At least 5 times before every race!
Happy Birthday and welcome to the elite (of the population in their 50s) 
I’ve always been a plodder, first (and only) ironman last year Tri X at 55, bring on tri Extreme next year at 57, yikes!
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Penblwydd Hapus @JaRok2300
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Happy birthday @JaRok2300 
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Happy birthday!
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Don’t forget to pratcice the phrase ‘That’s not music!’
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and the added bonus of saving a fortune on drugs as you can achieve the same effect by just standing up quickly, or by trying to touch your toes.
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Funny you should say that as I get that really bad, sometimes a double one where I bend over until it goes away then it comes back again.
I actually semi-fainted a few weeks ago, I wasn’t completely out but felt my legs going and ended up descending gracefully to the floor. My son thought I was having a heart attack or something.
I ended up in A&E back end of last year because of it… Mrs MC thought I was having a stroke as I became incoherent (enough at the back - heard it all before) before keeling over completely… doc, after extensive tests and 12 lead cardiogram, decide it was an ischemic something or other, which is a posh word for fainted… but did imply that a really well developed cardio system with good levels of blood flow, a hard run, with a little dehydration and a subsequent big meal diverting blood flow might have played a part.
What did freak me, was my wrist based HR data, when I checked it the following day, showed my HR momentarily drop to 28 bpm!
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I sometimes feel like that under the same circumstances.
Happy birthday @JaRok2300, welcome to the club 
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TrainerRoad did a podcast on this recently and talked about this at length. One of their users has lost a load of weight in lockdown and become aerobically fitter, but as a result was now almost fainting whenever they stood up. In TR fashion, they did a ‘deep dive’ on it; was very interesting and worth a listen if you suffer regularly.
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Glad to hear was temporary mate. In all my ops, I get the low pulse reading and they always say to me ‘you’re either very fit or very unfit’. I usually opt fr the former. 
Officially joined the club on Friday
Wasn’t really bothered passing 30 and 40 but this feels rather more significant than the 2 previous milestones - still what can you do!?!
A few years ago after an irregular ECG on a company medical I was sent for further investigations - echo cardiogram and stress echocardiogram - consultant told me I had “an athletes heart” - my proudest sporting moment 
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Happy birthday
Stick at it.
Happy birthday! Welcome to the club!
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Happy Birthday @JaRok2300 this club is getting bigger
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I really don’t take to Clare Maxted, I find her odd but this might be worth a watch.
Happy Birthday JaRok2300 and belated one to Tunster, as has been said, welcome to the club
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55 coming up for me very soon. Just deciding how much of my pension funds I should cash out to spend on bikes. Return on investment would seem to be similar to a typical hedge fund at the moment!
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