I think I had my first panic attack. I'm not sure as I never had one before. I was running along on the treadmill, 6.5mph/9:13 min/mi, 2.5 miles into my run, doing just fine, not breathing all that hard and I could feel my heart nice & controlled. I was really impressed and thought this run was going to be great!
Then my mind wandered. I started thinking of the reasons I was in southern Illinois/St. Louis on Tuesday & Wednesday and what's going to happen next week. And that's when it happened. My heart was just started racing, skyrocketed and I started to breathe really hard and couldn't control it. I almost teared up too. I didn't know what the heck happened. I felt this pain in my chest and my stomach felt all queasy. I then started panicking over what I was feeling! And if I was even going to be able to keep going with my run!
My mind kept going trying to figure out what was going on. I thought it had to do with my running but I was running at my normal speed on the treadmill. Not too fast and not too slow. I stupidly kept running. I checked all my systems; feet feeling OK, wiggle the toes. Knees are fine, no pain. Arms are a little tired but that could be from having them so high and elbows out, which I usually don't do. Breathe in and breathe out, deep breaths, work the abs, move the diaphragm, breathe through the pain. The pain started to subside, I started to feel better. My heart was still beating fast and it actually never came back down.
I managed to keep on running. I distracted myself with counting my steps. And believe it or not, I actually made it to 6 miles. I started walking and put my hands on the heart rate sensors on the treadmill. It was 190. WOW. I normally get to 186 on my speed work!
So yea. There ya have it. I ran through, what I assumed, is a panic attack. I must remember not to think about stuff again. Clear the mind and just get in the zone! Which I thought I did but guess it didn't work.
Anybody have any other suggestions as to what it could have been?
Then my mind wandered. I started thinking of the reasons I was in southern Illinois/St. Louis on Tuesday & Wednesday and what's going to happen next week. And that's when it happened. My heart was just started racing, skyrocketed and I started to breathe really hard and couldn't control it. I almost teared up too. I didn't know what the heck happened. I felt this pain in my chest and my stomach felt all queasy. I then started panicking over what I was feeling! And if I was even going to be able to keep going with my run!
My mind kept going trying to figure out what was going on. I thought it had to do with my running but I was running at my normal speed on the treadmill. Not too fast and not too slow. I stupidly kept running. I checked all my systems; feet feeling OK, wiggle the toes. Knees are fine, no pain. Arms are a little tired but that could be from having them so high and elbows out, which I usually don't do. Breathe in and breathe out, deep breaths, work the abs, move the diaphragm, breathe through the pain. The pain started to subside, I started to feel better. My heart was still beating fast and it actually never came back down.
I managed to keep on running. I distracted myself with counting my steps. And believe it or not, I actually made it to 6 miles. I started walking and put my hands on the heart rate sensors on the treadmill. It was 190. WOW. I normally get to 186 on my speed work!
So yea. There ya have it. I ran through, what I assumed, is a panic attack. I must remember not to think about stuff again. Clear the mind and just get in the zone! Which I thought I did but guess it didn't work.
Anybody have any other suggestions as to what it could have been?
