Paul Talbot writes:
>In college I found that the times when I got about about 40 miles a week
>(which actually wasn't that often) I *never* puked after a race or
>interval. The difference was that I could recover faster. Puking isn't a
>function of working hard, most of the time it's a function of being out of
>shape.
Also, it seems to me reactions during and post-hard workouts or races are
just different from one person to the next. I never puked, however I did
almost black out a couple of times. I can remember one cross-country race
in high school, kicking down the last 150 meters neck and neck with another
guy, and pushing so hard that spots started appearing in my vision like I
was going to faint. (In other unrelated contexts once or twice--attending
school when I was sick and should have stayed home--I'd gotten woozy and
fainted a couple of times and lost consciousness, so I know what the
immediately preceding symptoms are like.) This was when I was in excellent
shape, too, for me. Never came even close to puking, though.
--Ward Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
