Hi,
I am currently training for my second IM and I have recently been feeling really awful in training and had some near personal worsts in events despite training as hard as I could. At first I thought I was just being a bit soft, like I just wasn't trying hard enough and it was normal training fatigue. But it has been a while so I went to the doctors and and she ran some blood test. My ferritin came back as a 5, which the doctor said is extremely low and has prescribed me some iron pills. Quite relieved to know why I have been feeling so bad and that it's not normal but a bit concerned too. I'm doing a half ironman in two weeks and IM in three months so I am in a big rush to increase it as quickly as I can.
Has anyone else had a problem with very low ferritin levels? How long did it take for you to feel better? If anyone has any experiences to share I'd really appreciate it.
I am currently training for my second IM and I have recently been feeling really awful in training and had some near personal worsts in events despite training as hard as I could. At first I thought I was just being a bit soft, like I just wasn't trying hard enough and it was normal training fatigue. But it has been a while so I went to the doctors and and she ran some blood test. My ferritin came back as a 5, which the doctor said is extremely low and has prescribed me some iron pills. Quite relieved to know why I have been feeling so bad and that it's not normal but a bit concerned too. I'm doing a half ironman in two weeks and IM in three months so I am in a big rush to increase it as quickly as I can.
Has anyone else had a problem with very low ferritin levels? How long did it take for you to feel better? If anyone has any experiences to share I'd really appreciate it.