Donating blood's effect on running

Quoted message said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible. I had no get
up and go. Was it the blood donation or just one of those "off" days? I
generally get in 25 - 30 mpw and this was a slow and easy day, but after
about 2 miles, I was spent. I crosstrained today with no noticable
degredation. I have a 5 miler in the morning. I hope it is easier. I will
make sure I don't donate before my 1/2 marathon in January.

Elvis

No, it's 'cause you're dead.

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ElvisIsDead said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible. I had no get
up and go. Was it the blood donation or just one of those "off" days? I
generally get in 25 - 30 mpw and this was a slow and easy day, but after
about 2 miles, I was spent. I crosstrained today with no noticable
degredation. I have a 5 miler in the morning. I hope it is easier. I will
make sure I don't donate before my 1/2 marathon in January.

Usual advice, which works well for me, is to take 24 hours between
donation and first run. I find that the 30 hours run (lunch donation
Tuesday, Wednesday evening run) is noticeably slower and more effort,
but not horrible.

Horrible sounds more like a combination of
a) you're especially sensitive
b) you didn't do enough fluid replacement
c) you didn't sleep well
d) just one of those days
e) other

I'm usually back to normal running for easy runs 3-5 days later,
and track workouts are normal within 2 weeks, as far as I've noticed.
Your red blood cells, etc., are fully back to normal (for most people)
about 6 weeks after donation.

Given the last, if the race is life and death importance, then you
shouldn't donate within 6 weeks of the race. On the other hand,
donating helps save literal lives, so maybe you can accept a few
seconds per mile loss at your half marathon and dedicate the difference
to the people whose life you saved.

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I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible.

I'd say three or so days to recover for average training runs.
Four to six weeks to break a PR in a race or run a marathon.
Its very similar to increasing altitude several thousand feet.

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Quoted message said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible.

I'd say three or so days to recover for average training runs.
Four to six weeks to break a PR in a race or run a marathon.
Its very similar to increasing altitude several thousand feet.

According to Olympic Gold Medalist Tyler Hamilton, the trick is to get
people to donate blood to *you*.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

if you get blood donated by a kenyan your running will improve dramatically.
of course you may turn black so you might want to avoid southern rednecks
driving ford pick up trucks, the upside is trashy white women will be attracted
to you.

http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/2001/06_01/news.htm

This might help.

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Quoted message said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible. I had no
get up and go. Was it the blood donation or just one of those "off" days? I
generally get in 25 - 30 mpw and this was a slow and easy day, but after
about 2 miles, I was spent. I crosstrained today with no noticable
degredation. I have a 5 miler in the morning. I hope it is easier. I will
make sure I don't donate before my 1/2 marathon in January.

Elvis

ElvisIsDead said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible. I had no
get up and go. Was it the blood donation or just one of those "off" days?
I generally get in 25 - 30 mpw and this was a slow and easy day, but after
about 2 miles, I was spent. I crosstrained today with no noticable
degredation. I have a 5 miler in the morning. I hope it is easier. I will
make sure I don't donate before my 1/2 marathon in January.

Elvis

I donated a pint one Friday afternoon and did a 10 mile slow run Sat. AM. I
felt a little tired, but not bad.

Drink lots and take it easy.

--
Wake

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Quoted message said:

I gave blood Tuesday at lunch. My run Wed morning was horrible. I had no get
up and go. Was it the blood donation or just one of those "off" days? I
generally get in 25 - 30 mpw and this was a slow and easy day, but after
about 2 miles, I was spent. I crosstrained today with no noticable
degredation. I have a 5 miler in the morning. I hope it is easier. I will
make sure I don't donate before my 1/2 marathon in January.

Elvis

I don't run for at least 2 days after giving blood. And the day I
finally run it feels like my race pace when I'm running slower than
normal. Once, when I was fairly out of shape, it took me a few weeks
to feel like myself.

That is my experience and everybody has a different story.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Andy

A more serious question is how slimy jogger blood is going to effect the
innocent people it is pumped into.