Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Allen Stark — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:12:00 GMT

OP's case wouldn't classify as systemic, but regardless, here's just one quick source showing that vigorous exercise helps fight off viruses. And I'll also refer to my previous reference. www.bbc.com/.../health-26581722 The only stuff I've seen about weakening the immune system requires cumulative sessions of overexercise. Thank you, interesting.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

67King — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:58:32 GMT

That is true, with some severe caveats. Over training impairs the immune response, among other deleterious effects. i don't know of any reputable recommendations to exercise hard if you have a systemic illness. If you do, please give a citation. OP's case wouldn't classify as systemic, but regardless, here's just one quick source showing that vigorous exercise helps fight off viruses. And I'll also refer to my previous reference. www.bbc.com/.../health-26581722 The only stuff I've seen about weakening the immune system requires cumulative sessions of overexercise.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Allen Stark — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:54:09 GMT

Actually, the converse is true. An elevated core body temperature is inhospitable to viruses, which is one of the reasons we become feverish - the body's response to fight off the virus. Ken Cooper (MD - more known in soccer circles) has done research showing a rise in core temperature while exercising and a negative correlation with illnesses. I can't find a link to the research right now, but I've seen him give a presentation on it. That is true, with some severe caveats. Over training impairs the immune response, among other deleterious effects. i don't know of any reputable recommendations to exercise hard if you have a systemic illness. If you do, please give a citation.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

67King — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:22:02 GMT

My sense is that overworking makes a person pretty vulnerable to viruses. Actually, the converse is true. An elevated core body temperature is inhospitable to viruses, which is one of the reasons we become feverish - the body's response to fight off the virus. Ken Cooper (MD - more known in soccer circles) has done research showing a rise in core temperature while exercising and a negative correlation with illnesses. I can't find a link to the research right now, but I've seen him give a presentation on it.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Former Member — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 12:14:39 GMT

I am inclined to believe that if you were feverish, you had gotten a virus, which would completely unrelated to exercise (unless you got it from the water, of course). My sense is that overworking makes a person pretty vulnerable to viruses.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

67King — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:06:38 GMT

I am inclined to believe that if you were feverish, you had gotten a virus, which would completely unrelated to exercise (unless you got it from the water, of course).

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

orca1946 — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 02:00:28 GMT

agree with the fever aspect of getting something not related to the swim.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Former Member — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:03:13 GMT

I did 5 km about half a month before I participated in the 3.7 km race, but that 5 km was not continuous. I didn't try to go fast in the 5 km last Sunday, actually much slower than the 3.7 km race speed before. Also, I always use satellite image on Google to measure the distance.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Former Member — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:40:21 GMT

Well, of course, it might just be that you got sick - cold, flu, whatever. And what Rob says about nutrition and salt makes sense, too. There's some other possibilities associated with training, too. In the book "Run Faster, Run Less," by Pierce, Murr, and Moss, they say that you never go both faster then usual AND farther than usual at the same time. It sounds like you were trying to be a little fast in the 5 K (I could be wrong), when my advice would be to do it as easily as possible Many other places suggest a maximum increase in output of 10% a week. You went from 3.7 K race to 2.3 K in the morning and 5K in the afternoon. Not counting the orienteering, that is about a 94% increase. And shouldn't the orienteering count for something? When there was another mapping program beside Google, there was about a 25% discrepancy between the two, when I measured distances across a lake. Just no, Google shows that a 2.25 mile race I've done to be 2.08 miles, and a lake I believe to be 220 yards clocks in at 170.About 1/6 and 1/4 longer. Maybe your "5K" was 5.8k.

RE: Got sick after long swim - was I doing too much?!

Rob Copeland — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:27:20 GMT

You don’t mention what nutrition you took before, during and after your training. So it could be a fuel problem. Or it could be a mild case of the flu on maybe something in the water (too much salt water ingestion can cause some to get ill). Should I continue to do 5 km training or to reduce a bit, e.g. to 3 km?You really need to find an in person knowledgeable coach. Taking advice from people who don’t really know your situation can frequently be bad advice.