Well, results are up, and it's 30.40 for me, a solid 2.30 slower than last year so still around 10% slower. It was torturous being so lethargic and drained, a complete struggle from start to finish. I had to sprint to the funnel to hold onto my place, and ended up on the deck on my hands and knees for over a minute afterwards, i just couldn't stand, i was pretty dizzy and incoherent. My recovery time was about 2 full minutes!Originally Posted by mr brightside
Interesting chat with the virologist today. She took a few notes and said she'd send me a .pdf of some breathing exercises that feature in a book called 'The Oxygen Advantage'. Some of these exercises trigger your body to produce more EPO and mimic altitude training; it won't cure my problem, but might make running a bit more comfortable and enable me to string a flipping race together once in a while. She says my lungs are coating themselves in mucus in response to viral infection, and this mucus membrane makes gas transfer inefficient, and you cough it all up constantly. I'll recover in the end, but full recovery is dependant on the person and with Nile Fever etc. it can take years. She's offered to lend me a blood oxymeter so we can get some data.
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