Guest guest Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 One of the runners I coach has a problem that so far has no solution. He has gone from running a 2:57 marathon, only his 3rd and a personal best at age 42 last November, to now when he starts feeling tired during an easy run in the first .5 mile of the run and it's downhill from there. In 7/07 he ran 1800m in the 6-minute test and a year later, despite trying to train he only made 1645. He lost about 3-4 minutes at Boston in 2008 after his PR over the previous year. Runners he had beat easily in races were now beating him easily. He is down to running a few miles a week. During his fall training for that marathon he did do more races, including 5ks in 2 consecutive days and a few other races that I recommended he not run. After Boston I encouraged him to back off for a few months which he did but since then he has been deteriorating even more. He has had a physical,and nerve conduction tests which show nothing out of the ordinary. I suspect that he may be suffering from stage 3 over training as described in this article. http://www.rrca.org/resources/articles/sum99ots.htm I doubt that his Dr. has the ability to diagnose such a condition. Does anyone have any experience with anything like this and if so, what steps do you recommend? My thinking is that he should go see an endocrinologist and see if they can determine what is going on. Bob Dannegger Raleigh, NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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