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Foot cramps while running?

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10/26/10 at 11:22pm
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I used to run all the time about a year and a half ago, then I had to have a surgery on my abdomen and had to stop for a while.. A few weeks ago (maybe 4?) I started running again. I started out slow with a mile a day and then to 2.5 miles after about two weeks after I started, but I am getting horrible foot cramps!! This has never happened before! I will get about 0.25 into the mile and my feet cramp up at the arches, all the way around. I haven't changed shoes, or my old routine but I dont know what to do about it! This has never happened before, and I was afraid it would be my abdomen that kept me from running, but now its my feet! I could only run a little over a mile and a half tonight and I couldn't take it anymore!!
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post #2 of 3
10/27/10 at 10:39am
Muscle cramping can be a hydration issue and it can also be a lack of calcium/magnesium. When I start getting muscle cramps, I up my water intake and start taking a cal/mag supplement and it usually goes away within a few days.
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10/28/10 at 2:15am
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Thank you! I will try that!!
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