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I routinely suffer from muscle cramps during long rides. They pretty much always strike in the same place - inner thigh - after about 3-3.5hrs. I drink plenty fluids (1ltr/hr, with electrolyte supplement) and eat regularly.
Is there something obvious I'm not trying, or is it just a case of (i) conditioning, and (ii) being genetically unlucky.
Basically, it really p!sses me off!
Had that a couple of times, it's not pleasant!
Used to get cramp in my calves a lot, but long after a ride when sleeping. Used to take Magnesium supplements to stop that, have now stopped taking them (at least a couple of years ago) and no more cramp there.
Hydration, diet, fitness
use the other arm
Thanks cb...
i couldn't resist, sorry!
Try altering your riding position slightly
Thats where I get it but have been drinking a lot of tonic water (quinnine content supposed to help)and don't seem to be suffering as much as I was.
Bolt
It's funny you should say that FD, because I never got cramp riding a HT, only in the past 5 years, since switching to FS. I put it down to leaving my mid-twenties, as much as anything else, but I have always wondered if I have adopted a different riding position on the FS.
So, what foods contain magnesium, or do I have to take it as a supplement, and should I mix gin or vodka with the tonic, and does it have to be slimline?
Bananas.
I suspect its a lack of fitness thing rather than an electrolyte problem; it only ever happened to me when I was racing, or during the times I really over-extended myself.
I suspect you're right crikey. The annoying thing is that I am much fitter now than I was when I didn't suffer cramps. That said, I have spent an increasing amount of time behind a desk, which doesn't do your muscles any good.
Another reason to resent my job!
