My cardio respiratory response has worsened so much that I basically can't go full gas anymore. When I do, i get so deep into the red that I won't recover anymore. Having gone through a whole cycle of medical assessments this summer, including tilt test, Vo2 max exercise test etc, I was told that I am expecting too much and should come to terms with getting older. Holy crapp, is that also the reason why I get stinging pain in the chest and almost faint when I climb three flights of stairs? From feeling super fit and being able to train and race just a year ago to not even be able to train anymore, not to mention racing, is a bit of an "un-natural" decline which I believe cannot be attributed to progressing aging, alone. Look at the picture, it tells it all, open mouth and feeling shit.
