Post race nausea
KyleB65
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Anyone out there ever experience moderate nausea after a race? If so, ideas or notions as to cause? More important, solutions?
I have experienced nausea after my last two half marathon distance races. The first time I thought it was related to a poor food choice the evening before (Fish & chips). The second time (yesterday) has me a little perplexed. My eating 24 hrs prior was decent, lots of veggies & fruit. I had my usual pre-long run peanut butter & toast in the morning. And I drank lots of water before the race. So, I do not think it was a preparation issue.
On the down side, it was a hot & humid day and I ran without my camelpack. I relied only on the water stations. I also set out for a PR, so my starting pace was a little over 15 sec/K faster than I have been able to maintain in the past for this distance. And, with no camelpack, I did not have my dates with me for food. So, possibly it was a hydration/nutrition issue?
The only other "new" thing was that I ate a protein bar after the race. I have eaten the same bar/brand after weight lifting in the past so I did not think it would cause me any problems.
The other notion I have is speed. I pushed hard on both the races. Did a PR on the first and tried to better that yesterday. Maybe, I need to push harder on my long runs? I have been running these slow using 10:1 intervals.
Note: I did not PR. I finished at almost 4 min slower than my last race.
I have experienced nausea after my last two half marathon distance races. The first time I thought it was related to a poor food choice the evening before (Fish & chips). The second time (yesterday) has me a little perplexed. My eating 24 hrs prior was decent, lots of veggies & fruit. I had my usual pre-long run peanut butter & toast in the morning. And I drank lots of water before the race. So, I do not think it was a preparation issue.
On the down side, it was a hot & humid day and I ran without my camelpack. I relied only on the water stations. I also set out for a PR, so my starting pace was a little over 15 sec/K faster than I have been able to maintain in the past for this distance. And, with no camelpack, I did not have my dates with me for food. So, possibly it was a hydration/nutrition issue?
The only other "new" thing was that I ate a protein bar after the race. I have eaten the same bar/brand after weight lifting in the past so I did not think it would cause me any problems.
The other notion I have is speed. I pushed hard on both the races. Did a PR on the first and tried to better that yesterday. Maybe, I need to push harder on my long runs? I have been running these slow using 10:1 intervals.
Note: I did not PR. I finished at almost 4 min slower than my last race.
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I think it's pretty common. Especially running hard in the heat. Lots of people throw up after racing. I haven't done that yet but I came pretty close after my last 5k, it was 80 degrees with 80% humidity.0
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I used to feel sick at the end of races. For me, cutting out my pre-race coffee fixed it. (Obviously not a cause or solution for you if you don't drink coffee, but if you do then worth a try!)0
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For me, it signals that I was dehydrated. Not just like morning-of , but it means I didn't drink enough the several days leading up.0
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I get nauseous post-race too. For me it's directly related to how hard an effort I put into it. I feel good during the race but afterwards not so much. I haven't figured out how to prevent it from happening in the first place but I've found that if I can eat it solves the problem. That doesn't seem like such a big deal. You'd think I'd be starving afterwards but I'm not. I'm nauseous and so not hungry. I try to get something into my stomach as soon as possible after I cross the finish line before the nausea kicks in then eat some smaller meals as I can tolerate.
It's hard because if I listen to the nausea and don't eat I feel worse for much longer than if I just ignore it and eat some food.0
