A night in hospital

I am a bit frustrated that my health has interrupted training again.

During our first track training session here in Perth I had some Tachycardia (elevated heart rate). I had just finished a 2km effort and my heart rate was going down normally and within two minutes it was down to 125 as normal. Then as I was resting for my next effort it went straight back up to 170+. It stayed there for an hour before returning to normal.

After consulting with team medical staff I went to the emergency department and they did a few tests. They didn't find anything but transferred me to Royal Perth Hospital's cardiology ward where I spent the night. Further tests found nothing wrong so I am back at the team hotel wearing a portable ECG monitor.

At this stage we need to keep an eye on my heart rate. It's not known if it was a one-off occurrance or something that will happen again.

It is very frustrating to have more health issues and to feel like my dream may be in doubt when I am so close to making it a reality.

I will be back training again tomorrow so I will let you know how it goes.

MM