The last few weeks have been hard. Tom, my oldest son, had pneumonia (which was misdiagnosed as a virus for 10 days), Adam, my youngest had a stomach virus, which included huge amounts of vomiting. And just when I was feeling like my training was taking off, I got a stomach virus \u00a0which left me weak and messed up my training program.<\/p>\n
This coming Friday I am participating in my first serious race of the season. It\u2019s a 30K race (18.75 miles) which takes place in the Negev desert.\u00a0 The race is part of a trail running event which includes a 100 mile race (you can enter a team of as many relay runners as you want or as an individual) a 60K, 30K and 15K race (yes I do feel a little wimpy doing the \u201ceasy\u201d race).<\/p>\n
I know I would be nervous about such a race no matter what condition I was in. but when I signed up for this race I thought I would have two 18-20 mile runs under my belt before the race and be in top form. Instead I find myself just coming out of my slump after running 11.5 miles on Friday (slow and hard) and 12.5 miles on Saturday (much better). I feel like I\u2019m almost back to my pre- virus condition, but without the millage I hoped to have.<\/p>\n
The two issues I\u2019m still struggling with are my blood sugar levels during the runs and my heart rate.<\/p>\n
Since August I\u2019ve been doing most of my running in the evenings, when it cools off (a little). I had a few (morning) runs in August where my heart rate shot up, but after stopping for 2-3 minutes it went back to normal. Since then I haven\u2019t had any incidents and I kind of hoped that the problem had disappeared. But as we all know problems don\u2019t usually just go away.<\/p>\n
On Friday morning I set out for a long run. I wasn\u2019t sure how long but I decided that I would run at least 12 miles and if I felt good I would keep on going (maybe even run a full 19 miles). I set out at 5:45am after being awake for an hour. My BS was fine and I had no reason to think anything unusual had happened during the night. When I started running and my stomach started to cramp and hurt, I realized I was not going to run 19 miles, but knew that I had to run at least 12.<\/p>\n
I was slow and not feeling the best but thought I would be fine. Suddenly after 6 miles my heart rate shot up to 175. I stopped for a minute but it wouldn\u2019t really come down (it went to 165) so I continued running. My HR slowly climbed up to 190 where it stayed for the rest of the run. I checked my BS a few times during the run but it was fine (I’d been snacking, of course).<\/p>\n
The fact that this usually happens during morning runs make me especially nervous. After reading about the tragic death of a well cared for child with type 1 diabetes, \u00a0I started reading about the phenomenon known as Dead in Bed Syndrome.<\/p>\n
According to Children with Diabetes<\/a> \u201cIn a recent review, clinical reports strongly suggest that nighttime hypoglycemia<\/a> is a likely prerequisite of the event (for dead in bed syndrome), but that the death is sudden and probably caused by cardiac arrhythmia<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Could my HR issues be connected to arrhythmia? Are my sleeping BS levels dangerous?<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know what kind of doctor to turn to. But I am plenty worried not just because I have a 3oK race but because maybe I have a real problem I\u2019m unaware of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n