Cramp!

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Originally Posted by Stef F

Hi Emma

I only generally use salt on tomatoes, eggs and chips

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Cooooor!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm :)

Are you deprived of chips?

Oh and I put salt on steak too :D

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Cooooor!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm :)

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Home made big fat ones no less, using fresh fat and a bloody good spud :D

nothing beats home made chips! door stop wedge slices of home baked bread smeared with an inch of lurpak and stuffed with piping hot chips..

YUM :D

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Originally Posted by emmilou

I actually really like the taste of it so I suppose that helps.... certainly worth a try nothing ventured I suppose. I tend to drink a whole litre bottle the night before a long race at least although I also have to admit that I haven't been doing that recently as have been doing calf strengthening exercises alongside the training.....I'm guessing your cramp is in the calf (apologies not read back to the first post to refresh my mind) I've found as the muscles are getting stronger and bigger :o the cramp issues have reduced dramatically....not sure if this is co-incidence or not as am no sports pys..phys....fizzition!!

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Yep, it's in the calfs mostly but also sometimes in the hamstrings, and feet. I got it in both calfs at once in the Long Mynd whilst sliding down a hill on my bum! I sometimes get it when driving - not good. :(

What exercises are you doing?

Fillet steak (fried with butter & garlic), fried egg & home made chips (Cyprus spuds) with loads of salt - WOW

What time are you putting the chip pan on??????

When finishing races my face is white from the salt from sweating: I get severe cramp in most races longer than 2.5 hrs.
Early 2008, I was taking an expensive high5 anticramp drink(which had caffeine in) and it took me ages to figure out that it was the caffeine that was making me worse.
I swapped the anticramp drink for a simple solution of half water, half fresh orange juice and a good pinch of salt and the cramp eased up tremendously.
Two things to point out:
1.I've never liked salt since childhood and have to force myself to have it on chips and wont have it on anything else. So maybe I'm already at a disadvantage.
2. at the same time as swapping my drink, I ran alot of Lakeland races including Duddon Valley, Ennerdale, Buttermere, and when not racing I would be up around Pendle hill on weekends. So maybe the regular and extended hill mileage contributed too.
This year I did The Trog and suffered again but not as bad and now I'm desperately trying to up my hill mileage before the edale skyline and 3peaks comes around.
Fingers crossed.
ps
Ive tried nuuns too but still get cramp, I'm leaning more towards the extra weekly mileage solution.
Hope that helps stef.

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Fillet steak (fried with butter & garlic), fried egg & home made chips (Cyprus spuds) with loads of salt - WOW

What time are you putting the chip pan on??????

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You not cooking? I'll be looking for a decent dinner in the peaks this weekend. Won't be frying steak on my pocket rocket.

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Originally Posted by Stef F

Yep, it's in the calfs mostly but also sometimes in the hamstrings, and feet. I got it in both calfs at once in the Long Mynd whilst sliding down a hill on my bum! I sometimes get it when driving - not good. :(

What exercises are you doing?

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calf raises, lots of stretches and stair reps along with both the stepper and the stair master at the gym and running up as many hills as possible.... not meaning to be flippant there but by that I mean slowing the pace but keeping bouncing up the hills as opposed to being reduced to an ambling walk as per previously....all becomming a bit easier the more i concentrate on that and as I say certainly eased on the cramp as I used to be a big sufferer of it

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Originally Posted by mudlugger

Ive tried nuuns too but still get cramp, I'm leaning more towards the extra weekly mileage solution.
Hope that helps stef.

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I'm at around 60 miles a week, but most of it is fairly flat. I'm getting in some hill running some weekends, and am aiming for 70 miles. I'll have to start doing some exercises.

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Originally Posted by Stef F

I'm at around 60 miles a week, but most of it is fairly flat. I'm getting in some hill running some weekends, and am aiming for 70 miles. I'll have to start doing some exercises.

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Yes I was doing 50 miles but flat, it's the hills that certainly make the difference hence the stair reps living in a flatter than flat area.

First time I did them 2 days later I couldn't walk. I did 200 I think. Now I do 250 at least twice a week more if I can fit it on and time permitting will build the number of reps ups over the weeks as the strength comes