"Performance enhancing" drug
11-25-08, 03:56 PM
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I didn't have time to try the top of Mt. Evans, but I've done Triple Bypass two years running, and this time did the climb to Loveland pass without stopping (last year had to stop once). I'm 54, also train at roughly 300 feet (Wa, DC) and only get in occasional rides on the Blueridge, for a little climbing up to 3500 feet.
This whole thread, as, uh, a joke, but, also a comment on the effects of high altitude rides.
The day before Triple Bypass, a friend of mine drove with me to the top of Mt. Evans, and I REALLY felt the altitude just walking around, even felt the dreaded altitude headache coming on. The odd thing is that, the next day, I didn't have nearly that difficulty getting over Loveland at 12,000 feet. My conclusion is that you're worse off -resting- at 14,000 feet than if you're working. I find my breathing gets into full panting much sooner than it does at sea level, for a given heart rate. The air is thinner, so you just breathe more
. Resting is a different situation and I think the body doesn't compensate as well.
If TBP is on the agenda next year, I'm gonna get that Mt. Evans summit.
This whole thread, as, uh, a joke, but, also a comment on the effects of high altitude rides.
The day before Triple Bypass, a friend of mine drove with me to the top of Mt. Evans, and I REALLY felt the altitude just walking around, even felt the dreaded altitude headache coming on. The odd thing is that, the next day, I didn't have nearly that difficulty getting over Loveland at 12,000 feet. My conclusion is that you're worse off -resting- at 14,000 feet than if you're working. I find my breathing gets into full panting much sooner than it does at sea level, for a given heart rate. The air is thinner, so you just breathe more
. Resting is a different situation and I think the body doesn't compensate as well.If TBP is on the agenda next year, I'm gonna get that Mt. Evans summit.
11-26-08, 09:33 PM
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If male athletes start using viagra i bet there'll be a lot more female sports fans.
11-27-08, 09:43 AM
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About a month ago we (the Denver Bike Touring Club) got a call they were doing a shoot for
ESPN's E:60 program. So over 4 hours , 11 of us participated in a helicoper video shoot (it was a drone). Making background footage for a story they were going to air in about a month. no interviews (or free samples) just scenic footage in Deer Creek Canyon just SW of Denver. Not until after they completed the filming did they tell us the story was on viagria and its benefits at bicycling at high altitude. They promised to send us the footage of the shoot.
ESPN's E:60 program. So over 4 hours , 11 of us participated in a helicoper video shoot (it was a drone). Making background footage for a story they were going to air in about a month. no interviews (or free samples) just scenic footage in Deer Creek Canyon just SW of Denver. Not until after they completed the filming did they tell us the story was on viagria and its benefits at bicycling at high altitude. They promised to send us the footage of the shoot.
