Has anyone burnt out?
barry_kellett99
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Evening all, just looking a little advice.
My background is mainly mountain biking to be honest, but most of my time is spent on the road commuting. I have a 35mile round trip which I occasionally stretch out to a 40 mile trip with a different return journey. Typically I would do this on average of 3 or 4 days a week giving me say around 100 - 140 miles a week.
I would couple football training occasionally on the same day and would regularly go to the gym at lunch time from work to do some weights. I would only have an extra activity on a commuting day maybe once or twice a week.
I eat plenty. I always have a big bowl of good quality Muslei when I get in to work. I eat plenty of Carbs. I eat lots of fruit and Veg. I also eat a lot of crap (Chocolate and crisps).
I'm 28, have been very very active for about 10 years, and been doing my current commute for 2 years. I am 5'10", 74kgs and consider myself to be fairly fit.
However last week I collapsed when on my lunch break. It felt like I was "Bonking" but I suddenly got very dizzy and subsequently fainted and had a seizure. I split my head open and I have about 20 minutes of blank, but apparently I wasn't completely unconcious for all of that time. The doctors have done loads of tests. Bloods, Heart, Blood sugars, Virus's, Epilepsy & Brain tests and everything has come back clear. So they are stumped and have put it down to an unexplained faint.
The doctors never once said I was overdoing it exercise wise, but as cycling to work is so strange to some people, you can imagine everyone else has formed their own expert opinion that I am doing too much, or not eating enough etc. I didnt even cycle in that day, and had done nothing all week as I was having a few days rest period.
I know people are worried about me, and to be honest It has worried me a lot since. However, has anyone on here collapsed from fatigue? My body didnt feel like it was frazzled. Perhaps It was a build up of fatigue that I never picked up on as my muscles were not sore?
I'm sure there are a lot of people on here who train a lot harder than I and closer to the limits of what is safe and sensible.
Opinions?
My background is mainly mountain biking to be honest, but most of my time is spent on the road commuting. I have a 35mile round trip which I occasionally stretch out to a 40 mile trip with a different return journey. Typically I would do this on average of 3 or 4 days a week giving me say around 100 - 140 miles a week.
I would couple football training occasionally on the same day and would regularly go to the gym at lunch time from work to do some weights. I would only have an extra activity on a commuting day maybe once or twice a week.
I eat plenty. I always have a big bowl of good quality Muslei when I get in to work. I eat plenty of Carbs. I eat lots of fruit and Veg. I also eat a lot of crap (Chocolate and crisps).
I'm 28, have been very very active for about 10 years, and been doing my current commute for 2 years. I am 5'10", 74kgs and consider myself to be fairly fit.
However last week I collapsed when on my lunch break. It felt like I was "Bonking" but I suddenly got very dizzy and subsequently fainted and had a seizure. I split my head open and I have about 20 minutes of blank, but apparently I wasn't completely unconcious for all of that time. The doctors have done loads of tests. Bloods, Heart, Blood sugars, Virus's, Epilepsy & Brain tests and everything has come back clear. So they are stumped and have put it down to an unexplained faint.
The doctors never once said I was overdoing it exercise wise, but as cycling to work is so strange to some people, you can imagine everyone else has formed their own expert opinion that I am doing too much, or not eating enough etc. I didnt even cycle in that day, and had done nothing all week as I was having a few days rest period.
I know people are worried about me, and to be honest It has worried me a lot since. However, has anyone on here collapsed from fatigue? My body didnt feel like it was frazzled. Perhaps It was a build up of fatigue that I never picked up on as my muscles were not sore?
I'm sure there are a lot of people on here who train a lot harder than I and closer to the limits of what is safe and sensible.
Opinions?
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I had a few of these happen about 5 years back (I was about 27). Exact same build as you, though probably do less (couple of gym sesions a week then 70-100Km on a sunday).
I was told i was having sudden BP drops, usually occuring during hot periods, coinciding with hayfever and short burst high intensity events like a session on the rower or big weights.
Good news is mine dissapeared as sudden as it started. Still never got a definitive reason behind itRobert Millar for knighthood0
