[jonmurua]

jonmurua on July 30, 2021 at 4:41 am · in reply to: Lab Test Vs. Drift Test -> comparison #56064

That AeT comes from gas analyses.

I did the test after a 12 weeks-long base period, which I obviously did wrong ?

The fit files can be uploaded to trainingpeaks to visualize the details.

[jonmurua]

jonmurua on July 30, 2021 at 2:44 am · in reply to: Lab Test Vs. Drift Test -> comparison #56060

The fit files are here

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jonmurua on July 30, 2021 at 2:01 am · in reply to: Endurance athletes and kidney stones #56056

I’ve tested different techniques to avoid having kidney stones, and I believe I have found the formula that works for me (I used to have 2/3 attacks per year):

It is particularly difficult to control in 2-3 day long alpine outings in the summer in the alps because of:
– Limited access to water
– Heat
– Sweat
– Food high in salt (cheese, salami)
– Food high in oxalate (nuts, chocolate)

The formula that worked for me:
– Drink plenty of water when I’m in the city (fresh sparkling water helps to drink more)
– Drink enough milk for the calcium (coffee with milk, bowls of cereals…)
– Do not eat food with high oxalate content, never! (spinach, chocolate, soya, some type of nuts like almonds, cashew nuts or peanuts)
– Limit significantly the food with medium content of oxalate, and if for whatever reason I eat more than normally in a day, complement with extra drinking water (tomato paste, chips/crisps…)
– Eat food with low oxalate content without paying attention (fruits, vegetables, sunflower seeds…)
– I cut on salt completely!
– I don’t go to restaurants because the food tends to be very salty

For the mountain days, this is the approach I take:
– Drink plenty of water before I leave home to start driving
– Drink plenty of water before I start the approach
– Carry 3l of water mixed with isotonic powder
– Eat white chocolate
– Eat sunflower and pumpking seeds (I make my own energy bars to make sure they don’t contain soya, cacao, almonds or peanuts which are quite common in commercial energy bars)
– Do not eat anything salty (cheese, salami…)
– I bring light sandwitches and bread
– Breakfast with plenty of milk (I carry powder milk for bivouacs)
– When I’m back from the mountains, I drink about 2 liters of water in 2 hours (I’ve read that drinking more than 1l/h is pointless as the body does not absorb the liquid)
– When I’m back from the mountains, I drink a mix of water with a special magnesium my doctor recommended. I drink this 3 times, in the 3 days after the mountains.
– I sometimes carry the magnesium with me to drink in the night in the mountains.

I hope this helps.