How long to recover after giving blood?



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I gave a pint of blood 6 days ago. At the weekly time trial, my time is slower. Is this due to the
missing millions of red blood cells? When will they recover?
 
My wife gave blood on 9/11.

We figured 4-6 weeks of degraded performance, based on

perceived exertion, perceived fatigue, general feeling, and actual riding....

Since I ride regularly with my wife, we are similar in skill set... 4 weeks after 9-11, we did the
hilly hundred, and I rode away from her. Something that would never normally happen.

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>I gave a pint of blood 6 days ago. At the weekly time trial, my time is slower. Is this due to the
>missing millions of red blood cells? When will they recover?
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 10:54:30 GMT, "John Crankshaw" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I gave a pint of blood 6 days ago. At the weekly time trial, my time is slower. Is this due to the
>missing millions of red blood cells? When will they recover?
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The average time to replace what you gave up when you donated whole blood is between four and
six weeks.

If you are just donating plasma, you usually recover what you lost within a day or two.
 
"John Crankarm" <[email protected]> writes:

> I gave a pint of blood 6 days ago. At the weekly time trial, my time is slower. Is this due to the
> missing millions of red blood cells? When will they recover?

What? No smarmy comments about boosting in this thread?

-Gerard
 
Gerard Lanois <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "John Crankarm" <[email protected]> writes:
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> > I gave a pint of blood 6 days ago. At the weekly time trial, my time is slower. Is this due to
> > the missing millions of red blood cells? When will they recover?
>
Just last week I commuted 10 miles to work on the fixed gear, gave blood at lunchtime, commuted
home, hopped on the good bike, rode to the local crit, raced 35 miles, and was there for the bunch
sprint (which I didn't win). But I felt fine.

Ali
 
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