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| SYSTEM-J |
| The pains are multitudinous and varied, but usually inside the ribs. Sometimes I get nasty stitches, but generally it's a bloated feeling. I had a theory it was to do with gulping in too much air while running, and I've tried regulating my breathing before. But I've been reading that a lot of people get stomach cramps when running because they have a sudden need to have a . |
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| Fledz |
:stongue:
Wouldn't surprise me at all if in the end it was completely linked to food :p |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I never got cramps or pain really. Just a massive and pressing urge to crap. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
No fruit. Today it was an omelette and then a bowl of breakfast cereal. I always leave an hour after eating before running, and I always make sure I go to the toilet before setting off. I like to have something to eat about an hour or two before a run so I've got some energy to run with.
I've never actually been caught short while out running, but I usually need to go when I've got in. More important to me is that I often get stomach pains, like trapped wind, and these pains can seriously harm my performance. It's been a long time since I hit my limit in terms of cardiovascular fitness. These days a run always ends because I'm in too much pain, usually abdominal. |
I'm 90% sure it's the milk that's the problem. It took me a while to figure this out for myself. If I have anything more than about 50mL of milk within 3-4 hours of exercise, it's an instant stitch. While I'm not lactose intolerant in any sort of way (and I'm sure you're not either), I think it's quite a hard thing to digest.
I think that if you experiment, you'll also find that the amount you eat is quite important. When I used to run competitively, I'd eat precisely one and a half pieces of toast before races, because anything either side didn't work for me.
Just now, I took two weeks off running because I was going out too much and got sick. I've now lost what small fitness I'd gained. I'm entered in a half marathon in six weeks, and I can barely do ten kilometres comfortably. :mad: |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
What are you eating before? Please don't say fruit. |
Just out of curiosity, why is fruit bad for you before a run? Say a banana with some peanut butter or something. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Fructose is a natural laxative. This effect is probably heightened by your metabolism increasing and your stomach jostling around.
Or maybe I am talking out my arse. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| As a side note, apparently carboloading is BS. For it to be effective, you're supposed to do it days in advance, not hours. Like 1-2 days prior. Apologies, I can't remember where I read this. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Just out of curiosity, why is fruit bad for you before a run? Say a banana with some peanut butter or something. |
Can tend to produce a lot of gas. Not ideal when exercising as you can imagine. Plus it's not really a food group with much substance in it for any sort of heavy exercise.
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
As a side note, apparently carboloading is BS. For it to be effective, you're supposed to do it days in advance, not hours. Like 1-2 days prior. Apologies, I can't remember where I read this. |
I thought the whole premise of carb loading was at least the day before? Where did you read it was hours? |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Goddamn Fledz, didn't you read my post? I did say days. I don't remember where I read it. Not sure if it was already common knowledge or not. |
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| gmilf |
| Does anyone use hemodialators or one of the other 50 names this supplement goes by? I have some that I use when I swim but I only use maybe half of the recommended does and then I take a 40 gram protein shake immediately after working out. This seems to be the best ratio of supplements I have come across, does anyone else have suggestions or bad experience with the dialators. They also go by the name NOexplode I think. I stay away from creatine though because it tends to dehydrate me. |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
As a side note, apparently carboloading is BS. For it to be effective, you're supposed to do it days in advance, not hours. Like 1-2 days prior. Apologies, I can't remember where I read this. |
well that's why they have such a big pasta dinner the day before the boston marathon... |
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| SYSTEM-J |
That "two pieces of toast" advice worked perfectly. Went out for a run today with just that in my stomach and didn't suffer from my usual pains at all. My obliques had some soreness and there were a few moments where I had the beginning of a stitch, but none of it came to anything and I was able to run comfortably for the first time in ages.
Also, I've decided to do a 10k run in June for charity. Nothing very challenging, just a way of motivating me to get back running regularly and do something positive at the same time. My run today was a practice for the distance - I did it in just over 52 minutes, which for me is a pretty good time, given I've been ill for the past week. |
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