Yesterday I read an interesting angle on skin cancer and the prevention of. It was penned by a triathlete because one of the top pro triathletes had got skin cancer which had provoked some concerns about it and how to prevent it. This often occurs to me when out in the sun - either running, cycling or just basking.
He made some interesting points about how sun cream was only invented in the 40s, incidence of skin cancer has increased drastically since the 70s, but is not consistent across Europe e.g. those in sunnier climes have not seen the increase of Denmark and the UK, and there's the fact that (in general) people spend less time outdoors as part of their jobs than they did in 'the old days'. So, where does this leave us? Suncream manufacturers would love us to use their products, no surprise there, but I don't see many balanced reviews on the subject. Is it just a seemingly random thing that affects only some people? Think I'll do a bit of research with Mr Google.
I'm just about over the physical exertions of Sunday - that lactic acid has been hanging around for a while so I'll be trying out my bike tonight as the weather is looking good. I wonder if recovery time is directly proportional to the effort e.g. does an ironman take twice as long to get over than a half ironman? Probably not a straight line, but I feel like this half ironman has taken an awful lot longer than a sprint. There's plenty written about lactate thresholds/recovery etc so I'm not going to pretend I can add anything meaningful to it except the obvious statement that the further you go, the longer it takes to get over it.
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