Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Originally Posted by
MKJ
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You need to make sure you are taking in sufficient iron and vitamin B - especially B12. Do you take vitamin tablets?
Thanks Mark.
I have been taking Centrum over fifties multi vitamin supplements for quite a few years now, but a while back I came to a similar conclusion to you, so I added a vitamin 'B' complex for a month with no real benefit. Since my last Heart Attack in April 2014 I get tired very easily. Running is the only time I don't feel tired except for the odd struggler like the last couple of runs. The majority of the time I can pound along happily, although my performance [Speed & Distance] have deteriorated rapidly over the last few years.
I am quite willing to accept the diminishing returns associated with age, but sometimes you just know that there is more to it than that. So I have arrived at two possibilities. The first of which are tight lower back muscles that seem to stiffen up considerably following a run. Being the 'Power House' when these muscles object they can make running very clumsy and mechanical, restricting the speed available. For this, I will enlist the help of a Physio and see what can be done....
The second, is probably more to do with what you are suggesting but from a different perspective. Since April 2014 I agreed with my Doctor, to take a low dose dispersible Aspirin tablet every morning to help prevent a further Heart Attack. You are probably well aware of how the Aspirin does this. It thins the blood by reducing the platelets that group together and form clots. Could it also be, that by altering the composition of the blood it would also restrict the amount of oxygen available for the muscles by also reducing the number of oxygen carrying red blood cells? I intend to conduct further investigation into this theory......
A rest day today Mark, but I've got an eight miler scheduled for tomorrow morning, lets see how it goes.....