https://www.nomeatathlete.com/iron-female-athlete/ Plant Based Diet for Athletes Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/iron-female-athlete/#comment-206558 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:21:02 +0000 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/?p=28994#comment-206558 Thank you for this article. I am finally getting some answers. My iron is low, that explains why I have to stop and walk so many times. I jut got my vegan iron supplement. My question is should I step back on my training and rest to give my body a chance to get that iron back up, or do I keep running. I’ve had low iron for six years after birth now. I tried supplementing before but I don’t think it fixed it. Family doctor hasn’t even called me once to say hey your iron is low. I know because I paid the lab fee to get results in early.

]]> https://www.nomeatathlete.com/iron-female-athlete/#comment-33532 Thu, 16 May 2019 18:25:08 +0000 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/?p=28994#comment-33532 I’ve been running for 3 years and did my 100th marathon on New Year’s Day this year (2019) and managed a 21 hr 100 miler in March this year then I seemingly fell apart- my daily runs (I’m on day 232 of a 5k or more a day run streak) became laboured at my “easy” pace but I thought it was maybe due to running everyday. Then I tried another 100 miler last week and had to quit at mile 49 (10 hrs) as I couldn’t get enough oxygen and was getting slower and slower leading to walking. Today I ordered some Iron Supplements as I thought my vegan diet was complete but I think I’m lacking iron. Thanks for the article.

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