Thursday, July 28, 2022

Pleasant Prairie Duathlon-Checking a Box

 



"There are no victories except the joy you are living now while dancing your run. You are not running for some future reward. The reward is now."- Fred Rohe, author of The Zen of Running

On Sunday, June 26th I competed in the Pleasant Prairie Duathlon. This race was a 2.3-mile run, a 20K bike, and a 5K run. The race in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin is also on the para-tri race series and has both a sprint and Olympic distance triathlon.

I always have a reason for any race. This one checked a box to qualify for USA Triathlon's Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year. To qualify I need two races in the aqua bike, duathlon, and aquathlon.  This would be my second duathlon. I competed in the first one at the Multi-Sport festival in Irving Texas. At that, I qualified for the World Championship for Spain in 2023.

So my goals for the race were modest. I just needed to finish checking the box.  The race started well with a decent night of sleep. That means about four hours of light sleep.

The one thing I don't like about this race is the 5 am open time for transition.  It closed at 6 am with a 7 am race start. The race start was pushed back for over an hour. It had rained very lightly on packet pick-up day.  Everyone seemed to show up on race day to pick up their packets and the lines were very long. So I and my fellow racers stood around at the start line for over an hour.

This race was a 2.3-mile run, 20 K bike, and 5K run. The runs are flat loops around Lake Andrea which serves as the swim course for the other races. The bike has some rolling hills.  My race plan for the day was to treat the race like a workout. That means pushing a little bit. Not an A race at all.

Runs

Everything went well, although I feel slow these days. My run times have dropped quite a bit. That slow pace made the difference between my second place finish. I am now putting greater focus on my running.  The day was warm, but not enough to affect my performance.


Bike

I used my triathlon bike. I was able to stay on the aero bars the entire race. That is a nice change from a few years ago. My average pace of 16.1 miles per hour was the best in my age group.  I really have not ridden much this year. My bike rides have been easy in the neighborhood. I have been putting my focus on home projects and my online businesses.

I was able to finish with a time of 1:47:18 and did not make any major mistakes. I was 12 minutes behind the first place finisher in my age group. The difference was all due to my slow run. I am really going to put some focus on that.

I found out later that a male swimmer age 51 died in the swim. That is so sad when that happens. We all have to remember it is ok to drop out of a race. Sometimes we celebrate someone struggling to finish a race. We should celebrate if someone makes a wise decision that they need to drop out. There is no shame in that, it has happened to me twice in swims. I hope the community starts to change in that regard.

Well, I achieved my race plan. I try to take it a bit easier every other year. This has been a lighter year in terms of workouts and race distances.  I like it and it has felt good physically. It may be a plan I continue going forward.


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Chris Wodke

Founder & Manager Team CMT

www.run4cmt.com

 

Chris is a triathlete Nordic skier and long-distance runner. She is a three-time participant in the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

 

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016, and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

 

In 2020 she was named a National Ski Patrol Subaru Ambassador and a USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador.

 

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

 

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” which details her experience as a CMT-affected athlete, and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

http://www.henschelhausbooks.com/catalog/memoir-biography/215-running-for-my-life-winning-for-cmt-9781595982827.html

 

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

 

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and find a cure for CMT currently has 247 athletes in 42 states. We also have members in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Vietnam, Iran, Scotland, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Mexico, Wales, Ireland, and Sweden! If you wish to join us visit our website; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

 

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

 


Thursday, July 21, 2022

High Cliff Aqua Bike-Checking a Box

 


"The arrow that hits the bulls-eye is the result of a hundred misses." -Buddhist Proverb


On  Sunday, June 19th I raced the Highcliff Aqua bike in Sherwood, Wisconsin.  I love this race because it takes place in a Wisconsin State Park. The park is on Lake Winnebago and has wonderful wooded hiking trails. There are no hotels nearby so I always tent camp which I love.

I selected this race as part of my quest to complete the USA Triathlon requirement for the Multi-Sport athlete award. To qualify I had to complete two races duathlon, aqua bike, and aquathlon.  I assumed that the award would be done by age group with one also awarded to a para-athlete. I found out about a week before the race only one male and female athlete for the whole country would be selected. So I have no chance, but completing the requirements gives me a goal.

Every race has its own challenges. This one has a lake with a shallow swim that can have huge waves on race day. It also has a really huge hill right out of transition. Since I have done the long-distance aqua bike here twice, I was prepared for those.

