"Not dead, can't quit"-Richard Machowicz
I ran a half-marathon today(12/4/2011). It was over one long and tall bridge in LaPorte Tx. I have been training for it and recently ran practice runs that were 13 miles but this race kicked my butt.
I did not sleep too well. During the night I woke up 3-4 times and every time went back to sleep and had a bad dream. Finally I woke up at 6 and started my day. The race was at 8. By 8:30 I am usually done running when practicing.
The day was miserable. High humidity about 70 and raining. I could not tell if my shirt was wet due to rain or sweat.After 2 miles I started not feeling good. By 8th mile I was sluggish and my pace was more than a minute slower than normal. Last mile was a challenge... it seemed like it lasted forever.
After the race I passed out. I have low sugar so I rushed to eat something.. a few pieces of pizza..so my sugar was ok. The medic said that my blood pressure had dropped to 90 over 50..too low. So I passed out and scared the people around me... All day long I have been researching and thinking about why? I believe I lost too much salt and electrolytes. I drank water and a bit of Gatorade but it was not enough.
I have a lot of time to think about it before my next half-marathon in February. As the saying goes.. not dead can't quit.
Today's question is:
"Have you ever been medically scared enough not to do something?
I ran a half-marathon today(12/4/2011). It was over one long and tall bridge in LaPorte Tx. I have been training for it and recently ran practice runs that were 13 miles but this race kicked my butt.
I did not sleep too well. During the night I woke up 3-4 times and every time went back to sleep and had a bad dream. Finally I woke up at 6 and started my day. The race was at 8. By 8:30 I am usually done running when practicing.
The day was miserable. High humidity about 70 and raining. I could not tell if my shirt was wet due to rain or sweat.After 2 miles I started not feeling good. By 8th mile I was sluggish and my pace was more than a minute slower than normal. Last mile was a challenge... it seemed like it lasted forever.
After the race I passed out. I have low sugar so I rushed to eat something.. a few pieces of pizza..so my sugar was ok. The medic said that my blood pressure had dropped to 90 over 50..too low. So I passed out and scared the people around me... All day long I have been researching and thinking about why? I believe I lost too much salt and electrolytes. I drank water and a bit of Gatorade but it was not enough.
I have a lot of time to think about it before my next half-marathon in February. As the saying goes.. not dead can't quit.
Today's question is:
"Have you ever been medically scared enough not to do something?
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