Subject: RE: Ironman Lake Placid : Official ThreadHey!! Not sure how many people are still hanging around this board...probably not too many, but I have a question. My recovery doesn't seem to be going too well. Today was my second attempt since the Ironman to run. As soon I as start to run, my chest tightens up and I feel somewhat short of breath. A couple minutes into my run, my heart rate spikes up to 165+ and remains there (and I am going SLOW right now). In training, my heart rate hardly ever went above 160 with Z4 efforts, and on average, it was in the 130's during Z2 runs. Now, I feel awful, light headed, headachy, dizzy, and woozy. I am trying to make it through work today. These symptoms have occurred with biking as well. I took the whole week off following the Ironman, and just started light/easy workouts last week. Is this normal or should I be concerned? I was severely dehydrated after the race and was in the med tent for 1 hour getting IVs. Not sure if that matters. My husband raced as well, and is not having these same symptoms. I just wanted to hear from others who finished the Ironman. Thanks! |