I don't know what to do next. It's hard not to panic. I do know however that I need to keep everything in perspective. After all it's only a freaking amateur sporting event, and the world will not be worse off if it doesn't came together as planned.
By now you may have gathered that my long run was not a success. As promised I did everything by the book, but I ended up with the exact same outcome. I barely survived 25 kms and then finished with a very painful 3km walk home. Based on the minimal amount of activity leading up to today I have positively ruled out the overtrained theory. I don't think I really bought it in the first place since I never experienced the elevated resting heart rate problem that is one of the most common indicators.
It is unlike anything I have ever experienced before. The first indication is sore legs after about 90 minutes. That is unheard of other than the day after a very hard workout of some kind. Then my heart rate starts to climb quickly and within a half hour I go from being totally in control to completely floundered.
I have not ruled out the effects of the hyperbaric chamber despite the confidence of the doctors. On Monday I will challenge him more specifically to give me evidence in the form of studies and data. The Internet is full of stuff but I can not find anything relevant to my particular situation.
(run 25 kms, 2:13)
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."---Michael Caine
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."---Vannevar Bush
By now you may have gathered that my long run was not a success. As promised I did everything by the book, but I ended up with the exact same outcome. I barely survived 25 kms and then finished with a very painful 3km walk home. Based on the minimal amount of activity leading up to today I have positively ruled out the overtrained theory. I don't think I really bought it in the first place since I never experienced the elevated resting heart rate problem that is one of the most common indicators.
It is unlike anything I have ever experienced before. The first indication is sore legs after about 90 minutes. That is unheard of other than the day after a very hard workout of some kind. Then my heart rate starts to climb quickly and within a half hour I go from being totally in control to completely floundered.
I have not ruled out the effects of the hyperbaric chamber despite the confidence of the doctors. On Monday I will challenge him more specifically to give me evidence in the form of studies and data. The Internet is full of stuff but I can not find anything relevant to my particular situation.
(run 25 kms, 2:13)
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."---Michael Caine
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."---Vannevar Bush
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Peter
evaluation maybe, but reason?? from you, Pete? If part of you is floundering, be with it, calmy...
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