Banging headache after the race
jimmyBell
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Hi, can anyone advise, or indeed does anyone else get this? I always get a banging headache about an hour/ two hours after a triathlon. I have done about 10 Tris this year (Mix between OD and Sprint) and the same last year. Trouble is, I know i will get a banging headache every time and its beginning to put me off now as it ruins the rest of my day.. A couple of Anadins and a kips usually puts paid to it, but its bugging me.
I'm sure i stay hydrated enough before during and after the race, and gels and food wise i am pretty sure i do okay.. I have had a couple of comments about salt and also bike positioning, as in my head and neck pressure from being in tri bar position for a period of time?? Does this happen to anyone else?
Thank you for any suggestions.
I'm sure i stay hydrated enough before during and after the race, and gels and food wise i am pretty sure i do okay.. I have had a couple of comments about salt and also bike positioning, as in my head and neck pressure from being in tri bar position for a period of time?? Does this happen to anyone else?
Thank you for any suggestions.
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Thanks for replying anyway Bman..
Try this http://www.220triathlon.com/forum/post15047.html?hilit=dehydration#p15047 but if it continues after you've made changes then get yourself checked out.
I usually have about 3 gels per OD race, pint of water in one bottle and an electrolyte drink in another, probabaly about 500ml of.. I think next race I'm going to take just water and a Nuun tablet in each of my 3 bottles and see how this fairs.
Thanks again..
Jimmy.
Plenty of threads on here too re: race nutrition.
A lot of people on here use the SIS GO electrolyte and Nuun. I use nuun before and after a race and the SIS stuff on the bike. I use a bottle of that on the aerobottle and water in a normal bottle and get through most of them in an OD (but thats just me). After the race, its a recovery drink and then hit the Nuun, loads of water and more GO electrolyte. My person indicator is Im rehydrated when my wee gets back to very diluted yellow, almost clear. Which is normally only the next morning. Its the best way to tell how hydrated you are.
Id rather go overboard and drink too much for the 24hr post-race than have those damn migraines again.
Out of interest how many gels do you take during an OD? I usually get about 4 down the hatch. One just before the swim and then two on the bike and one before the run, the rest is liquid..
However, if it's happening after a sprint, then it is your hydration/nutrition _before_ the race that is the problem. It also makes me think that you may have some tension issues etc.
Drink more water (the amount that you have to drink is specific to you) through the day - judge it by what colour your wee is. It wants to be a very very pale yellow.
Tension could be complicated like technique, or as simple as googles/helmet being too tight.