Am I overdoing it or do I need a trip to docs?

[lulubel]

I do find it very difficult to 'slow down' and take it easy. Particularly in traffic. But I'm definitely going to try

I think you may be right on that, I don't warm up properly as I feel under pressure when in traffic. It's also in my nature to want to go flat out right away

I would, however, expect this to cause nausea/pain straight away rather than 30 minutes into a ride when I've stopped?

I'm the same in traffic. I find it very tempting to push on as hard as I can to get on the quieter roads as quickly as possible.

It's possible it could cause a delayed reaction. I think it's something to do with the body's "fight or flight" instincts. While you're exercising, your body could be supressing the problems because it figures what you're doing is necessary to survival, and the reaction doesn't kick in until afterwards. Slightly different, but a couple of times when I've done hard runs, I've felt great afterwards, had my recovery snack, showered, and then felt awful and thrown up half an hour later!

Would leaving it say 2 hours be okay in terms of the energy you have?

No problems there at all. I know plenty of runners who leave it 2 hours or longer before eating and running.

And on the subject of hydration, someone I knew a few years back was a committed runner, did her first marathon, and was rushed to hospital 24 hours afterwards with what looked like severe dehydration. She was in hospital for a month before they diagnosed the problem and were confident she was stable enough to send home. I can't remember what it was she was diagnosed with, but I think it was something to do with her body flushing out essential minerals at an uncontrolled rate. Basically, after the marathon, she thought she was very dehydrated (dark coloured pee) and kept drinking lots of water, and the more she drank the more minerals were flushed out, until she virtually collapsed. She had to give up running altogether because of the danger of it happening again. She said she'd felt terrible during her training, and ill after every long run, but she just told herself marathon training is hard. I wish I could remember what it was called.

Anyway, I might be going off at a complete tangent, but I'm just trying to toss some random ideas your way!

Edited to add: she was also losing weight during her marathon training despite eating loads, and everyone kept telling her she must not be eating enough because generally you gain weight marathon training.

 

[lesley_x]

I'm the same in traffic. I find it very tempting to push on as hard as I can to get on the quieter roads as quickly as possible.

It's possible it could cause a delayed reaction. I think it's something to do with the body's "fight or flight" instincts. While you're exercising, your body could be supressing the problems because it figures what you're doing is necessary to survival, and the reaction doesn't kick in until afterwards. Slightly different, but a couple of times when I've done hard runs, I've felt great afterwards, had my recovery snack, showered, and then felt awful and thrown up half an hour later!



No problems there at all. I know plenty of runners who leave it 2 hours or longer before eating and running.

And on the subject of hydration, someone I knew a few years back was a committed runner, did her first marathon, and was rushed to hospital 24 hours afterwards with what looked like severe dehydration. She was in hospital for a month before they diagnosed the problem and were confident she was stable enough to send home. I can't remember what it was she was diagnosed with, but I think it was something to do with her body flushing out essential minerals at an uncontrolled rate. Basically, after the marathon, she thought she was very dehydrated (dark coloured pee) and kept drinking lots of water, and the more she drank the more minerals were flushed out, until she virtually collapsed. She had to give up running altogether because of the danger of it happening again. She said she'd felt terrible during her training, and ill after every long run, but she just told herself marathon training is hard. I wish I could remember what it was called.

Anyway, I might be going off at a complete tangent, but I'm just trying to toss some random ideas your way!

Edited to add: she was also losing weight during her marathon training despite eating loads, and everyone kept telling her she must not be eating enough because generally you gain weight marathon training.

Both of your points do make sense and definitely could apply to me. Particularly the first one.

I have 3 weeks off work atm and I'm too scared to utilise that time and go out on the bike just in case the last episode I had was so horrible I don't want a repeat.

 

[lesley_x]

Saw consultant yesterday, thinks there may be a problem with the blood supply to my stomach and is going to check previous CT scans and MRI scans have examined the blood supply. Here's hoping for a solution.

 

[The Jogger]

Saw consultant yesterday, thinks there may be a problem with the blood supply to my stomach and is going to check previous CT scans and MRI scans have examined the blood supply. Here's hoping for a solution.

Good Luck, hope it gets sorted soon.......

 

[ColinJ]

And on the subject of hydration, someone I knew a few years back was a committed runner, did her first marathon, and was rushed to hospital 24 hours afterwards with what looked like severe dehydration. She was in hospital for a month before they diagnosed the problem and were confident she was stable enough to send home. I can't remember what it was she was diagnosed with, but I think it was something to do with her body flushing out essential minerals at an uncontrolled rate. Basically, after the marathon, she thought she was very dehydrated (dark coloured pee) and kept drinking lots of water, and the more she drank the more minerals were flushed out, until she virtually collapsed. She had to give up running altogether because of the danger of it happening again. She said she'd felt terrible during her training, and ill after every long run, but she just told herself marathon training is hard. I wish I could remember what it was called.

Water intoxication causing dilutional hyponatra(e)mia?

 

[lulubel]

Water intoxication causing dilutional hyponatra(e)mia?

No, I'm familiar with that. This was a rare condition that she already had (but didn't know about it) that had been triggered by the endurance running. It's something she just has to live with in the long term, which meant the end of distance running for her.

 

[lesley_x]

Well, taking down my average speed hasn't helped. Today I averaged 9.9mph, have only cycled 1mile and am now sitting at the side of the road feeling like hell.

I fear I may have to give this up

 

[ttcycle]

Well, taking down my average speed hasn't helped. Today I averaged 9.9mph, have only cycled 1mile and am now sitting at the side of the road feeling like hell.

I fear I may have to give this up

Don't give up yet, see what the Consultant says- that might help with a solution, perhaps not immediately though.

 

[Becs]

Saw consultant yesterday, thinks there may be a problem with the blood supply to my stomach and is going to check previous CT scans and MRI scans have examined the blood supply. Here's hoping for a solution.

That makes a lot of sense. If you're exercising your body will be diverting your blood away from your gut to increase the blood supply to your muscles so this might be unmasking an underlying blood flow problem. I really hope they get to the bottom of it quickly!

 

[Carol C]

I have Crohns disease but thankfully it's ok at the moment, so isn't affecting me riding my bike.

 

[The Jogger]

Good luck Lesley_x

 

[Globalti]

Lesley you really need to see a good gastroenterologist who is a physician and who will understand the chemistry. A physician who cycles or does sport would be even better, it's a pity you're not in Lancs because my cycling buddy is that man and I've never known anybody with such a good knowledge of how the body responds to exercise.