Why do you throw up? (sort of gross I know)

Does anyone know why you throw up when you're running really hard? I know it has something to do with the fight-or-flight bit, but is there some sort of threshold you reach?
And if there is, how can you extend it?

I feel like that's my biggest problem when I race- my legs and my breathing feel fine, but then all of a sudden I start gagging and have have to stop/slow down.

Thanks (and sorry if this is gross, I just really want to know)

Don't eat 4 hours before a meet.

I never have this problem..

I just thought it was from over-exhaustion or something.

idk I know you feel sick when you eat before running because blood is pulled away from your stomache to go to the muscles so you can't digest... but I don't know what makes you throw up after races... because I definately always feel like I am going to even if I didn't eat anything beforehand.

the only time i've thrown up while running was when i had a big carton of chocolate milk before a race...i would strongly discourage anyone from trying that lol.

i throw up alot. its disgusting. like last year in track i did about 8 times. i probably just have a weak stomach though. i think it has to do with the food you eat and how well your body can take certain things.

It's attributed to like you said lactic threshold, and whats in your system already. Don't consume dairy products before practice and don't eat too close to workouts. It's all been said before and theres not much you can do about it. Besides, anytime you puke you know you got a good workout.

Pinthin wrote:I never have this problem..

I just thought it was from over-exhaustion or something.

thats what i thought too. i have never thrown up from running thou....

CT Track wrote:It's attributed to like you said lactic threshold, and whats in your system already. Don't consume dairy products before practice and don't eat too close to workouts. It's all been said before and theres not much you can do about it. Besides, anytime you puke you know you got a good workout.

Many would say that means that you pushed yourself too hard in a workout.

Just don't eat before a workout or race.

funrunner wrote:

CT Track wrote:It's attributed to like you said lactic threshold, and whats in your system already. Don't consume dairy products before practice and don't eat too close to workouts. It's all been said before and theres not much you can do about it. Besides, anytime you puke you know you got a good workout.

Many would say that means that you pushed yourself too hard in a workout.

Too hard in a workout, yes. In a race, the goal is basically running yourself as close as death without actually dying.

Some people just have a tendency to throw up while running, regardless of how hard they push themselves.

baby got track wrote:Some people just have a tendency to throw up while running, regardless of how hard they push themselves.

I randomly throw up on easy runs. It gets pretty annoying.

I feel like throwing up (never actually do) when I am running really hard.

funrunner wrote:

CT Track wrote:It's attributed to like you said lactic threshold, and whats in your system already. Don't consume dairy products before practice and don't eat too close to workouts. It's all been said before and theres not much you can do about it. Besides, anytime you puke you know you got a good workout.

Many would say that means that you pushed yourself too hard in a workout.

Not really. It goes more towards sprinters than anything, but if the workout is supposed to be hard then the harder the better.

My teammate threw up today in the middle of a race because he drank too much water.

CT Track wrote:

funrunner wrote:

CT Track wrote:It's attributed to like you said lactic threshold, and whats in your system already. Don't consume dairy products before practice and don't eat too close to workouts. It's all been said before and theres not much you can do about it. Besides, anytime you puke you know you got a good workout.

Many would say that means that you pushed yourself too hard in a workout.

Not really. It goes more towards sprinters than anything, but if the workout is supposed to be hard then the harder the better.

EL OH EL

No.

Due to your unsubstantial evidence I have no choice but to concede to your divine intellegence.

CT Track wrote:Due to your unsubstantial evidence I have no choice but to concede to your divine intellegence.

Good.

i really don't think it has to anything with your threshold, people can run themselves into the ground and still keep it all in their stomach.

ok. thanks for all the comments. i think for my next race i'll try not eating 5 hours before/not eating dairy. and hopefully that'll work.

AudienceOfOne wrote:i really don't think it has to anything with your threshold, people can run themselves into the ground and still keep it all in their stomach.

Not when it builds up so much from lactic acid. It also builds up when you sprint, hence why people will puke after a race when they give it all they got from their kick. People don't puke mid race, and if they do it's because they are going to hard. Like I said puking will usually result from sprinting, not threshold runs or lsd runs. Jus sayin.

lactic acid