Peter’s Journey and Records

In this interview, an elite cyclist and PhD-trained researcher shares the story of discovering severe coronary artery disease despite appearing exceptionally healthy. What began as a small drop in cycling power led to an invasive angiogram, a stent, and the discovery of multiple arterial blockages.

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The heat inside the velodrome rose like a living thing, swelling from seventy-five to eighty degrees Fahrenheit as the desert afternoon pressed against the curved walls. From beneath the wooden track came the faint, steady breathing of the air-handling system—a mechanical sigh under the foundation that vibrated faintly through the frame of my bicycle. Six thousand feet above sea level, in the thin air of Aguascalientes, Mexico, I began to ride.