In the past week I have flown from PA to SF and got back to PA late last night. Today on my run i was trying to maintain a HR of 155 and was running them almost a minute per mile slower then I normally do!!!
Should I be worried or could my body just be tired even though im not “feeling” the normal effects of jetlag.
personal experiances?
Someone pls tell me I havnt suddenly become SLOW
thnx
dan
Sadly, I am an (involuntary) jet lag expert.
I think it is not the jet lag that is slowing you, probably just accumulated flying/work fatigue and sitting in airplane seats with your blood pooling in your legs that is slowing your runs.
Dan,
Without sounding too much like a victim, count yourself lucky. I flew from Vancouver, BC, to Singapore on the weekend. I am so jet lagged right now I physically feel sick. Though my swim last night and my run today were harder to finish…the exercise itself is really helping. I think (hope?) it allows me to get tired enough to get back to a proper sleep pattern. Get some proper sleep, hydrate, and you should be alright in a day.
haha at the moment proper sleep patterns are a thing of the past 40 or so pages to write by the end of the sems and 12 of em r due wed. Hopefully I can just train through it. as for proper hydration how does bad coffee sound 
Dan
Bad coffee is ok…but you have to have at least 3 beer before bedtime. At least that’s what I’ve been doing…
Tri getting a prescription for Ambien. It will put you to sleep on the plane, and then you can take it at night when you get where you are going. Several folks I know swear by it.
I always go to the hotel in the Singapore airport and use the gym so as to get the blood pumping on any stop over I do there. It costs pretty much nothing and breaks the trip up.
When I was in Ireland a couple of years ago I went for a run the day after getting there and my heart rate was way up as well. I felt really good however.
tell me about it! Arrived yesterday evening to Dakar (from Quebec). Went for a run this morning and it was…well not very good. I would think that rest (sleep, not necesserely a training break) will help you (and me).
Good recovery!
Dan,
The cabin altitude of the airplane is about 5000 feet or higher and it is a dry air so you MUST
Drink plenty of fluids, dont drink the crap water on the airplane just bring your own so you can gauge how much your drinking
Bring your own food and EAT on the long flights
Acclimate your body clock to the new time zone 2-3 days before your trip
take quick power naps of 2 hours and get up and walk around, stretch or flirt with the flight attendants and get the blood flowing again just dont sit in that seat for too long
dont drink caffeine or adult beverages unless of course there is a hottie sitting next to you and she is having a libation in which case disregard the above and get hammered right along with her.
I’ve actually found that a short, yet hard workout blows most of the cobwebs out. Maybe a 5K run at race pace or a mile swim.
I’m a big fan of valium for flying. However, I forgot the magic pills this time. Paying heavily for the omission.