I wasn???t sure where to post this, but I thought this topic would be quite appropriate at the moment? It???s hey fever times, so I was just curious how many are affected by the situation and how allergy and antihistamine medication is affecting their high intensity workouts.
Commonly, hey fever is recognized to affect long distance runners the most. However, I think there are also some consequences for the allergic power athlete: water retention, tiredness, change in metabolism and change in recovery times are some possible issues. What are your findings? Do you have to change training layout and do you see differences in power output?
I think the power output stays pretty much stays the same, although the feeling at warm-up or general well being might provide the opposite sentiment; once the ???engine??? starts rolling, the athlete usually performs about the same, despite feeling allergic symptoms. Nevertheless, there could be some changes in recovery times from high intensity bursts, trainings and competitions. It could, therefore, be beneficial to tweak the overall training regime towards more metabolic activities like light tempo and circuits, with a slight decrease in the frequency between high intensity sessions. Obviously it depends on the athlete and symptoms in question, but I???m curious if anyone has any information, anecdotes or anything regarding the issue?
