It's been brought to my attention that some of my updates about the race course for the OS teams are bringing all kinds of happy thoughts to our racers. In attempt to maintain that trend I've found a few points of information related to sleep deprivation that you all might be intrigued by.
Sleep Deprivation (per wikipedia...)
First we should cover some basics...
Generally, lack of sleep may result in:
- aching muscles (presumably above and beyond what you'll already be feeling)
- hallucinations (my favorite)
- hand tremors
- irritability (this explains some of the grumpiness from my teammates)
- memory lapses or loss
- severe yawning
- temper tantrums in children (no comment)
- symptoms similar to psychosis
Some other select items from the wikipedia entry for Sleep Deprivation:
"Sleep deprivation can adversely affect brain function"
"People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent"
"Sleep deprivation can be used as a means of torture" (Remember, you all signed up for this. See the next point...)
"Sleep deprivation has sometimes been self-imposed to achieve personal notoriety in the context of record-breaking stunts."
Rest up, and we'll see you all on Friday!!
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