So I've got some friends who do long distance triathlons; Ironman distances and the like. One of the thinigs I hear mentioned is "that was a 4-bagger" meaning that upon finishing, thjey were so depleted they had a total of 4 IV bags to get them rehydrated. Got me to thinking of Lance's time trial last year, when he really dehydrated, and how he said it would take a day or three for his body to rehydrate properly.
So I was wondering; doping is illegal, but what about rehydration through IV saline as the tri-geeks do? Is that legal? It's just salt water. Anyone know if this is at all practiced in the peloton?
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:15:53 -0400, "Dave" <[email hidden]>
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So I've got some friends who do long distance triathlons; Ironman distances and the like. One of the thinigs I hear mentioned is "that was a 4-bagger" meaning that upon finishing, thjey were so depleted they had a total of 4 IV bags to get them rehydrated. Got me to thinking of Lance's time trial last year, when he really dehydrated, and how he said it would take a day or three for his body to rehydrate properly.
So I was wondering; doping is illegal, but what about rehydration through IV saline as the tri-geeks do? Is that legal? It's just salt water. Anyone know if this is at all practiced in the peloton?
Peloton? Which sport are you talking about. In terms of rules, read the rule book of the sport in question. In terms of practice, yes, in cycling at high levels IVs are used -- saline and sometimes I think aspirin solutions.
in article [email hidden], Dave at [email hidden] wrote on 7/15/04 5:15 AM:
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So I've got some friends who do long distance triathlons; Ironman distances and the like. One of the thinigs I hear mentioned is "that was a 4-bagger" meaning that upon finishing, thjey were so depleted they had a total of 4 IV bags to get them rehydrated. Got me to thinking of Lance's time trial last year, when he really dehydrated, and how he said it would take a day or three for his body to rehydrate properly.
So I was wondering; doping is illegal, but what about rehydration through IV saline as the tri-geeks do? Is that legal? It's just salt water. Anyone know if this is at all practiced in the peloton?
I know right off the bat you didn't watch the Tour last year, because Lance Armstrong did exactly this after the Gaillac time trial when he lost a huge amount of weight through dehydration.
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:14:23 -0700, Sonarrat <[email hidden]>
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So I was wondering; doping is illegal, but what about rehydration through IV saline as the tri-geeks do? Is that legal? It's just salt water. Anyone know if this is at all practiced in the peloton?
I know right off the bat you didn't watch the Tour last year, because Lance Armstrong did exactly this after the Gaillac time trial when he lost a huge amount of weight through dehydration.
Its an every other year thing at the Tour de Toona/International/Whatever they call it this year for the women. The day the road race loop start/finish is in Hollidaysburg seems to invite weather that does a job on them. The IVs are done in an assembly line on main street. Since some of them start the next day and there are officials in the 'IV pit', I doubt there is anything illegal. Altoona must be at least a B race, but I don't know if its at the level of using UCI rules.
Two years ago a couple of women seemed to be unconscious when they crossed the line at Hollidaysburg. Wonder exactly how they kept the curtain up until they managed to finish.
Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels...
in article [email hidden], Chris at [email hidden] wrote on 7/15/04 11:01 AM:
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in article [email hidden], Dave at [email hidden] wrote on 7/15/04 5:15 AM:
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So I've got some friends who do long distance triathlons; Ironman
distances
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and the like. One of the thinigs I hear mentioned is "that was a
4-bagger"
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meaning that upon finishing, thjey were so depleted they had a total of
4 IV
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bags to get them rehydrated. Got me to thinking of Lance's time trial
last
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year, when he really dehydrated, and how he said it would take a day or three for his body to rehydrate properly.
So I was wondering; doping is illegal, but what about rehydration
through IV
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saline as the tri-geeks do? Is that legal? It's just salt water.
Anyone
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know if this is at all practiced in the peloton?
I know right off the bat you didn't watch the Tour last year, because
Lance
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Armstrong did exactly this after the Gaillac time trial when he lost a
huge
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amount of weight through dehydration.
How would watching the Tour last year reveal his use of IV to assist rehydration? I missed it if they did show it.
They didn't show it, but it was mentioned several times in the coverage. He lost an ungodly amount of weight during the Gaillac ITT and used IVs to help rehydrate himself over the next few nights.
in article [email hidden], Dave at [email hidden] wrote on 7/15/04 4:21 PM:
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Sorry; couldn't get OLNTV on my cable system till this year. Blame Adelphia... I listened to it on the web though; does that count?
I'm not trying to be nasty. People are just discovering the sport now, and I'm glad to see it happen. When I first joined the group it was during the Tour de France, too, and only then, gradually, I started to become aware of all of the other races on the calendar that do not happen in July...
