WS Run Ask-a-Medic
Wool Blankets
I'm looking to stock up the supply of wool or synthetic fleese blankets for our aid stations. If you have any to donate, please bring them to Way too Cool or to AR 50.
Thanks ever so much!
And just a thought. Do you think anyone in our sport is using preformance enhancing drugs? Some of these same drugs are being used for anti-aging...... As I sip on my preformance enhancing Peets coffee, at the age of 52.
Left, right, left, right. Linda Lee
High Sierra country.
posted by Linda Lee at
7:52 AM
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What is AR50? Can I mail you some wool blankets? If so where and when are they needed by, or am I just too late?
You're not too late. I would like to replace cotton blankets with heat retaining wool or synthetic fleece. AR 50 is the American River 50, held April 5th. If you are not in CA, then you can mail the blankets to race headquarters for WS 100 in care of Greg Suderlund. The blankets are for WS 100, which is in June.
LLee
Thank you Linda. I shall mail them to the WS100 then. I was hoping to volunteer there this year for the first time but luck had other plans for me. I live in Wisconsin so mailing is my only option.
We will miss your efforts at the race. Thank you for the blanket(s). Stay warm in Wisconsin!
Our company in Rhode Island makes blankets for disaster and humanitarian relief.
Feel free to use the following link to donate blankets to your favorite organization: http://www.northwestwoolen.com
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>>Do you think anyone in our sport is using preformance enhancing drugs?<<
This may not specifically address the intent of your question... or maybe it will...
As a teenager I was diagnosed with Athletically Induced Asthma. The doctor gave me an inhaler and I used it but I never really felt like it was effective. I found by coincidence that Robitussin (Guaifenesin) seemed to work much better. But it only lasted four hours and it tasted terrible so I used it occassionally but not regularly.
Years later I went to the UC Davis Sports Performance Lab where the great Doctors Eric Heiden and Max Testa again diagnosed me as having Athletically Induced Asthma. Interestingly, they spotted it on their own. I never mentioned it. They told me to see my regular doctor for an inhaler but I never did.
Nowadays we have mucinex time released mega dose tablets of guaifenesin. My last long run, I decided to try it. I think it worked. Of course it is merely anecdotal, but I covered 29 miles with about 4000' feet of up and down, and afterward I would say I felt more like I would have expected to feel after 20-22 miles. I even went skiing the next day.
Any thoughts on if I might just be fooling myself? Does this make sense?
Am I performance enhancing? (I race cutoffs so it probably doesn't really matter...)
I'll be running AR50 and pacing at WS.
QUESTION ....
Love the blog, "performance enhancing drugs," uh, there's like NO money to be made in this sport, why would someone dope?
Anyway, that's not my question ..
Question is: lower back pain. I've been hit with out out of the blue in Jan. and it's sticking around, I have no idea why or what's wrong, but it's constant. I ran the Rocky Raccoon with it, I do my weekly longs with it, and I put up with it in general.
What should I do? it's a low-level, constant lower back ache.
Ouch
Guess I shoulda mentioned, see you in June, I dnf'ed last year, my own fault for under training, but working hard this year, should finish.
Good Morning All! After a short trip to Puerto Rico, I remember the importance of vacations. WOW!
Chris: Your question as to the use of guaifenesin for exercise-induced bronchospasm is not explored in the literature. Guaifenesin is a mucus thinner, and expectorant. It is not considered a performance-enhancing drug. It is safe in prescribed doses and if it makes you feel better, so be it. The usual treatment for EIB is either a mast cell stabilizer or a beta-2 agonist. (chromolyn sodium and albuterol)
Chase: Your question about back pain is one that medical practitioners have been asking for years. WHY? 80% of adults have experienced back pain. If this pain is constant and unrelenting, then it warrants looking into. Most low back pain is functional and related to muscular strain, poor core strength, inflexibility, tight tendons and poor body mechanics. But, there are also other causes of back pain, and when pain has lasted longer than 6 weeks, it deserves a medical evaluation! Stress fractures of the posterior elements can cause an anterior slip of the vertebral body. If a person has risk of systemic disease, weight loss, or neurologic compromise it becomes more concerning. I advise you to check into it. Also, it is no fun being in pain.
Thanks Doc, I'm giving in. Going to see a dude about it tomorrow ...
Just to let everyone know, I ordered four dozen wool blankets from North West Woolen! These will be distributed to the aid stations.
Thanks to you all. L Lee
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