Originally published by Newsroom on December 17, 2025 Author: Suzanne McFadden “ While training at 2200m altitude in Mexico for seven weeks, the cyclist saw the change. “In an endurance sport, we try to monitor our cycles in terms of energy, making sure we don’t go into the red. And this was the first time I’d done an altitude stint for that long and kept a regular menstrual cycle,” she says.