I few months ago, I posted about what a horrible meet, performance-wise, I had at short course nats this year. Couldn't figure out why I swam so slow, and why I was feeling so fatigued.
Anyway, I had a physical a few weeks later, and my blood work showed my ferritin level at 11, and my hematocrit at 39%. Both very low values for an endurance athlete. Doctor has me taking iron pills (ferrous sulfate, 325 mg, twice daily), and I've been taking Proferrin ES for about 6 weeks. Just in the last month, I've noticed a huge increase in performance. I went a :52:33 for my swim split at Ironman Boulder, and I've been feeling great in workouts. Anybody else ever experienced iron deficiency? I'm wondering if the increased performance I'm seeing is due to the replenished iron, or if it's due to something else.
Funny thing is, many of us older athletes think we're so much healthier than the average Joe, and we tend to overlook going to the doctor for regular physicals.
Great job following up on this trident. I agree, especially for males -it see no evil, hear no evil, so there must not be any evil.
Funny thing is, many of us older athletes think we're so much healthier than the average Joe, and we tend to overlook going to the doctor for regular physicals.
Great job following up on this trident. I agree, especially for males -it see no evil, hear no evil, so there must not be any evil.
