Chest pains after a run. (Read 1013 times)

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can relate to this. Last night I went for a run, easy 5 mile. When I got home and started entering the data in my log, I felt this sharp pain to the left of my chest area. It only lasted a second so I thought nothing of it, then a few minutes later it reoccured for a second or two. I have to say it freaked me out a bit. I have only recently got a HR monitor. My hrmax(220-age formula) is 188. My HR peaked at 179 last night and 184 the night before(these were for only brief spells - 30sec). So, am I pushing too close to the red zone too often or am I freaked over nothing? Does anyone else experience 'flutters'? Thanks.

Chest pains = a doc's visit if not a trip to the emergency room, period.

have you had them before? any allergies or exercised induced asthma?? sometimes asthma will cause the same thing. either case, a trip to the Dr. is MANDATED at this point...

well, i've been asked to go for ECG and Bloods by my Doc.He says I experienced 'missed beat'. I think its just precautionary. One thing the doc did tell me is there is no need for me to be puting my HR in the high 170's as im not an olympian. many benefits can be gained from easing up a little and at a pace / rate that suits me.. So now its just do the tests and wait it out. God, im not used to this sorry for the moan.as ye were.

It's good you are getting the tests done, but I wouldn't get too worked up just yet. Just because you experienced some 'chest' pain does not automatically indicate 'cardiac' pain. You stated it was a sharp pain, pain, from a cardiac etiological point of view the pain would generally be a dull/crushing pain in most cases (I say most cases, but there is always the exception...) When you experienced the pain was it brief while taking a deep(er) breath? If so it was probably a plueretic, which means the fluid that lines the plueretic space was 'thinned out' causing some friction rub...from probably, oh I don't know, increased respsirations caused by running??? Anyway like I said there are exceptions to the rule, so it is always good to get it checked out, but don't get too worked up just yet

Joe and Chris- hope your tests go well.

One thing the doc did tell me is there is no need for me to be puting my HR in the high 170's as im not an olympian.

Well, that depends on your max heart rate too. And how are you supposed to become an olympian if you don't occasionally push yourself that hard?

If you're hitting 95% of your max heart rate multiple days in a row, you're not doing "easy" runs. Granted, you should probably find out your real max heart rate, because the 220 formula doesn't really work for everyone. But I strongly suspect your easy runs are not really easy, and this will cause you trouble down the line, even if it's not actually related to this particular pain.

Can't speak to the flutters, but agree that you need to slow down. Your last run in your log was done at an avearge HR of 166, which is 88% based on the 220-age formula. Even if the formula's wrong, that's still too fast. Slow down, and run your easy runs in the 140~160 range. You'll be able to run more miles because you won't be fatigued, and more miles will help you improve.

It does sound scary, but it could mean a lot of things. Breathe deeply and wait for everything to unfold before thinking too far ahead. In any case, it looks like you should be fine, even if you end up needing a little surgery. Dude--you can still run! That means it can't be THAT bad, right? Hang in there.