Skiing, cold weather and pulse oximetry

guest — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:28:13 GMT

I had a great day of skiing at the Frisco Nordic Center on Wednesday. I think Bil Danielson lapped me about 10 times on the back climb. He's going to have a great ski at the Birkebeinder this year.

I intended to carry the video camera yesterday so you could see what fun Meeka has "skiing" (I ski, she runs all-out with a smile on her face); but I forgot the camera. I'll get that captured later.

I did try to get the outdoor activities in before today. Real feel at the writing of this blog is -29 degrees in Summit County. Beyond cold. (chart below)

In a previous blog I mentioned that I'm monitoring body temperature and pulse. That experiment continues.

Due to reviewing notes from the USA Cycling Coaching Summit, I decided to add pulse oximetry to my experiment. I'm curious about the values at home (about 5,000 ft. elevation) and in the mountains at about 9,000 ft. I want to know if values change as I stay at altitude and what affect (if any) my asthma medications have on the values. I'm looking for data to help my training and racing at altitude. I'll keep you posted on that as I go along.

Ending a great year and looking forward to an excellent 2011. Stay warm, and Happy New Year ~

Time	7a	8a	9a	10a	11a	12p	1p	2p	3p	4p	5p	6p	7p	8p	9p	10p	11p	12a	1a	2a	3a	4a	5a	6a
Temp (°F)	-12	-13	-9	-7	-4	-2	-2	-2	-4	-5	-6	-9	-13	-16	-17	-19	-19	-19	-19	-16	-17	-17	-18	-17
Feels Like	-32	-34	-30	-29	-26	-25	-25	-26	-29	-29	-31	-36	-41	-44	-44	-46	-46	-46	-46	-42	-44	-44	-45	-44
Wind Speed	12	13	15	17	18	21	23	24	24	23	24	25	24	23	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
Wind Dir
Dew Pt	-14	-16	-15	-15	-15	-13	-13	-13	-14	-13	-13	-15	-19	-22	-22	-24	-24	-24	-23	-21	-21	-21	-22	-21
Skies
Precip
Precip Amt (inches)	.03	.03	.01		.01		.02	.04	.08	.08	.08	.06	.05	.02	.05	.05	.03	.04	.05	.01	.02	.02	.02
% Hum	88	86	70	61	53	52	53	55	57	63	65	71	71	70	71	75	76	75	76	76	76	77	78	79

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Skiing, cold weather and pulse oximetry