Giving Blood bad idea in training

[watchman]

In the past I would give blood often.

I have backed of since training for Tri's

For some reason I decided to give bllood Monday

I wish I read more about it.

I tried to do speed intervals on Wednesday and was I surprised.

At halfway into the first run It felt like I was above LT . My guess was 170 heart rate. When I looked at my Garmin it was under 150.

I could not believe how bad I felt.

I went home and read up on it and sure enough it said you will see a 10% drop in max ability and I read where a drop of 20 on heart rate Lactic threshold

The worst part is it said it could take 3-4 weeks to recover.

Bummer. since I am really hitting it hard.

stupid

I did a 5k race Saturday seemed to get a slight cold after

Ran 16 miles hard hills Monday then gave blood at 6pm that day.

Since I always seem to be on the edge of overtraining this was not a good combo

anyone else give blood during training? any thoughts? How did it affect you?

just wondering

mike

[chuckm]

I always wait till the off season to donate. Usually able to get in 2 or 3 times over the winter. I'd agree it's a bad idea to donate right in the middle of hard training, especially right after a 16 mile run.

[Johnboy]

Whoever will be the recipient of your blood is gonna run a 5 minute mile!

[Tim Edwards]

I have not donated blood since high school since I never have a period in my training where I can afford to chill for a month while my body grows back the blood cells.

Definitely do your homework.

I guess this is the opposite of blood doping! Anti-EPO! Maybe the Euro cyclist should do this as a punishment for doping. Every 4 weeks donate blood throughout the season!