When I race a 70.3 or longer, I cross the finish line and almost immediately feel sick, I want to throw up, generally need to sit and / or lay down for 30+ minutes before I feel well enough to start conversing with others and take down some fluids. Don't want to talk to anyone, don't want to celebrate, and the smell of any food (yesterday, it was bacon pizza) gives me dry heaves. It sucks, I'm on the board for my club and people almost immediately want to chat it up post race and here I am a party pooper asking people to leave me alone.
The funny thing is, I'm the ONLY one that does this amongst the people I know. I've raced with 50+ friends this year at different events and every single time they start celebrating their race immediately, and I go lay down and try not to puke.
I did suffer a mild heat stroke earlier this year but have managed myself well I feel so far, and this problem as been consistent since 2014. I race by power on the bike, and I am big on managing my heart rate on both the bike and run.
So ST tell me, anyone else have this issue? Causes? Am I doing something wrong that makes me feel like this, maybe spending too much time at a "high heart rate" based on my fitness?
Here is a little data from yesterday's 70.3 for reference
2 hours pre-race:
cliff bar + banana + drink (2 scoop heed) (500 cal) food was in the system 90 minutes before start, I finished my drink 45 minutes prior to start
15 minutes to start:
1 salt pill (hammer endurolyte)
56 miles bike (average HR 142, .86 IF, 1.04 variability index, 50% zone 3, 50% zone 4):
Race bottle (700 cal, 870mg sodium, 144g carb, 39g sugar, 315mg pot, 100mg caffeine, 4g protein)
4 bottles of water
1 pack GU energy chews (80 cal, caffeine, little this little that, something NOT liquid)
3 salt pills
13.1 run (average HR 153, 26% zone 3, 71% zone 4, 4% zone 5):
1 pack GU energy chews, munched throughout the run
1 small station cup of heed every 1.5 miles, little water if I was feeling the heat
1 gel at mile 4
Regards,
J. Smith
The funny thing is, I'm the ONLY one that does this amongst the people I know. I've raced with 50+ friends this year at different events and every single time they start celebrating their race immediately, and I go lay down and try not to puke.
I did suffer a mild heat stroke earlier this year but have managed myself well I feel so far, and this problem as been consistent since 2014. I race by power on the bike, and I am big on managing my heart rate on both the bike and run.
So ST tell me, anyone else have this issue? Causes? Am I doing something wrong that makes me feel like this, maybe spending too much time at a "high heart rate" based on my fitness?
Here is a little data from yesterday's 70.3 for reference
2 hours pre-race:
cliff bar + banana + drink (2 scoop heed) (500 cal) food was in the system 90 minutes before start, I finished my drink 45 minutes prior to start
15 minutes to start:
1 salt pill (hammer endurolyte)
56 miles bike (average HR 142, .86 IF, 1.04 variability index, 50% zone 3, 50% zone 4):
Race bottle (700 cal, 870mg sodium, 144g carb, 39g sugar, 315mg pot, 100mg caffeine, 4g protein)
4 bottles of water
1 pack GU energy chews (80 cal, caffeine, little this little that, something NOT liquid)
3 salt pills
13.1 run (average HR 153, 26% zone 3, 71% zone 4, 4% zone 5):
1 pack GU energy chews, munched throughout the run
1 small station cup of heed every 1.5 miles, little water if I was feeling the heat
1 gel at mile 4
Regards,
J. Smith