Did Seth DeMoor damage his oxygen carrying capacity permanently due to the Colorado air pollution?

No. Running in the haze is pretty much an acute issue. I am sure he will be fine. The air in Colorado right now reminds me of the air in East LA. The only difference is the air in Colorado will have cleared up in a month. The air in East LA is always that way.

joedirt wrote:

No. Running in the haze is pretty much an acute issue. I am sure he will be fine. The air in Colorado right now reminds me of the air in East LA. The only difference is the air in Colorado will have cleared up in a month. The air in East LA is always that way.

Isn’t it worse in Denver/Boulder than in the Springs?

broski boy wrote:

joedirt wrote:

No. Running in the haze is pretty much an acute issue. I am sure he will be fine. The air in Colorado right now reminds me of the air in East LA. The only difference is the air in Colorado will have cleared up in a month. The air in East LA is always that way.

Isn’t it worse in Denver/Boulder than in the Springs?

Pikes Peak ends on Colorado Springs does it not?

So do you run, like, marathons? wrote:

broski boy wrote:

Isn’t it worse in Denver/Boulder than in the Springs?

Pikes Peak ends on Colorado Springs does it not?

Not every Pikes participant lives in the Springs, do they?

Wasn’t pollution the reason Haile G. didn’t run the Beijing Marathon?

broski boy wrote:

So do you run, like, marathons? wrote:

Pikes Peak ends on Colorado Springs does it not?

Not every Pikes participant lives in the Springs, do they?

You asked whether he damaged is lung capacity racing Pikes, so I assumed we were talking about the location of Pikes, not where he lives.

Sage Canaday goes hand in hand with that man these days!

DeMoor is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in running. Killing it.

Noyankee wrote:

DeMoor is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in running. Killing it.

You may be on to something. The comments during the youtube livefeed were dominated by Seth's followers.

Ackley wrote:

Noyankee wrote:

DeMoor is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in running. Killing it.

You may be on to something. The comments during the youtube livefeed were dominated by Seth's followers.

The guy whose running community lives on youtube, was very popular in the race stream on youtube? Is that data?

a + b wrote:

Ackley wrote:

You may be on to something. The comments during the youtube livefeed were dominated by Seth's followers.

The guy whose running community lives on youtube, was very popular in the race stream on youtube? Is that data?

Far more people can relate to Seth, than can relate to Joshua C.

He shows the actual work he does. He is very positive. Seems like a genuinely good dude.

LRC should pay more attention to him and runners like him.

I don't remember seeing a single article from LRC about Pikes Peek or Demoor.

No, your lungs can heal themselves.

A smoker approaches normal lung function after 15 years of smoking cessation. I'm sure a day out running in the smoke is not great, but he will bounce back. Probably it will create no measurable difference in performance.

jonathon wrote:

No, your lungs can heal themselves.

A smoker approaches normal lung function after 15 years of smoking cessation. I'm sure a day out running in the smoke is not great, but he will bounce back. Probably it will create no measurable difference in performance.

What you say is broadly correct, but lungs can't heal themselves. The alveoli you have, are the alveoli you have. This is why lung function declines about 1 per cent per year after about early middle age. Smoking and air pollution merely accelerates this decline.

You lungs can, however, clean themselves. This is what accounts for improving lung function in ex-smokers, and why a day in the haze will have no measurable impact on performance moving forward.