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Looking for some advice on avoiding muscle cramps
Having completed yesterdays Dragon Ride Gran Fondo in Wales (great event by the way) for the first time, the enjoyment of it was lessened somewhat from my suffering from muscle cramps which kicked in royally just after the 100km mark and resulted in me spending 5 minutes in agony at the side of the road with my muscles contracting in pain.
By the 150km mark they finally settled down and I began finally to get some power down for the last 30 or 40 km.
Its a recurring problem for me. I do drink plenty of Electrolyte drinks during rides, i do a fair bit of training so i'm running out of ideas on how to prevent this persistent problem. Any ideas??
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how do I do that? Is it adding salt tablets to my drinks and experimenting with different amounts to see what works?
Cramps - get salts right and get out of the saddle from time to time. That works for me, anyway.
Of course, getting your salts right is easier said than done.
thanks for the feedback. In general i'm using SIS Hydrate as my electrolyte supplement in my drinks and aim for about 750ml per hour (more when its hotter) when i'm training or 'sportiveing'. I do plenty of training at long distances but as I live in Essex its a bit harder going to find decent hill climbing territory.
Interestingly the website from Gkam84 mentions Quinine as a prevemntative treatment.
A few G&Ts before the next sportive methinks
Could be a whole raft of things causing it, I get cramps in and around my left knee because of old injuries, have a look at this site and see if you can pin point anything
http://www.medicinenet.com/muscle_cramps/article.htm
could it be too much electrolyte and not enough plain old water (how much are you using?). also cramps can sometimes just happen when you body is just not used to the distance/amount of climbing etc and its a case of just increasing dist/speed/climbing etc during 'training' i spose.
personally i used to get it more when i was using an electroylte ('nuun' tablets) as opposed to not using them, now i just use one energy drink (500ml) and a bottle of water.