Tri Ritter's Mentor Program "Smashin' it 2011" CLOSED (Page 15)

kussmaul - 2011-02-05 2:27 PM I had something very weird and a little scary happen today.  I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill.  I have not done anything since Monday (short swim).  I felt good and was running at my normal pace.  At the 3 mile mark I stepped on the siderails to get a drink of water.  I do this all the time. When I was running my HR was in the low 140's which is normal for me.  When I stopped to drink, I got VERY lightheaded and felt like I was going to pass out.  I looked at my Garmin and my HR was 68 and falling.  I got more and more lightheaded and when I was ~ 50 I slowed the treadmill and walked to get my HR back up. After a few minutes of walking I finished my run.  I felt good, but not 100% normal.  My HR was a little higher than normal for the rest of the run. I have never had anything like this happen before.  My HR always recovers fast, if I stop or slow I'll be ~ 70 is 1-2 minutes.  My resting HR is low (high 30's low 40's) and always has been.  I've never had it drop that fast.  Any ideas of what could have caused this?

This is my Garmin from the run http://connect.garmin.com/player/66756224 You can see where it dropped, but since I was stopped, it stopped recording.  It also did not record a min or so of when I started walking since it was slow.

kussmaul - 2011-02-05 2:27 PM I had something very weird and a little scary happen today.  I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill.  I have not done anything since Monday (short swim).  I felt good and was running at my normal pace.  At the 3 mile mark I stepped on the siderails to get a drink of water.  I do this all the time. When I was running my HR was in the low 140's which is normal for me.  When I stopped to drink, I got VERY lightheaded and felt like I was going to pass out.  I looked at my Garmin and my HR was 68 and falling.  I got more and more lightheaded and when I was ~ 50 I slowed the treadmill and walked to get my HR back up. After a few minutes of walking I finished my run.  I felt good, but not 100% normal.  My HR was a little higher than normal for the rest of the run. I have never had anything like this happen before.  My HR always recovers fast, if I stop or slow I'll be ~ 70 is 1-2 minutes.  My resting HR is low (high 30's low 40's) and always has been.  I've never had it drop that fast.  Any ideas of what could have caused this?

This is my Garmin from the run http://connect.garmin.com/player/66756224 You can see where it dropped, but since I was stopped, it stopped recording.  It also did not record a min or so of when I started walking since it was slow.

triritter - 2011-02-06 9:08 AM Lesson learned for me too, I bonked on my swim. I didn't eat for like over 4 hours proir which is a lot of time of not eating for me. I didn't think the workout was going to be that bad, but I was wrong. Lesson learned from the veteran here. I am about to get ready for a 4 hour trainer ride at this guys house near Frisco, then a run after. Yesterday coming to Dallas, I slid on some ice, was all over the road, almost rear ended a car infront of me and then got in the other lane and a car started coming at me, but fortunately we all stopped in time. Defintely a scary moment. I didn't see the ice in time probably went to fast or something. My hrt jumped up then. I was not looking forward to wrecking my new car.

kussmaul - 2011-02-05 7:27 PM I had a protein bar a couple of hours before - typical of what I eat.  I probably was a bit dehydrated, I drank a lot of coke zero all week and very little water.  My blood pressure is usually fine, sometimes on the low side, but has never bothered me.  I occasionally get hypoglycemic and feel the same way, but that only gets better when I eat.

I'm hoping our weather holds until tomorrow.  It got warm enough today to melt most of the snow, I really want to be able to run outside tomorrow. 

triritter - 2011-02-06 10:08 I am about to get ready for a 4 hour trainer ride at this guys house near Frisco, then a run after.

grownassman161 - 2011-02-06 2:27 PM The lowest HR I saw was 94, did it drop after that and not show up on the upload and graph? That is weird, I've had this happen on the bike if I stop at an intersection it all "catches up with me" but that was when I first got back into biking and wasn't in any type of shape. This is weird maybe something to talk to a Dr. or athletic trainer about do you have anyone you can resource for that? I'm sure all the details of who you are and what your training and nutrition has been like would have to be considered to get down to the bottom of it. Hope it doesn't happen again though thats kind of scary.

grownassman161 - 2011-02-06 2:18 PM First Tri under my belt today! Lots of thoughts, maybe you guys can chime in with advice. I was humbled by the experience and my first time putting all three sports together.

The swim was in a 50M pool and i really wasn't used to it so my form fell apart and I swam basically half of the race with my head out of the water.

The bike went well passed one guy back and forth a couple times through out. But I smoked him on T2 and the run! There were lots of U-turns so that didn't help the speeds.

The run I had nothing left in the tank so it was slower than I wanted it to be. I struggled with the change from biking to running so more brick workouts are in my future.

Overall I think I need more swim volume, brick workouts swim to bike and bike to run (does anyone do all three?). Also my body didn't want to drink on the bike (had a bottle of water), I've never been one for drinking much during activity since I come from a running background we never carried water bottles.

My next Tri will be May 14th on siesta key, another sprint but this time open water and a beach run so it will be more challenging with those two factors. I'm proud to finish my first one but want to work much harder for my next one.

adubtri - 2011-02-07 10:22 AM Are there any tactics or strategies for managing the HIM bike distance (56 miles)?  Do you set up distance or time measures to reassess your game plan?  Would like everyone's thoughts.  It's already tough enough mentally to get through the 56 miles.  Just wondered what everyone else does to get through it.  This is my first HIM.  I can only resite a few songs before my ADD kicks in! :-) 

Thanks!

adubtri - 2011-02-07 10:22 AM Are there any tactics or strategies for managing the HIM bike distance (56 miles)?  Do you set up distance or time measures to reassess your game plan?  Would like everyone's thoughts.  It's already tough enough mentally to get through the 56 miles.  Just wondered what everyone else does to get through it.  This is my first HIM.  I can only resite a few songs before my ADD kicks in! :-) 

Thanks!

grownassman161 - 2011-02-06 5:55 PM

I've ran for years, my "theory" has always been that all you do on the treadmill, is pick your feet up and swing you leg forward. This is only half of the running stride.

DaveL - 2011-02-07 10:27 PM you should try roller blading on a treadmill, it a great way to rack up some distance in a hurry!

cam111 - 2011-02-08 10:39 PM ...traveling last week and had a hard time doing anything but running but did get a few workouts in...got home on Friday to some serious jet lag; just in time to start my 20 week IM training plan.  I had a video stroke analysis and was amazed by the difference in what I was feeling versus what I was doing...I'd recommend this for anyone who is swimming slower than a 1:40/100yd pace.  More drills for me - damn!