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Why have dozens of endurance athletes died in their sleep over the last few decades? How can a cyclist's heart rate be slower than an elephant's?
Elite cyclists have such extreme physiology and such abnormal cardiovascular systems that their hearts beat less than 30 times a minute. Combined with performance-enhancing drugs that makes their blood thick and gloopy with red blood cells, this spells a recipe for disaster.
The legendary 'Il Pirata', Marco Pantani, had to wake up in the night and cycle on a stationary bike to make sure his heart rate didn't drop too low and cause a heart attack. During the day, he lived to ride...but at night, he rode to stay alive.
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Further reading:
The Death of Marco Pantani by Matt Rendell www.amazon.co....
Ross Tucker's blog scienceofsport....
(current website sportsscientist...)
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Music:
Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod. Creative Commons licence, downloaded from incompetech.com...
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Sources:
Cycling footage (CC) - John Simpson • Ironman cyclist Creati...
Mo Farah footage - • World Championships 20...
Guardian - • Chris Froome fails dru...
Le Tour de France - • Summary - Stage 21 - T...
Fitbit • Introducing Fitbit Blaze™
VO2 max - • What is VO2 Max?
Elite athletes - heart.bmj.com/c...