Been sucking wind more than normal the last couple of days. I was blaming it on the ridiculous heat till I saw this Spare The Air Day stuff.Last year I got a bad case of asthma and bronchitis after hammering all day at a race in the desert during one of these warnings, it took me 2 months to get my shit together again. You'd think I would learn. LA was brown and nasty, but it has been vicious here the last couple of days.
I forgot my inhaler today and have been coughing/ wheezing all night at work. I've got a fairly good plan to control it before races, hard workouts, etc. now. This is the first time I've needed Albuterol after a easy ride in a looong time.
This brings up a interesting point though, when is medicine/ good nutrition/ vitamins an unfair advantage? I have a time- tested plan before a race- eating some Metabolol, then some Muscle Nitro, a high-CHO drink during, recovery drink after. Fancy vitamins every day, electrolytes when it's hot. Warm up easy, then hit the puffer to control the EIA.
Standard stuff in the Cat 4 level, which is really the stupid part. When did the "beginner level" of this crap go out the window?If this is the beginner level, it's easy to see how Cat 1/2- Masters level guys lose it and start pounding monkey tranquilizers and crap to get a edge. It's all in the marketing, the "science of speed" , calling poisons and legitimate medicines for sick people "vitamins". My mom with anemia, she needs ProCrit, not some cat 3 schlubbo with a climbing problem.
Anyhoo, I hope I get this fixed before Saturday. It looks like I'm gonna make it in on the wait list for Pesky. NOT my kind of race, but I got a couple of teammates that deserve some love , and it's good training for The Race So Far Over My Head It's Ridiculous.