My extreme apologies for posting this prob in the wrong place as i couldnt find where my last post went to. Nothing here thats TMI but lack of hormone (estrogen ) has effect on testosterone. Symptoms can include , aching muscles, no strength, easier to injure , pains everywhere. I posted this on a commomly used sight Menopause Matters- its been viewed 24(!) times and no reply - ( very hard to find women who run outside sites like this! ) Im stuck for expert help as doctor doesnt excersize said just satisfy yourself with 6 miles. Sorry no. So im on here as pals are all couple years younger , not in this situation and no one else to ask.............
(Urgently searching for long time runners - anyone doing 40-50m a week?)
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My approx mileage is 45 miles a week, was mostly a hobby, few half marathons . I live in Perthshire , lot of hills which always managed to varying degrees- no fell runner but i enjoy trail. If doing more mileage with partner had gotten to 9.5 min miles - i know not fast. Latterly feel like no muscle strength at times. Longest distance was 1/2 ,then decided to do local marathon so started on training plan which was slowly working, got to 22 and legs tired but was on course , had 2 months to go, then strained abductors made me realise not cross training . My leg would tire and could hardly lift it. I went back to swimming which i still do and has helped , with some cycling. Fine , did less running so knew id have to play catch up, a month later friend encouraged me to do local marathon- i had a month and that included taper week. All was fine but during that i changed HRT and now i find muscles knotted, tired as if made of wood at 20 , i used to need the odd rest day but now its as if not recovering. I was meant to do 22 sun but 20 was enough- legs like bricks , didnt run mon but swam to loosen muscles, ran 6 tues , bit hard but ok, 4 on wed night could barely get up hills and lift my feet . Today was 10 ...same with hills, yet again barely lift feet, no strength , muscles tired as if dragging cannonballs. I had protien shake Sun after run . Dont know what else to do. Doctor has mentioned adding testosterone gel (although i dont talk running with her as her advice was just stick to 6 miles so i dint see her giving much sympathy for struggling with marathon training!) I have barely 2 weeks left to even add that 2 miles but its getting harder , i just dont know why ?
Anyone with any similar experience? My strategy is 11min mile til 22 (hopefully ) and i used to be able to cope with jog/walk the last 4 . After Sundays carry on im panicking . Id hoped 4.45 but at this rate itl be 6 which i dread. Help anyone?
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https://thebms.org.uk/find-a-menopause-specialist/
Some are NHS, some private.
Ensure you're well hydrated at all times and eat well. No need for protein shakes, good wholesome food and lots of it.
As your marathon is imminent, back right off training and do a good taper with plenty of rest and a few short training runs at long run/easy run pace, no more.