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My personal experience with long (100miles+) cross-country mtb riding (with lots of climbing) is that in fact, catching a cold after such a strenuous ride is wa

by ekr 8y ago

My personal experience with long (100miles+) cross-country mtb riding (with lots of climbing) is that in fact, catching a cold after such a strenuous ride is way more common than the base rate. This is also the experience reported by most professional cyclists (check TdF reports). My under-researched model of how this happens, is that there is a lot of tear-and-wear in the muscles where the effort is happening, which leads to inflammation, and that's where the white-blood cells might end up.

chiefalchemist 8y ago
While my (running) experience is similar, I alao believe it's possible to over-train. That is, it wasn't a single event that did the wearing down. The single big event is what finalized the lowering of the immunity threshold. So that looks like the fault of the ends (read: the event) was actually led by the means (training).
mistrial9 8y ago
runners and other endurance athletes I have met over the years, show noted skin aging after 40 years old..
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- stevenwoo 8y ago
  That may be more due to inadequate preventative sunscreen/protective clothing per outdoor time, every one who spends time outdoors without it shows signs of skin aging like the a/b test in one, truck drivers, with the side closest to window showing significantly more wear and tear versus the interior facing side. In addition to sunscreen, there are nowadays a lot of arm/leg covering just for SPF protection even in hotter temperatures - I always wear the arm protection/eyewear when outside.
  - vba 8y ago
    Eyewear? Like sun glasses. Do the eyes age from natural light?
    - sideshowb 8y ago
      Yes. Macular degeneration from uv. Sunglasses and car windscreens in the eu must protect against uv by law. Other windows not necessarily. I have an optometrist friend who says he can tell easily in eye exam which old people have worn glasses or sunglasses and which haven't.
scott_s 8y ago
Perhaps you're mistaken? The results discussed in the article claim the opposite, and point out: "Their first conclusion was that athletes are lousy at identifying whether and why they are sniffling. The original 1980s studies had relied on runners’ self-reports of illness. But newer experiments that actually tested saliva showed that less than a third of marathon runners who thought they had caught a cold actually had. Statistically, their odds of becoming sick were about the same as for anyone else in the race’s host city. The athletes probably had misinterpreted allergies or short-term scratchiness in their airways after the race as a cold, says John Campbell, a professor at the University of Bath who was a co-author of the new review."

by ekr 8y ago

chiefalchemist 8y ago

While my (running) experience is similar, I alao believe it's possible to over-train. That is, it wasn't a single event that did the wearing down. The single big event is what finalized the lowering of the immunity threshold. So that looks like the fault of the ends (read: the event) was actually led by the means (training).

mistrial9 8y ago

runners and other endurance athletes I have met over the years, show noted skin aging after 40 years old..

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stevenwoo 8y ago
That may be more due to inadequate preventative sunscreen/protective clothing per outdoor time, every one who spends time outdoors without it shows signs of skin aging like the a/b test in one, truck drivers, with the side closest to window showing significantly more wear and tear versus the interior facing side. In addition to sunscreen, there are nowadays a lot of arm/leg covering just for SPF protection even in hotter temperatures - I always wear the arm protection/eyewear when outside.
- vba 8y ago
  Eyewear? Like sun glasses. Do the eyes age from natural light?
  - sideshowb 8y ago
    Yes. Macular degeneration from uv. Sunglasses and car windscreens in the eu must protect against uv by law. Other windows not necessarily. I have an optometrist friend who says he can tell easily in eye exam which old people have worn glasses or sunglasses and which haven't.

scott_s 8y ago

Perhaps you're mistaken? The results discussed in the article claim the opposite, and point out: "Their first conclusion was that athletes are lousy at identifying whether and why they are sniffling. The original 1980s studies had relied on runners’ self-reports of illness. But newer experiments that actually tested saliva showed that less than a third of marathon runners who thought they had caught a cold actually had. Statistically, their odds of becoming sick were about the same as for anyone else in the race’s host city. The athletes probably had misinterpreted allergies or short-term scratchiness in their airways after the race as a cold, says John Campbell, a professor at the University of Bath who was a co-author of the new review."