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Agree. 4 hrs block per 24hr?
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They used to have records for sleep dep and I think it was out to something like 11 days without sleep (and without drugs) before they shut the attempts down and removed them from record books for people's safety. Think they did the same with eating records.
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I've done a bit of sleep dep riding... I know from experience that it is really hard and also I believe from reading stuff that it is not good for you (increased Alzheimers, heart attack risks, etc)
Reading Matthew Walkers Why We Sleep Science is pretty scary when you take into account missing sleep in normal life let alone doing it regularily to the extend that people do for ultra races.
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I've done a bit of sleep dep riding, but never more than 48 hours without sleep, and if I get the dozies, I always stop as soon as is practical. I know from experience that it is really hard and also I believe from reading stuff that it is not good for you (increased Alzheimers, heart attack risks, etc) so I don't do it too often.
In the past I've always been opposed to the idea of rules to insist on x hours stopped per day. But I think Sofiane's ride might make me change my mind.
I never thought anyone would go for much longer than 48 hours, let alone 4 and a bit days, without stopping to sleep. I'm not an expert, but I believe that it is significantly more unsafe that what all the rest of us do, and I'd hate to see things going that way.