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Total climing for the 60km?

Super amped! 963m change in elevation seems quite reasonable over 70kms?

The 35km joining the 50km was a stuff up, but it was sort of fun trying some 'off-piste' lines to get past people. I wish the whole race was single track, but the bottlenecks frustrated me sooo much! I was quite sour when i saw people with top end 140mm dual suspension bikes that got off their bikes for the technical bits

Thanks for the comprehensive response. Basically I can feel my heartbeat all the time it feels like my heart is beating harder than it ussually does, at times my stomach and entire torso bounces up and down to my heart beat. Even pressing my finger down on a table or something allows me to clearly feel my heart beat. My resting heart rate went from 53 to about 74 and at a stage in December it was almost in the 80's. It is very inconsistent though, because even when I am sitting down it will jump from mid 60s to 90s even over 100 sometimes. The lightest exertion causes my heart to race and bounce(beat very hard). I also get pain in my chest which at times gets very bad, and breathing makes it worse(really freaks me out to be honest). Which is unussual because i have relativiely low blood pressure and normally a consistently low heart rate when resting. I also tried to go on as normal in the festive season, except no cardio, it also didnt work out, seems to have made things worse. I am not sure who I should see about it though, my GP says it just a problem with the electronic signals from my brain (vagus nerve) causing the irregular heart beat. He does however say that he is not completely sure. Not sure who I should go see though, a sport physician or cardiologist? My GP never mentioned the whole viral count concept to me at all, i would really like to see a docter who has more experience in dealing with this kind of issue. Considering that I study at Stellenbosch, it would have to be a docter in Cape Town or around here somewhere. Thanks for the advice. @delgado best wishes for your bro!

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6797/imag0273m.jpgJonkershoek - Stellenbosch

Hey everyone, I have had coxsackie now since June last year (2011). I have been off my bike since then and I'm still struggling with the virus . I was diagnosed with serotypes b2 and b5. At first it was basically like having the flu for about a month straight, then it just turned into extreme fatigue and weakness, eventually heart symptoms started appearing and have slowly become more prevalent. I was making steady progress in terms of the fatigue, but I am very sick again now. The I went to see a doctor in Johannesburg, Dr Routenbach at NHC Bryanston, who is actually just my GP. He immediately diagnosed me with coxsackie which the blood tests confirmed. He also told me a wouldn't be able to do any training for another year(since August 2011). Although I have attempted some light non-cardio training which seem to only aggravate things. Not sure if I should see someone else perhaps a cardiologist? I am really desperate and frustrated at this stage, any advice would be greatly appreciated.