wangus12 said:
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My wife borderline blacked out during a Hyrox race last weekend (see the Hyrox thread, they carted her off the course at station 7 in a wheelchair). It was probably a solid hour before she was fully coherent again. She's done everything from 5k to Ironman; this was her 4th Hyrox. She's never had anything remotely close to that happen before.
She checked in with her doc today. Going in my explanation was (a) pushing her absolute limit for 50 minutes (we checked her Garmin stats and her max HR was a good 10 bpm beyond any prior race) combined with (b) drinking too much water prior (vs say Gatorade) which flushed her electrolytes. While both may have been factors, her doctor thinks that taking Allegra D for the last two weeks raised her blood pressure and that was the main difference this time around.
Just wanted to put it out there given it's allergy season in Texas. If you're taking stuff, especially of the D variant, be advised that it could impact your athletic performance.
Anyone else had similar experiences?
My doctor has told me on numerous occasions that he's seen a lot of heart damage in people who do heavy amounts of HIIT. He says the jury is still out on the longevity aspect of it, but he's also talked numerous times about how bad marathons are on your heart (risk of heart attack is 3x-5x greater in marathoners than the general populace). It's why a lot of them die way too young.
Sorry but I call BS on that. "A lot" of people do not die of heart attacks from marathoning. This sounds like the type of doc who is himself inactive and overweight and is quick to write prescriptions rather than encourage healthy lifestyle changes.
You are probably more correct in that it isn't "a lot". But the evidence suggests that it is more common than one would think. I mean, the guy who ran the first Marathon, you know, to Marathon, supposedly died upon arrival after telling them of the battle or so the legend goes.
The clinic I work at and the research institute published a study several years ago that showed in higher arterial calcification buildup in heavy endurance athletes (marathoners/triathletes/cyclists). However it also showed no increase in mortality rates in these athletes.
Which is why, I still contend, that it's still overall not a huge risk if the athlete prefers that level of intensity in their training. Look, I get it. I don't have to train 6 days a week. There is a study that shows up to 1 hour (of moderate weight training) a week is enough for health (the study states, and I might be murdering this, that after 1 hour of moderate to intense weight lifting, one sees no more health benefits beyond that. Not that they could gain more muscle, just that there is not a substantial health benefit after the hour). But come on, why do most of us train?!?!?! its not to "be healthier", its to push an extreme in some way or another. I want to be as naturally "jacked" as I can be. Others want to want further and faster than they ever have. Others want to be able to squat a small building. If these were reduced to just what was healthy, most of us would be too board to train. I need an incentive. I never started doing this b/c I wanted to be healthier. I was just finished with 8th grade and wanted muscles so girls would notice me and guys would respect me. I wanted to playe sports better and be stronger at my positions I played. I'm 50 and in great health. But it isn't health that gets me back to the gym every day. It's greed. To be bigger, more cut (if leaning out), better looking. To feel athletic and capable and be able to move and react better. To just feel awesome. But that, in my estimation, is how I get the most health benefits from training. B/c there are incentives beyond "health". It's why I feel the best way to use exercise to get healthy is to chase those other incentives. To train extreme and train hard. I actually have never understood how anyone would want to do anything less. Training hard with goals keeps you coming back. So in the end, it IS healthier. So, better put, it's worth the very slight risk training like this might have. I say go for it!
Just listen for the signs your body is telling you and you should be fine. Using progressive overloading principles should be enough to condition one's body to some very extreme training. No, you don't run a marathon on day 1. That's why the legend states that Pheidippides died after his run from Marathon to Athens. A few months of training may have lead to a different outcome.
