Lately, I have been feeling unreasonably tired. I'm only 27, I haven't recently upped my training (I typically do about 3500 yards 4-5 times a week), I'm not sick, I don't feel more stressed than normal -- I just don't know what's going on. I feel fatigued at practice, at work, and especially in the evenings when I get home. Getting extra sleep and extra vegetables hasn't done anything to help so far. Has anyone else been through a time of being really run down for no reason? Did you swim through it since exercise is supposed to give you energy? Did you take a break? (I don't want to take a break if I don't have to because I love swimming and miss it whenever I can't go.) I know there is probably nothing anyone can really do to advise me, but I guess I just wanted to know if it's happened to anyone else. Thanks!
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Dear Chlorini,
Are you having fun swimming, or is just another thing to complete in your day? Sometimes the training can get to be more work than fun, along with regular work and other responsiblities. When I start to feel like that I grab my 9 year old and head to the pool and spend some time just "playing" in the water, I find the slide particularly wild. :p This may border on heresy, but a pool can be more than sets and drills...
The only other thing different I could think of from the others who have responded is if you are sensitve to changes in seasons and/or daylight. I don't know if your area really gets a change in daylightbut here in Pa, it is getting darker earlier at night and later in the am, and one begins to fell like a vampire - drive to work in the dark, come home in the dark. Some people are very senstive to daylight changes, enough to warrant a dx of Seasonal Affect Disorder. You mention your stress is "no more than normal" keep in mind even chronic low levels of stress can add up.
Hope you feel back on track soon.
Dear Chlorini,
Are you having fun swimming, or is just another thing to complete in your day? Sometimes the training can get to be more work than fun, along with regular work and other responsiblities. When I start to feel like that I grab my 9 year old and head to the pool and spend some time just "playing" in the water, I find the slide particularly wild. :p This may border on heresy, but a pool can be more than sets and drills...
The only other thing different I could think of from the others who have responded is if you are sensitve to changes in seasons and/or daylight. I don't know if your area really gets a change in daylightbut here in Pa, it is getting darker earlier at night and later in the am, and one begins to fell like a vampire - drive to work in the dark, come home in the dark. Some people are very senstive to daylight changes, enough to warrant a dx of Seasonal Affect Disorder. You mention your stress is "no more than normal" keep in mind even chronic low levels of stress can add up.
Hope you feel back on track soon.
