Biking on 6 or less hours sleep?

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

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?
||

Don't invent things to worry about, Preston. If you feel okay while doing
it, then where is the problem?

I've biked on 4 hours of sleep. I normally only get 5 or 6 hours anyway.

On 2004-10-05, Paul R wrote:

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
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.

cheers,
Paul

Okay. Thanks.

Preston

On 2004-10-05, Roger Zoul wrote:
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?
||

Don't invent things to worry about, Preston. If you feel okay while doing
it, then where is the problem?

The problem is when you have anxiety (like I do) you do invent things to
worry about. Especially when work is crazy and your anxiety is at a fever
pitch and you aren't sleeping well. The whole program starts to go
haywire.

I've biked on 4 hours of sleep. I normally only get 5 or 6 hours anyway.

Okay. Thanks. That makes me feel a little better.

Preston

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
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.

cheers,
Paul

Paul R wrote:
|| "Preston Crawford" wrote in message
|| ...
||| 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.

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0500, Preston Crawford
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...

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.

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 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

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?

Biking on short sleep is certainly less dangerous than driving on short
sleep. You're far less likely to nod off while pedaling!

Unless you have a heart condition or something, I don't see a physical
danger particularly. You won't perform as well, that's all.

I sometimes get anxious before a planned big ride, and don't sleep well.
Last Friday night in fact, I had that problem. So I rescheduled the
Saturday ride for Sunday, and did a short ride on Saturday instead.

Dave