I was not expecting the noise in the campground the night before the race.  I was actually getting some sleep until 3 am when the college kids across from me woke me up with drunken noise. They got yelled at by someone and yelled for an apology. Fifteen minutes later a huge fight broke out between one of the couples on the other side of me. There was swearing and screaming. I thought someone was going to get hurt. It was now 3:45. I was now wide awake and decided to just get up and drive to the race site. It takes about 5 minutes.  I watched YouTube videos until transition opened at 5 am. The funny thing is I was not even the first person there. I did get my choice of parking spots.'

I had looked over the race participant list the day before. There were only two women in the entire Sprint Aquabike race I was doing. That was good because awards were going to be made to the top three men and women in the race. As I set up in transition I found out the woman next to me was my competition. We were also about the same age. We both assured each other we were not fast and did not expect to beat each other.

The swim was pretty routine except for the really steep wooden ramp going into the water. If I had been racing as a PC athlete, I would have asked for accommodation to get around that ramp. The swim had some waves but was uneventful

I got up the big hill coming out of transition just fine, but just a little past that I down-shifted my bike and I heard an ominous clunk. The chain had dropped off of the chain ring.   I pulled to the side of the road and turned the bike over.  A spectator offered to help, but I said I had it.  Usually, it is easy to just slip a chain back on. That day the bike did not cooperate. Every time I got the chain back on it would come off. It took almost 10 minutes to get it back on or it seemed like it. 

I peddled as hard as I could to make up the time. I ended up in 2nd place by 6 or 7 minutes. I just had the bike in the shop for a tune-up the week before and was assured all was working well. I suspect the chain needs to be replaced.  The rest of the bike went well. It is a beautiful course.  There was no run. A race without a run feels so easy.

It was a good day. I had fun despite the bike mishap and checked one more box for the multi-sport athlete requirements.  The short distance and no run meant there was not much recovery. I can get right back to training for the next box I need to check.


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Chris Wodke

Founder & Manager Team CMT

www.run4cmt.com

 

Chris is a triathlete Nordic skier and long-distance runner. She is a three-time participant in the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

 

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016, and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

 

In 2020 she was named a National Ski Patrol Subaru Ambassador and a USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador.

 

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

 

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” which details her experience as a CMT-affected athlete, and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

http://www.henschelhausbooks.com/catalog/memoir-biography/215-running-for-my-life-winning-for-cmt-9781595982827.html

 

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

 

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and find a cure for CMT currently has 247 athletes in 42 states. We also have members in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Vietnam, Iran, Scotland, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Mexico, Wales, Ireland, and Sweden!. If you wish to join us visit our website; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

 

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

 

Symptoms include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor balance, and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual dexterity.

 

Structural foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.

 

Poor tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold hands and feet.

 

Additional symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties, and hearing loss.

 

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Friday, July 15, 2022

Leon's Triathlon- First Responder's National Championship-Looking Like I Know Stuff

 


              "Each person must live their lives as a role model for others." -Rosa Parks

On June 5th, I raced at Leon's Triathlon in Hammond Indiana. I was there to compete in the First Responder's National Championship. I qualify due to my work as a member of the National Ski Patrol. Ski Patrol members are EMT-level medical personnel.

This was my third time competing at Leon's. I like this race because the swim is warm and the run and bike course are flat and fast. It is a great place to have a fast time. In the past, I have had times fast enough to qualify for the Para-triathlon National Championship. The last two times I competed as a para-athlete.

One of the ways this race is special is the way they honor veterans, police, and fire personnel. 

There is a display at the race venue of all the military service personnel from Indiana that have died while in service since 9/11/  The display is ringed by American flags as is the race venue.

Events kicked off on Saturday at packet pick-up. Lutheran Ministries had brought their comfort dogs to the event.  The golden retrievers and handlers go through 2000 hours of training to help those in crisis. Some of the teams specialize in working with veterans. The group has helped those in grief at events like hurricanes and school shootings.  I have been following this group on Facebook and it was wonderful to meet the dogs and talk with their handlers. That is the reason for the stuffed dog and the plaque in the picture.

Race Day

The water temperature was 68F so it would be wetsuit legal. I remarkably got almost a whole night's sleep.  I felt calm and confident. Based on the results from the year before, I had a really good chance of placing first in the first responder category. I would be doing the Sprint which was a 500-meter swim, 20K bike, and 5K run.

I am a USA Triathlon Ambassador and I was wearing the ambassador uniform.  I was walking down transition before the race to figure out swim in, bike out, bike in, and run out. A woman stopped me and said "You look like you know stuff." and then had some questions that I was able to answer. 

