OH SNAP - LEG CRAMP!!!!!

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BANGED OUT A 25 MILER MTB RIDE YESTERDAY

JUST NOW WHILE AT MY DESK I RANDOMLY FLEXED MY HAMMY

OH FUCK!!!! LEG CRAMP!!!!

NOTHING LIKE THE INSTANT LAY-BACK LEG STRAIGHTENING ANTI-CRAMP POSITION IN THE OFFICE CHAIR

DISASTER AVERTED!!


maybe that's one of the 101 things to love about MTB

[yentna]

It's worse when you stretch in your sleep and the sudden cramp tears you screaming out of sleep, and in your bewildered confusion forget how to treat it quickly.

Hmm, hasn't happened in a while, other than once on the couch napping recently. Knock on wood.

[ANON-505]

ha, my calf just did that to me saturday night, after a pretty grueling 20 miler.

woke the baby, the wife, as I ripped the sheets off the bed to yank up on my toes.

when i was in highschool a friend of mine got a foot cramp on the chairlift with alpine boots on. he had to wait till the top (about 2 mins max in ohio) to get any relief. yet another reason to tele....

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Leg cramps focking suck.

Last time I battled them I was in the middle of a mountain bike race last summer. Quads/calves were seizing up as I was trying to race through rock gardens with no where to pull off and stretch.....god damn that was a painful day.

[bagtagley]

I used to get 'em during XC races, but only when I got off the bike, freaking brutal. I could feel them coming on, and my quad would twinge a bit with each downstroke, but wouldn't lock up until I put a foot down.

My worst ever were during the 24 hours of Snowshoe. At the end of each lap, I'd have to use the bike as a walker to get my ass to a seat.