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Blood donation before running?


I have a district track meet in 5 days, and there is a blood donation tomorrow, that I plan on doing. Would it effect my running? And how bad if it does?

Yes, it would affect your running. Four days won't be enough time to regenerate even half of the red blood cells you'll have lost by giving blood. You'll have to breathe more rapidly, will get tired more quickly, will be slower, and may even pass out if you're not careful.

If you're running in the meet, I would say ask if you can help out with the blood drive by signing people in or giving people juice and cookies instead of giving blood.

not if you dont run for 4 days. just eat protein and orange juice and stuff like that :)

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it shouldn't if you have 3 or 4 days. obviously you need to eat well and relax... sleep and don't run those days

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