Cramp!

[Donkarlo]

Think I'll be drinking some next Friday before the Fellsman then it's worth a go you thinking the same IDP?

[IanDarkpeak]

Think I'll be drinking some next Friday before the Fellsman then it's worth a go you thinking the same IDP?

Just has some and fell asleep in front of the TV, so I can assure all my fellow forumites it's good for relaxing full stop

[team pie]

used to be a pacer, have recently switched to pudsey and bramley

[lantern rouge]

Sounds about right, the guy that recommend this runs his own triathalon shop and swore blind that he drinks it every time the day/night before and has never had cramp since (and that he used to suffer badly).

I for one am going to have a bash given the agonies of Edale, Wuthering Hike and PPP this year.....

I have had reet bother with cramp in the last couple of years, and whilst I've heard of the quinine / tonic thing, I've always been sceptical, so have never tried it.... maybe have to revisit this and drink a bottle the night before my next Tri (Bala).

[IanDarkpeak]

used to be a pacer, have recently switched to pudsey and bramley

[Rollerblader]

I've tried this and it didn't work.

[team pie]

did not go down well in certain quarters admittedly!!

[wheezing donkey]

A Bowland clubmate, who has suffered with cramp in the past, has been using tonic water with quinine quite successfully for the last couple of years - he never misses completing any of the Lakeland Classics. Last year I cycled from Lancaster to Lands End over 6 days and knowing that I can cramp up in my calfs when on a long bike ride, I drank a couple of litres the day before we started and a couple of litres every day during the ride - NO CRAMP. However, the guy that I was riding with is a cyclist, not a runner, with around eight End 2 End's under his belt, and made me keep spinning on the small and middle rings of the chainset - seemingly pushing too big a gear is an instigator of cramp in the calfs.

[team pie]

Drank two tins last night and have just spent the day doing reps on Inglebugger and simon fell with about eight miles of running in between and was fine. Admittedly i do not normally suffer when training only when racing longer stuff...

Might be something in it! can you only find quinin when its in tonic water or can it be bought i a different form?

[martin hall]

Doctors prescribe quinnie sulphate tablets to elderly people who suffer leg cramps, unfortunately, it is only available on prescription TP.