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pandora_parrotHmmm...
I've mentioned that I have trouble with this whole body thing, right?
Well, this weekend I decided to go do some climbing/rappelling up at Castle Rock with some friends of mine.
While still getting over a cold and dealing with my broken toe (which is healing nicely, but still painful a bit.)
And while I was out there, I managed to get sunburned, get seriously dehydrated, and start to suffer from heat exhaustion.
I tried climbing a measly 5.4 route and couldn't make it up past 10 feet. My body simply gave out on me. Even the hike back from the rock was grueling for me. I could barely breathe. My head was swimming, and I felt nauseous and dizzy like whoah. I could barely even drive us home, I was so out of it.
Once I got back to my friend's house and drank some gatorade, I perked right back up.
However, I'm wondering if, perhaps, I might be overdoing it a bit. I really don't have a good sense of what my limits are with regards to how I should behave while sick. Should I avoid climbing until my toe is more healed and my cold is more gone? (It came back today with a bit of a vengeance and congestion.) What about bicycling? Hiking? How active can I be given my condition? How do I tell what's too much and what isn't?
This development is troubling. I'm realizing that I probably should avoid climbing on Wednesday and any other strenuous activity for the next few days.
Any advice you might have would also be helpful! :)
I've mentioned that I have trouble with this whole body thing, right?
Well, this weekend I decided to go do some climbing/rappelling up at Castle Rock with some friends of mine.
While still getting over a cold and dealing with my broken toe (which is healing nicely, but still painful a bit.)
And while I was out there, I managed to get sunburned, get seriously dehydrated, and start to suffer from heat exhaustion.
I tried climbing a measly 5.4 route and couldn't make it up past 10 feet. My body simply gave out on me. Even the hike back from the rock was grueling for me. I could barely breathe. My head was swimming, and I felt nauseous and dizzy like whoah. I could barely even drive us home, I was so out of it.
Once I got back to my friend's house and drank some gatorade, I perked right back up.
However, I'm wondering if, perhaps, I might be overdoing it a bit. I really don't have a good sense of what my limits are with regards to how I should behave while sick. Should I avoid climbing until my toe is more healed and my cold is more gone? (It came back today with a bit of a vengeance and congestion.) What about bicycling? Hiking? How active can I be given my condition? How do I tell what's too much and what isn't?
This development is troubling. I'm realizing that I probably should avoid climbing on Wednesday and any other strenuous activity for the next few days.
Any advice you might have would also be helpful! :)
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Date: 2010-07-20 12:14 am (UTC)I've done a lot of reading on this, and basically it's making sure that if you're doing physical stuff that you have plenty of fluids (water and electrolytes) and some sort of snack/food that you can have either before or during, depending on how long you are being physical for.
For example, right before my swim last year, I made sure I had some breakfast before we got in the car, then I had a half liter or electrolyte drink before going in on the boat. I had one of those gel food packs on the boat, and I stuffed another gel food pack in my suit, which I had (most of) about halfway through.
It makes me wonder, in general, if people think that they can just eat the same as they had before doing a lot of physical activity. I tried to explain to someone once that I needed more carbs when I was swimming more than when I'm not swimming. She kinda looked at me funny (or maybe it was because of the fat thing? I don't know....)