I thought I was doing to fall over with the pain, where did that come from?
Let me explain how I got into such a state.
I have been increasing the duration an pace of my training in the last week. Also mixing a cycle and run together. It's been going well and I am beginning to appreciate the stamina I will need to build up to complete Gael Force West, 6 hours of even light activity will take it out of you never might climbing a mountain as well.
So I am on the cycle home after the run, feeling good, when as I reach back to adjust the light of my bike I get a shoulder cramp the likes of which I have never experienced. I recover enough to pull the bike over and start to stretch it out. I don't know how you even shake off a shoulder cramp, do you rotate your arm or stretch or what?!
I have never gotten a shoulder cramp and certainly not of this intensity. I'm taking it as an early warning that I need to over haul my stretching programme and probably my cycling technique.
Time to go looking for advice and I think next Wednesdays Duathlon in the Park could be he source.
I'm discovering through this and other incidents that I truely am a Rookie in the world of running/cycling and combination events.
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4 comments:
P. That sounds nasty. Never got a cramp in my shoulder / arm myself more common in the calf. Often times when you start cycling after a run and cycle you will get cold and this may have caused it as well as a build up of lactic acid during exercise. Its important in general that you "feed" your muscles during exercise by drinking an electorlite drink (nunn tablets are good), eating bananas etc. Its important that you have at least one if not two water bottles on your bike during training and ideally during your session you could have some snacks like half banana's etc...
P, your new brother-in-law (to Be) Alistair is an expert on bikes and cycling. Perhaps he could offer some thoughts on this problem that arose - lets get him on the case...
Thanks for the advice guys
No cramps lately so I must be doing something right. Relaxing my run seems and shaking out the sholders on the flat bits seems to help also
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