Hi!
I've noticed that quite often after a long run I can get cold and shivery, even if it isn't too cold and I've got dry clothes on, and plenty of them!
Anyone know why this is, and if it is normal or not? I do seem to flake out more after the long run then a lot of clubmates - I'm usually pretty useless for the rest of the day.
Thanks, Iain
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I expect you are getting the same effects from your long runs, but slightly milder. It has never had any long-term effects on me.
Good to hear your experiences though too.
Most extreme was at the end of an endurance event, completely exhausted, shakes, chilled bones, brain not working, couldn't even stay awake on the journey home. Crashed when I got home, and the kidlets appeared mightily relieved next morning because I had 'turned pink' again. Apparently the night before I was a worrying shade of blue/grey.
I hope, as I get a bit fitter, that recovery will be faster, and effects milder.
Feeling cold after a long run is completely normal, and stands to reason if you think about it: you've just depleted your body's energy reserves, and you don't have enough fuel to keep warm easily. I find that eating something fairly quickly after finishing the run usually helps.
I suspect as dunutto says it's to do with depleting the bodies energy reserves.
Try taking a few sweets on your long runs. I find it hard to eat solid food straight after a long run so I have a 250mls carbo/protein milk drink as soon as I get in-I swear my these!
That is reassuring to some extent, I guess my remaining concern is that I get this after 16 miles whereas for others it doesn't happen until they get up to marathons etc. I take all the carb drinks, plus have one ready for afterwards. I also do a honey and banana smoothie these days!
I obviously need to do more than a lot of people to repenish reserves, so I'll give the sweets a try next time - thanks again folks :-)
I remember meeting up with my clubmates at the end of last year's FLM - nearly all of them had turned a funny shade og grey/blue which Helen mentioned.
However... one of my great needs after a long run is to get warm again asap, and a hot-ish bath does the job really well for me. I'm sure I've read stories of people suffering from exposure being soaked in hot water - although it sounds counter-intuitive.
It looks as if we each need to experiment to find what suits us best.
I think I'll experiement with the combined carbs/protein drinks. Any brands you can that have worked well for you Hilly (or anyone else for that matter!)?
For the FLM I think I'll carry a protein drink in my drinks bottle - the carb stuff is readily available!
Do you want to do that *during* the race?
What products are we talking about here? Complan? <-- lack of imagination
Belatedly replying to your post of a couple of pages back, I think what probably caused the hot flushes is that I had to walk for about half an hour after the marathon back to my hotel, and got fairly cold on the way, so had a long hot shower afterwards. It may have caused my body to think, mistakenly, that I was overheating, and that I needed to sweat to get rid of the heat. It doesn't seem to have caused any long-term effects (I have done plenty of 20 mile runs since then, without ill-effects).
I know there are quite a few other runners on the forum who use sports ones as there was a thread on it a while back.
It's important that you choose one that as a much higher carbohydrate percentage than protein. Something like 70:30.
I wouldn't suggest using them to run with Helen, they are used to feed the muscles after hard exercise in that period that is the best time to restore glycogen and when you least feel like eating a full meal. I then eat as normal a few hours later.
Slimfast it is then! Might lose a few pounds at the same time :-)
I recommend the strawberry flavour-yum!
Am I eating completely wrong?Haven't lost weight so thought I was doing o.k but maybe my body has no energy for warmth most of the time,not to my extremities anyhow!!
Any advice please?