Tri Zones Training

Chicken soup is the best... also vitamin C helps your immune system heal & rebuild the muscles, I like using the Emergen-C drink mix.  

Hope you feel better soon!  Don't beat yourself up anyway about not having fuel/electrolytes... it's hard to remember everything all the time.  Just be well. :) 

Nicole W.

When this happens to me, it only lasts at most 24 hours - hope you're feeling better soon!  REST!!

When I first started doing sprints, I would come home and seriously crash just like you are describing. After several races...and then finally joining a team, I  learned (thanks to Gina and Tracy) that I wasn't drinking enough electrolytes. Hyponatremia is a bad feeling. :-)  All I was drinking during the race was water. By the time it was over and I got Gatorade, or whatever, at the end, it was too late. I would eventually be back to normal by the next day. If you keep snacking and drinking electrolytes of some sort, you should feel better by tomorrow. It just takes a while. 

As far as pure electroyte drinks go..I'm a believer in Nuun thanks to a yucky experience. Just this past year I got seriously sick at mile 8-9 of the 3m half marathon. I just couldn't take anything in. I came home and promptly passed out. When I woke up I really thought I might need the ER! I was so weak and my head hurt SO bad.  Nuun saved me that day.  It's a no-calorie electrolyte replacement (so keep the no-calorie part in mind if you race with it and eat something). I was a new person after 32 oz of Nuun that day. You can google it for their web site. 

Hope you feel better sooner than later!!...and congratulations on another triathlon today!

It's probably an electrolyte imbalance that's going to take some time to resolve.  Drink some sort of sports drink today.  I too am a fan of Nuun, but whatever you have handy will help - Gatorade, whatever.  Drink it.  Sounds like you've had enough water, and that could be washing out the effects of the Gatorade you're drinking.  I hope you'll feel better by tomorrow.  

 I think most of us "experienced ones" have had that happen. It's always nice when races have drinks/food on the course, but you should never count on it. Bring your own. Sorry you are not feeling well, but it will probably pass quickly. Speaking of quick I noticed it only took you 1 hour and 51 minutes to do a triathlon today. take care. 

- Annette

Thanks everyone that was a big help..I got some chicken soup in me and some oj and I seem to be feeling much better now.    I have the nunn tablets, thanks to Meredith I actually limit my sugar intake on long rides/runs and that makes a huge diff for me.     This was just a doppy thing to do..I wont make that mistake again  :-) 

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!! 

If you guys ever see me out on the tri couse with my truck, I usually have extra electrolyte stuff, either drinks or gels or bars - I try to keep a variety. Please feel free to stop and take advantage of me if you need it.

-Emmie