
Already things like endorphins, blood sugar levels, and oxygen levels affect the brain while riding ... and now lactic acid too??
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You all need to revisit this thread:
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...112&highlight=
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...112&highlight=
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Elevated levels of lactic acid can be accompanied by oxygen debt. I have experienced oxygen debt pretty badly at times, but the worst I've ever done was to ride off the side of the road.
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I don't think Pablo was speaking scientifically 
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The pros do it.
Evidently the lactic acid impared Pablo's judgement to cause him to try it.
Evidently the lactic acid impared Pablo's judgement to cause him to try it.
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shifted in to the little ring in the final sprint of a the 2nd 45 minute crit. victory is elusive : )
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