Special: Science Edition - Share Your Experience!

Let's do some science! A lot of us long-distance cyclists have been
wondering about the physical symptoms that occur during
ultracycling – it would be great if as many of you as possible
could participate in this:
https://www.soscisurvey.de/ultra-effects/ Many of you seem to have
experienced symptoms that could be related to changes in kidney
function, e.g. water retention or urine changes. Together with Dr.
Philipp Gauckler, a nephrologist and Jana Kesenheimer, a
psychologist, I would like to invite you to participate in a
scientific survey exploring all these symptoms in a bit more
detail. Through this survey, we hope to shed light on the
occurrence and (perceived) severity of such symptoms and identify
potential associations between sociodemographic or
cycling-/race-related factors that contribute to the development of
such symptoms (e.g. does age, gender or the kind and amount of
drinks we consume during races affect the occurrence and severity
of these symptoms?). As we are also asking for some (anonymous)
demographic data in the end of the survey, this study could also
give us a few more detailed numbers on the community in general.
Therefore, it would be great if you could forward this to as many
people as possible! This survey is open to anyone who has done at
least one “long” tour, the definition of which is up to you (we
will be asking for your specific ride in the beginning). Of course,
you can also participate if you did not have any symptoms at all
(in fact, this would be important to be able to quantify how many
of us actually develop such symptoms at all). We thank you for
sharing your experiences. Ride safe! Dr. Fiona Kolbinger, Dr.
Philipp Gauckler and Jana Kesenheimer + + Cover: Lars Schmidt