Anyone have thoughts on mild nausea when racing at higher altitude than you are used to? I live and train at sea level and flew to CdA 70.3 Saturday which is about 2200ft. Raced Sunday and had just enough nausea that I really struggled on the run. I’ve never really had that before. I was extra well hydrated for the 3 days leading up to the event. Electrolytes and all.
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Re: Altitude racing issues [davedaprato]
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Sorry about that Dave, but 2200ft is not altitude, so it has to be something else..Really needs to be over 3k to begin to get the first effects of altitude..
Re: Altitude racing issues [davedaprato]
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Definitely not going to make a difference. You’re probabaly not actually at sea-level. Normally people are more like 500-1000 ft above sea level.
At 2200 ft you’re only at a partial O2 pressure of 93%, it’s not enough to be noticable.
At 2200 ft you’re only at a partial O2 pressure of 93%, it’s not enough to be noticable.
Yeah, 2200ft is not really elevation unless you are coming from Florida, and even then not really noticeable.You could expect about a 3% reduction in output for every 1K feet over 3000ft.
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