Biking on 6 or less hours sleep? - Page 3 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

10-05-2004, 08:51 AM

Paul R wrote:
|| "Preston Crawford" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
|| news:slrncm5erb.hmv.me@serpentor.cobrala...
||| Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could
||| somehow be *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence
||| to back this up, it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I
||| do it, but I still worry. It's become more of a problem lately
||| because my stress is up at my new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do
||| you guys bike on low sleep?
|||
||| Preston
||
|| Sounds like you need less stress!
||
|| Going for a bike ride WILL help you reduce stress. Sounds like you
|| NEED to go riding.
||
|| If it feels OK, then trust yourself.

I agree 500% with Paul. Biking does wonders to relieve stress. As long as
you feel okay, go for it Preston!
If you don't, take a rest.

10-05-2004, 09:03 AM

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0500, Preston Crawford
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Do you guys bike on low sleep?

Thanks to an Aussie Shepherd that must go out at 4:00 am, the answer
is yes. Cycling is not an activity that seems impacted in attention or
awareness by lack of sleep - other than it probably impacts
performance. Sitting at my desk on a day that my schedule and the
dog's was in serious conflict (like getting home from a Maryland
basketball game at midnight) IS a problem.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

10-05-2004, 09:03 AM

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0500, Preston Crawford
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Do you guys bike on low sleep?

Thanks to an Aussie Shepherd that must go out at 4:00 am, the answer
is yes. Cycling is not an activity that seems impacted in attention or
awareness by lack of sleep - other than it probably impacts
performance. Sitting at my desk on a day that my schedule and the
dog's was in serious conflict (like getting home from a Maryland
basketball game at midnight) IS a problem.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

10-05-2004, 09:03 AM

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0500, Preston Crawford
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Do you guys bike on low sleep?

Thanks to an Aussie Shepherd that must go out at 4:00 am, the answer
is yes. Cycling is not an activity that seems impacted in attention or
awareness by lack of sleep - other than it probably impacts
performance. Sitting at my desk on a day that my schedule and the
dog's was in serious conflict (like getting home from a Maryland
basketball game at midnight) IS a problem.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

10-05-2004, 09:03 AM

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0500, Preston Crawford
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Do you guys bike on low sleep?

Thanks to an Aussie Shepherd that must go out at 4:00 am, the answer
is yes. Cycling is not an activity that seems impacted in attention or
awareness by lack of sleep - other than it probably impacts
performance. Sitting at my desk on a day that my schedule and the
dog's was in serious conflict (like getting home from a Maryland
basketball game at midnight) IS a problem.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

10-05-2004, 09:34 AM

Preston Crawford wrote:
> Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could somehow
> be *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence to back
> this up, it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I do it,
> but I still worry. It's become more of a problem lately because my
> stress is up at my new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do you guys
> bike on low sleep?

I hate to admit it, but sometimes before "major" group rides I have trouble
getting to sleep. (Worst case was before a 24-hour race up in Monterrey --
NOT the best time to toss and turn all night!)

What someone told me long ago -- before taking the SATs, maybe? -- was to
just try to *REST* as much as possible if you can't get to sleep, as the
body doesn't really know the difference.

Then, get the hell up when the alarm goes off and go have fun. Like others
have pointed out, bike riding is a terrific ANTIDOTE to stress.

Bill "you'll sleep well the /following/ night" S.

10-05-2004, 09:34 AM

Preston Crawford wrote:
> Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could somehow
> be *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence to back
> this up, it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I do it,
> but I still worry. It's become more of a problem lately because my
> stress is up at my new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do you guys
> bike on low sleep?

I hate to admit it, but sometimes before "major" group rides I have trouble
getting to sleep. (Worst case was before a 24-hour race up in Monterrey --
NOT the best time to toss and turn all night!)

What someone told me long ago -- before taking the SATs, maybe? -- was to
just try to *REST* as much as possible if you can't get to sleep, as the
body doesn't really know the difference.

Then, get the hell up when the alarm goes off and go have fun. Like others
have pointed out, bike riding is a terrific ANTIDOTE to stress.

Bill "you'll sleep well the /following/ night" S.

10-05-2004, 09:34 AM

Preston Crawford wrote:
> Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could somehow
> be *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence to back
> this up, it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I do it,
> but I still worry. It's become more of a problem lately because my
> stress is up at my new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do you guys
> bike on low sleep?

I hate to admit it, but sometimes before "major" group rides I have trouble
getting to sleep. (Worst case was before a 24-hour race up in Monterrey --
NOT the best time to toss and turn all night!)

What someone told me long ago -- before taking the SATs, maybe? -- was to
just try to *REST* as much as possible if you can't get to sleep, as the
body doesn't really know the difference.

Then, get the hell up when the alarm goes off and go have fun. Like others
have pointed out, bike riding is a terrific ANTIDOTE to stress.

Bill "you'll sleep well the /following/ night" S.

10-05-2004, 09:34 AM

Preston Crawford wrote:
> Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could somehow
> be *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence to back
> this up, it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I do it,
> but I still worry. It's become more of a problem lately because my
> stress is up at my new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do you guys
> bike on low sleep?

I hate to admit it, but sometimes before "major" group rides I have trouble
getting to sleep. (Worst case was before a 24-hour race up in Monterrey --
NOT the best time to toss and turn all night!)

What someone told me long ago -- before taking the SATs, maybe? -- was to
just try to *REST* as much as possible if you can't get to sleep, as the
body doesn't really know the difference.

Then, get the hell up when the alarm goes off and go have fun. Like others
have pointed out, bike riding is a terrific ANTIDOTE to stress.

Bill "you'll sleep well the /following/ night" S.

10-05-2004, 09:50 AM

Preston Crawford <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Because of my anxiety I'm often worried that doing this could somehow be
> *dangerous*. I have no empirical or scientific evidence to back this up,
> it just doesn't feel healthy. It feels good when I do it, but I still
> worry. It's become more of a problem lately because my stress is up at my
> new job and I'm not sleeping well. Do you guys bike on low sleep?

i bike on six hours or less almost every day. 6 hours is my upper limit for
weeknights and 4 my lower if i want to repeat it without crashing for 14
hours. biking with sleep deprivation (which is what you're really asking?)
is probably not a good idea from a safety standpoint.

biking while stressed, tho, usually helps. one of the few things that does.
best to take care of what's stressing you out, tho.
--
david reuteler
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