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Old 03-23-21 | 02:50 AM
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alpanian
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From: Geneva, Switzerland

Bikes: Rose X-LITE TEAM 4000 '17, Koga Miyata Proracer '81, BMC SLX01 '08, Focus Arriba 3.0 '15

I definitely do, and so does my wife. I'm only 42 and physically quite fit. I've always done lots of sports, and as a teen was running track at swiss championship level.

Nevertheless, I have frequent bouts of atrial extrasystoles, possibly as a side effect of intense cardio workouts as a teen. I see the cardiologist every 3-4 years to be sure and it's mostly considered a benign condition, but should be monitored. I have no limitation on how I do my exercise, and my favorite activity is climbing alpine cols in my area, which means full gas over extensive periods.

I once heard a statistic (don't know if it's true, but sounds plausible) that if you make a pie chart out of all people who die from heart failure during sports, 60% are cyclists, 20 % are runners and 20% are all other sports combined.
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