Genetics fail
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9 Sep 2010, 14:31
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Ok for those of you who don't know I am currently in Tanzania to do some charity work and climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Charity work was awesome - enough said.
Training for Kilimanjaro I cycled 25 miles (bout 40km) a day, ran 4 half marathons (13.1 miles) over 2 months and ran 3/4 10km runs a week.
Unfortunately I inherited high blood pressure from my father's side of the family, meaning my resting blood pressure is around 170 over 120, with a pulse of 105-115 with blood oxygen percentage 98%
Pre-agreed with my guide that if my pulse went above 140 I would climb no further. Whole climb I was fine, got to Baranco point, 2km from summit, pulse was checked and it was 160 with blood oxygen 72%, felt perfectly fine, but as a result I now face 2 days with no friends in Moshi, FML.
No friends in person, e-rant over. Speak of your genetic fails so we may comfort eachother.
Charity work was awesome - enough said.
Training for Kilimanjaro I cycled 25 miles (bout 40km) a day, ran 4 half marathons (13.1 miles) over 2 months and ran 3/4 10km runs a week.
Unfortunately I inherited high blood pressure from my father's side of the family, meaning my resting blood pressure is around 170 over 120, with a pulse of 105-115 with blood oxygen percentage 98%
Pre-agreed with my guide that if my pulse went above 140 I would climb no further. Whole climb I was fine, got to Baranco point, 2km from summit, pulse was checked and it was 160 with blood oxygen 72%, felt perfectly fine, but as a result I now face 2 days with no friends in Moshi, FML.
No friends in person, e-rant over. Speak of your genetic fails so we may comfort eachother.
Edit: Good effort on the mountine though.
my father has suffered high blood pressure his entire life and now (he s 55) he checked his body on allergies and they found out his as an allergy on histamines, which can cause him high blood pressure...
he totally lived without histamines the past 2 months and his blood pressure became pretty normal again.
Based on my blood pressure they're not comfortable taking me in case I have a heart attack (fitness makes no differenc)
its a shame tho, reaching such a mountain is great achievement, u must be really disappointed :(
love you Mashed!
Sometimes I nearly faint due to it :<
are you my brother from another mother? :-)