In my 70.3 races I have done in the past two years, I struggled with leg (quads) cramps on my run. This usually happens after hammering on the bike and half way through my run. Twice, the pain was so severe that I had to sit on the ground and cry for minutes before getting back up to finish my run. In my olympic distance races including half marathons, I never had this problem.
I have tried different methods such as early hydration, additional nutrition, salt intakes, none is working for me. Appreciate any advise, feedback, etc.
In my 70.3 races I have done in the past two years, I struggled with leg (quads) cramps on my run. This usually happens after **hammering on the bike **and half way through my run. Twice, the pain was so severe that I had to sit on the ground and cry for minutes before getting back up to finish my run. In my olympic distance races including half marathons, I never had this problem.
I have tried different methods such as early hydration, additional nutrition, salt intakes, none is working for me. Appreciate any advise, feedback, etc.
Stop hammering on the bike.
Insufficient bike fitness for the effort rears its head starting mile 7 (for you, some others starts at mile 1 or 2 )…
In my 70.3 races I have done in the past two years, I struggled with leg (quads) cramps on my run. This usually happens after **hammering on the bike **and half way through my run. Twice, the pain was so severe that I had to sit on the ground and cry for minutes before getting back up to finish my run. In my olympic distance races including half marathons, I never had this problem.
I have tried different methods such as early hydration, additional nutrition, salt intakes, none is working for me. Appreciate any advise, feedback, etc.
Stop hammering on the bike.
Insufficient bike fitness for the effort rears its head starting mile 7 (for you, some others starts at mile 1 or 2 )…
What he said, it’s not nutrition or electrolytes. It’s fatigue.
Finally some decent tips and feedback… Although I am nowhere near the pro level, but I doubt a pro will listen the advice of going easy on the bike to avoid cramping issues.
Finally some decent tips and feedback… Although I am nowhere near the pro level, but I doubt a pro will listen the advice of going easy on the bike to avoid cramping issues.
A pro also races within his/her own limits.
By your own admission, you ‘hammer’ the bike. Perhaps, just perhaps, you do not have the level of bike fitness you think you do.
Finally some decent tips and feedback… Although I am nowhere near the pro level, but I doubt a pro will listen the advice of going easy on the bike to avoid cramping issues.
Urgghh, you’re just fishing for the response you like. The simplest answer is most likely the correct one, you’re probably over biking for your fitness level.
I’m in the same boat as you. My background is in swimming so I have great aerobic fitness compared to my strength and muscular endurance, so while the bike feels relatively easy and not like I’m killing myself, I’m still pushing too hard for my muscles to manage. Like you, hydration, nutrition, salt doesn’t help. I’ve also tried to make a point to ride with a high cadence, but that doesn’t seem to solve the problem. I’m hoping a winter of heavy bike training will do the trick. Because the other alternative is to just ease up in the race, and no one wants to stand for that.
I love the interwebz. “Let me ask a question and I’ll ignore all responses that actually require me to do some self examination because there’s no way my problem is actually caused by me.”
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