Normally I don't spend much time in transition. But it was about 60 and I had on a jacket to keep me warm. I did not want to take off the jacket until transition closed. I planned on leaving it at my race spot.  Two more guys asked me questions about race numbers and body marking.

I went to get body marked myself and no one knew what was supposed to be done and how the athletes were supposed to be marked. I got them going so they could mark the other athletes.

Then when I was waiting for the swim, several women confided in me about their swim fears. I remember that same feeling early in my triathlon career. I was able to offer them some words of advice.

Race

Every race has different events that unfold. The swim went really well. For once I was swimming in a big group of age group athletes. I was able to draft off a couple of other swimmers.

The bike had unexpected fun in store.  I was riding my triathlon bike and am now to the point I can stay in the aero position while I race.  I had a really fun back-and-forth race with another female athlete. She would pass me, I would catch her. So it went. I beat her out of transition for the run, but she caught me in the last half mile.  She was an age group athlete so we were really not racing against each other. I saw her after the race and thanked her for the fun. I was 4 minutes faster than in last year's race.

The run was slow. I am working on my rebuilding my run now after this performance. Still, it was good enough for 1st. I am the national champion for first responders.  I finished at 1:34:12 Not currently good enough to qualify for the Para-triathlon National Championship.  I am about 2 minutes too slow, so I have something to work on.

The race was really fun and it is for a good cause.  This patriotic race is a great time to show pride in America and to recognize veterans, police, fire, and first responders. I am also thrilled I got to be a good triathlon role model and help out a few other athletes.

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Chris Wodke

Founder & Manager Team CMT

www.run4cmt.com

 

Chris is a triathlete Nordic skier and long-distance runner. She is a three-time participant in the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

 

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016, and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a Para triathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

 

In 2020 she was named a National Ski Patrol Subaru Ambassador and a USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador.

 

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

 

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” which details her experience as a CMT-affected athlete, and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

http://www.henschelhausbooks.com/catalog/memoir-biography/215-running-for-my-life-winning-for-cmt-9781595982827.html

 

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

 

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and find a cure for CMT currently has 247 athletes in 42 states. We also have members in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Vietnam, Iran, Scotland, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Mexico, Wales, Ireland, and Sweden!. If you wish to join us visit our website; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

 

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

 

Symptoms include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor balance, and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual dexterity.

 

Structural foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.

 

Poor tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold hands and feet.

 

Additional symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties, and hearing loss.

 

 

Keywords: Running, Running and CMT, triathlon, triathlon and CMT, athlete and CMT, cycling and CMT, paratriathlon, challenged athlete, Team CMT, Running for My Life-Winning for CMT. Hereditary Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth.

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Multi-Sport National Championship, Irving Texas

 

                                              "If you done it, it ain't bragging." - Walt Whitman


Once again I am way behind on my blogging since this event was in April.  My excuse is that the medals from the event and the national championship did not arrive until mid-June. That will teach me not to go to the awards ceremony.

The event sponsored by USA triathlon featured nine events over five days. If an athlete completed five events they could be designated a "Multi-Sport Master" and receive a special medal.

That is just the kind of challenge that I love. I knew doing five races in four days was going to be a challenge. It can be hot in Texas so I knew that much racing was going to take a physical toll.

The challenge started even before the race. I decided to drive so that I would have my bike and not make my family drive me to all of the races. I thought that was too much to ask.

Draft Legal Clinic

I kicked off race week with a two-day clinic on draft-legal racing. World Championships for age group racers are transitioning into drafting in races. I signed up for a draft legal race in Texas and wanted to feel ready.  

The clinic started with bike handling skills, especially steering the bike. I had done skills like this before and learned my skills are rusty.  After the drills, we learned about riding in a line and drafting. Drafting is when you ride on someone's wheel. You have to be a steady and predictable rider when riding in a line of cyclists. We spent lots of time practicing taking turns leading a pace line, communicating when riding in a line, and dropping back. 

We also learned race strategy and how to do attacks.  The only bad part of the clinic was actually being dropped when practicing these skills in the clinic. Being dropped means the other riders took off and did not slow down so I could ride with them. It was really annoying since it was a clinic. Since I was racing that week I wanted to conserve energy. It happened to another woman in the clinic. Still, it was a good clinic and I felt ready for my draft legal race on the last day of the event.


