{"id":862578,"date":"2026-08-18T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862578\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:52:11","slug":"when-i-go-grocery-shopping-by-the-time-i-get-home-i-can-only-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862578\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen I go grocery shopping, by the time I get home I can only sleep”"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cLet me explain it from the start, because those reading this might not know my whole story,\u201d he said on his team\u2019s Substack<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, I thought it was the jet lag or the journey. I trained very gently for the first few days. But a week later, I started to worry because I still felt tired. I asked the team doctor if I could have a blood test done. I suspected a bacterial infection in my stomach, because I have had that before in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lafay and the team try to get to the bottom of issues<\/p>\n

Antibiotics, consultations and tests were proving no use as doctors struggled to pinpoint what exactly had gone wrong for Lafay. As the weeks and months went by, it became clear that a recovery is a long way away.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the antibiotics didn\u2019t help and the blood tests didn\u2019t give me a definitive answer. I had already missed my first race and we really wanted clarity quickly so that I wouldn\u2019t miss any other races.<\/p>\n

“I decided to have more blood tests done and also went to see a doctor, but I just couldn\u2019t get any answers. We suspected a virus ourselves, but if you don\u2019t know exactly what it is, you don\u2019t see a solution very quickly.”<\/p>\n

There’s still no answer for the Frenchman, who explained that sitting at home is no easy feet either – with the daily tasks of groceries and hosting friends for dinner a tiring experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI traveled with the team\u2019s medical specialists for more extensive tests. We tested everything, and all the results indicate that I am healthy\u2026 We still don\u2019t have the answers we are looking for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I go grocery shopping, by the time I get home I can only sleep. I get exhausted so quickly. That is the case even after the slightest exertion. And I\u2019m not just talking about physical activities. Even after dinner with family or friends, I\u2019m just completely worn out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"victorlafay<\/p>\n

Victor Lafay<\/p>\n

Lafay finds daily tasks difficult<\/p>\n

\u201cI can no longer concentrate on the conversations being held, my eyes get heavy, and all I can think about is sleeping. I have spent a lot of time at home.<\/p>\n

“You might be able to enjoy that, but when you are dead tired, you can’t do anything. It just kind of sucks. It is not just the physical fatigue that is weighing heavily on me. It is also a mental challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a candid admission, Lafay knows that he will recover. However, he finds the mental challenge of not knowing when he can get back to riding a difficult proposition – noting that it’s a matter of simply waiting for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so enthusiastic at the beginning of the year and then everything went wrong\u2026 At first I thought it would only last a few weeks, then it became a month, two months, and it is now mid-August,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

“I still don\u2019t feel well. I am nowhere near recovered and that is hard for me. I know that one day things will get better and that I will be able to cycle again, but for now we can only wait.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cLet me explain it from the start, because those reading this might not know my whole story,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82,154679,220106],"class_list":["post-862578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-unibet-rose-rockets","tag-victor-lafay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}