I read about a man riding in the higher level group and he got cramps and was left behind or dropped. This must have been in the over 16 mph average group. He wanted to know why he was cramping up. Well he mentioned that he was 50 years old. Could be that he was too out of shape, but I offered my opinion that he could try taking calcuim. Apparently there is some advise as to taking calcuim when working out. This could have been good advise just for the reading. So I was reading another article about something called Hyponatremia. I believe that all of us that ride for long distances experience Hyponatremia to some extent and the longer ride the more severe. Aftere reading this article mostly felt or experienced all of the symptoms. Here is the link to this article; I hope that this helps someone out there if they read it and understand the biochemical aspect to riding longer without killing brain cells.
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I read about a man riding in the higher level group and he got cramps and
was
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left behind or dropped. This must have been in the over 16 mph average
group.
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He wanted to know why he was cramping up. Well he mentioned that he was
50
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years old. Could be that he was too out of shape, but I offered my
opinion that
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he could try taking calcuim. Apparently there is some advise as to taking calcuim when working out. This could have been good advise just for the reading. So I was reading
another
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article about something called Hyponatremia. I believe that all of us that ride for long distances experience
Hyponatremia
It's unlikely you have to worry about hyponatremia until you're riding ultra style rides of at least 12 hours more like 24 hours and all you do is drink water without a balance of other food or sport drinks. It is rare even with the ultra crowd. It's pretty hard to do ultra distances on mostly water so Hyponatremia is a self limiting problem.
"one of the six billion" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b5lt6l$2a00nq$1@ID-
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It's unlikely you have to worry about hyponatremia until you're
riding
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ultra style rides of at least 12 hours more like 24 hours and all
you do is
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drink water without a balance of other food or sport drinks. It is
rare
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even with the ultra crowd. It's pretty hard to do ultra distances
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mostly water so Hyponatremia is a self limiting problem.
I believe Robby Dapice got hyponatremia when he won the US junior national championship road race a few years ago -- the race was less than four hours long. But you're right -- it's rare except in ultra distance events.
JT
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I believe Robby Dapice got hyponatremia when he won the US junior national championship road race a few years ago -- the race was less than four hours long. But you're right -- it's rare except in ultra distance events.
JT
A triathlete died a few years ago in Chicago of hyponatremia during a 3 hour triathlon. So, it can happen in shorter events.
one of the six billion <[email hidden]> wrote: : It's unlikely you have to worry about hyponatremia until you're riding ultra style rides of at : least 12 hours more like 24 hours and all you do is drink water without a balance of other food or : sport drinks. It is rare even with the ultra crowd. It's pretty hard to do ultra distances on : mostly water so Hyponatremia is a self limiting problem.
Afaik it can be a real risk even in shorter trips, like 8 hours 😉
What limits the problem is that it's fairly widely known, and also many sports drinks contain electrolytes.
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