Running with beta blockers

Been running nearly 40 years almost and always monitor heart rate etc, I know what HR I will hit at a given pace etc. 
Been on 10mg twice a day of blockers for a week for a minor problem and it's hammered my runs. 
I can run on feel and average 8 min pace easily at 130 bpm. Last 4 runs, similar feel and 30 secs per mile slower and can't get HR up to normal, reckon I will stop taking them. Resting HR normally under 40. Close to 9 min pace at times today, anybody else had similar problems? 

Comments

  • I took beta blockers briefly to prevent migraines i think at a similar rate but took them maybe for two weeks as I couldn't even go up the stairs without gasping for breath while normally beforehand I was an active and fit gym goer. I am not sure what my heart rate was at the time but being out of breath made it clear to me. If you can manage whatever condition you have with something else I would change it.
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