I haven’t posted for awhile because I’ve been out of town twice and deathly ill in between. I had what I thought was food poisoning, but I guess it’s been going around (nausea and diarrhea to the max) as some sort of virus.
I ran a triathlon yesterday…
Sort of.
I got an asthma attack in the water (it was butt cold), and I got pulled out. After that, they said I could do the biking and running but my time wouldn’t count. I trained for it, so I hopped on my bike and plowed through. It was a sprint triathlon, so it was a 14-mile bike ride followed by a 4-mile run. I guess for me it was more of a bi-athlon since I didn’t complete the .5 mile swim.
So I think I’m going to do another… in the summer or early fall when the lake water is not frigid! I really needed to work more on my swimming any way, and I learned that I need to do a lot more running on land rather than the treadmill. I had a hard time with the run after 14 miles of biking.
hey. i was praying tonight and i thought i heard God saying “hartung.” i was like what is that and then i remembered there was a fellow angelino on the ooze with that name. i found your blog and i’m praying for healing for ya cause i’m guessing that is what it was about. God’s cool, aint he?
linda/reflection
linda
April 24th, 2006
Hi Alan – I did a triathlon today myself, and had the same cold-water asthma experience. I somehow managed to push it out (side stroke, thank God for it, could not put my face in the water) and turned in a great bike and ok run (muddy, yuck!) But anyway, I wonder if you ever found out if there is any way to avoid the cold-water-asthma thing? This is the second time it has happened to me, and I am sticking to warm water from here on out, I guess…
Tanya
May 21st, 2006
Tanya -
Two things would’ve helped tremendously… spending fifteen minutes in the water prior to the start acclimating. Did they allow that at the triathlon you did? They did at ours, but I was late to the start… Mostly my fault, I’m terrible with time. But also, we were filming a bunch for a documentary, and the camera guy didn’t show up until fifteen minutes before the start…
And of course, a shot of the inhaler before the race should help, too. Beyond that… I wish I knew. I think I’m going to do the icebreaker again next year, but I’m going to try to get one or two in before that… in warm water!
Alan
May 22nd, 2006
Hi, I just retired at the Ironman Japan yesterday due to a terrible asthma attack in butt cold water.
I managed to finished the swim (took me forever), but they took me to the medical area. They immediately took me to the hospital for treatment (you know the usual steroids, oxygen, …) so had to retire the race.
The doctor mentioned about steroids inhaler as a preventive measure, but I am not sure if this really helps.
Could somebody tell any experience about this? does anybody know about any bad side effects?
Jose
May 28th, 2006