I also do 1 hour aerobic workouts 2X a week at 7:30-7:50 pace.
At this point, I'm absolutely convinced it's either my ferritin or iron/hemoglobin. I'm going to get blood tested Friday afternoon, so I can find out.
I heard normal levels for Serum ferritin is 18-270 for sedentary males but 25+ (Ideally 50) for runners, with hemoglobin at 13-18.
(Hemocrit at 44% or greater)
Help_Me wrote:
I also noticed something else. Whenever I lay down for 5-10 min, my resting HR remains at 44-45.
If I take my HR standing up (this week) it'll jump to low 70s and it won't go below 70. What gives???? (could be a clue?)
Normally when I stand after laying down for 5-10 min, my HR will go to low 60s, then around 30 secs it'll be in the low 50s (52-53). Yesterday, before my disaster of a run, my HR when standing up was 72-75. Felt funny feeling in my chest.
Any ideas???
OK, if this is actually happening you should see a doctor and tell them about this. As in if as soon as you stand up your heart rate is jumping up dramatically.
Meaty wrote:
Help_Me wrote:I also noticed something else. Whenever I lay down for 5-10 min, my resting HR remains at 44-45.
If I take my HR standing up (this week) it'll jump to low 70s and it won't go below 70. What gives???? (could be a clue?)
Normally when I stand after laying down for 5-10 min, my HR will go to low 60s, then around 30 secs it'll be in the low 50s (52-53). Yesterday, before my disaster of a run, my HR when standing up was 72-75. Felt funny feeling in my chest.
Any ideas???
OK, if this is actually happening you should see a doctor and tell them about this. As in if as soon as you stand up your heart rate is jumping up dramatically.
I guess I will, but thing is this Monday, my resting HR was at 44-45 and my Standing HR was at 52-53. Yesterday it was at low 70s. I took this afternoon off, and tomorrow I'll post my resting/standing HR results
(hopefully I just needed rest and it'll be back in the 50s at least)
Okay, I just did the resting HR test.
My resting HR was 45-46 while laying down today. But when I stood up, went to 90s for a few seconds then low 70s. It did go to low 60s for a few seconds but hard to keep it there.
Seriously WTF is this happening? I can't have POTS, since It was fine Monday (unless POTS comes on in one day???) I'm really worried. Something's messed up, I just don't know what it is.
Btw, going to ask (beg if I have to) my doctor for ferritin test tomorrow. I never had one before. I had a hemoglobin test last year, doc said it was fine, but did not test ferritin. I'm thinking that's the cause. Could it be?
Bump
Anyone??
Seriously come on, no one has any ideas???
dude, YOU'RE the problem. You are OBSESSING about NOTHING.
You're tired, you run a little slower. REST MORE.
God, go get a hobby, go look for a girlfriend, go watch a movie, SOMETHING!
Stop thinking about this and bumping your thread every hour because that's NOT going to help you. You need a MENTAL break as much as a physical one.
Geez.
STOP! wrote:
dude, YOU'RE the problem. You are OBSESSING about NOTHING.
You're tired, you run a little slower. REST MORE.
God, go get a hobby, go look for a girlfriend, go watch a movie, SOMETHING!
Stop thinking about this and bumping your thread every hour because that's NOT going to help you. You need a MENTAL break as much as a physical one.
Geez.
+1. I'm a proud OCD-type, and I swear you are pissing ME off!!
Hadd worked pretty well for me when I did it some years ago. You have to be patient with it. I was progressing very nicely, then summer hit and I seemed to go backwards. It was the heat. As the summer went on, I was running slower on days with the same temperature. I think running lots of distance every day in the heat was slowly overtraining me even though I had no symptoms (other than getting slightly slower). I didn't feel tired.
I would just keep going with it if I were you. Only use the HRM on your workout days and once a week on the easy day. On the other easy days just run the same pace as you've been running on your "monitored" easy day.
Just keep gritting it out. When the heat goes away you will see a dramatic jump down (probably).
Also, relax. You're not doing your HR any favors with your anxiety...
these things like hr fluctuate day to day, you're worrying about it way too much. Chances are you aren't reliable at taking your hr or your equipment isn't all that accurate. Heart rate is not at all important, your heart will do what it does whether you measure it or not. Going above a certain heart rate isn't going to cause overtraining (though going hard too many days in a row might, which is a function of many more muscles than just the heart). Honestly, don't worry about anything but running and feel when you get out the door. If a bit slower feels hard, thats ok, some day a bit faster will feel easy. The important thing is that when you race, you'll still pr.
Thanks for your replies (and some exceptionally RUDE ONES)
What still concerns me is my HR going to the 70s when I stand, it never does that.
UPDATE:
My heart rate is back in the 50s again when standing up, which is a good sign. As it turns out, I just needed water...
FINAL UPDATE: (Sorry it's late)
As it turned out, my iron and ferritin levels were low. After a month of supplementing, my easy paces (and all above) went down by over a minute and so did my 5K.
Thanks guys!