Day 1
Draft Legal Super Sprint Triathlon
250 meter swim, 5K bike, 1 K run

Open Water Swim Competition
750 Meter swim

Super Sprint Triathlon
The first race with an open water swim can always be a little tense for me. It will have been months since my last race. The good thing about the Irving event was the first event was the draft legal super sprint triathlon.  This race had a PC Open category. There were actually four of us in the race.  The race went really well. I had no one to draft off of.  Not quite an even race since the other PC Open athletes were in wheelchairs. They went right into transition and they have a hand cycle for the run. It took me about 35 minutes and  I finished 3rd out of four. Race one did.  I also earned a spot on Team USA for Spain in 2023

Open Water Swim Competition
I again had some competition for this race. There were three of us in the race. One of the guys said he wanted to draft off of me.  I hear this kind of stuff at the start of races all the time. This athlete was at least 6 feet tall and looked extremely fit. My plan was to try and see if I could catch a draft off of him. When the race started everyone was gone. It had also gotten really windy. I was not making any progress swimming freestyle so I started swimming side stroke. That seemed to work.  So I finished 3rd out of three. The second race was done.


Day 2
Aquathlon
1000 Meter Swim
5K Run

I hate early morning races and I was concerned about disturbing my family by getting up early. I had booked six races to give myself some room for error. I dropped out of the morning race. That left an aquathlon race in the afternoon.  

When I got to the start I was the only PC athlete. I was the very last wave of the race. I lined up behind the last group of age group women. I talked to four women that were 86 years old and so excited to be racing.

The wind always picks up in the afternoon in Texas The American flags at the venue were flying straight out. I am guessing it was over 20 mph.  The swim would have me swimming into the wind on the first leg and the finishing leg. Again I had trouble making progress doing freestyle swimming and switched to side stroke. I even asked the kayakers following me if I was making any progress.  Several times I told them I was ok. I know they worry about me and I must look so slow in the water. I like to let them know I am fine. So a 1st place visit for this event and a national championship. No one raced against me, but with the wind I earned it.  I also earned a spot on Team USA for Spain in 2023.


Day 3

Super Sprint Triathlon Team Relay

When I crossed the finish line of the Aquathlon, the race announcer was looking for a female 50-64 to join a team for the relay race. I had been scheduled for the standard duathlon which meant getting to transition at 5 am. I jumped at the chance to do a much shorter afternoon race.   For this race, each athlete did the super sprint distance just like the race on day one.  Each team started with one of the male athletes completing the course and tagging the next female athlete on the team. All the athletes to be tagged were in a pen by transition. When an athlete finished their run, they tagged the next athlete and then finished. It alternated make, female, male and female. I was the last to go. My team of Jim, Katherine, Chris, and I were complete strangers. I warned them I was slow.

This race was the most fun I have ever had racing. It was so fun watching all of the athletes coming to the finish and the frantic search for the athlete to tag. My race went well. My whole team was at the entrance to transtion and saw me fall trying to get off my wet suit. I races as fast as I could becasue I had a team to work for. We finished 10th in our age group and had so much fun. I cannot wait to do this race again.  So no medal, but I got race number four done. Now just one more.

Day 4
Draft Legal Duathlon

It had been in the 80's and windy for the first three days of racing so I was tired even before the race started. There was no PC division for this race so I would be racing as an age group athlete.

The race was pretty uneventful. I took it easy on the first run. There was no shade on the course. Again over 20 mph winds. For the bike, I got lucky and was able to draft off of another woman. She only asked me to take the lead once. It really helped to preserve my energy. Then it was a short run and it was all done. I finished 10th in my age group. No podium sport, but I qualified for Team USA in Spain next year.

I had a great time. I met my goal of completing five races and was awarded the designation of multi-sport master. I got a whopper cold right after the race. I think all the racing lowered my resistance. I am looking forward to going back to Irving for next year's championship.


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Chris Wodke

Founder & Manager Team CMT

www.run4cmt.com

 

Chris is a triathlete Nordic skier and long-distance runner. She is a three-time participant in the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

 

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016, and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

 

In 2020 she was named a National Ski Patrol Subaru Ambassador and a USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador.

 

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

 

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” which details her experience as a CMT-affected athlete, and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

http://www.henschelhausbooks.com/catalog/memoir-biography/215-running-for-my-life-winning-for-cmt-9781595982827.html

 

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

 

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and find a cure for CMT currently have 247 athletes in 42 states. We also have members in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Vietnam, Iran, Scotland, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Mexico, Wales, Ireland, and Sweden!. If you wish to join us visit our website; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

 

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

 

Symptoms include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor balance and, gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual dexterity.

 

Structural foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.

 

Poor tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold hands and feet.

 

Additional symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties, and hearing loss.

 

 

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