Comments on: Lean Horse http://trailhonky.com/2008/08/26/lean-horse/ Trail and ultra running in the Bay Area Sat, 08 May 2010 05:07:46 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ken http://trailhonky.com/2008/08/26/lean-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Ken Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:51:54 +0000 http://trailhonky.com/?p=111#comment-230 It's tough when the mind is willing but the body does not cooperate. Sounds like you gave a heck of an effort though. I am no expert at all, but could it be that you were overloading on the e-caps? The cramps to me might suggest a need for sodium which the e-caps should help. One every 45 minutes is the most I ever take, even in 90+ heat with humidity. I do take a pinch of sea salt sometimes with or instead of the e-caps and I have had good success with that. Nausea probs have shut me down a few times in a race before I started using the sea salt. It's all an experiment of one, and what works for one person will not necessarily work for the next person. I'm sure you'll do great at Heartland. See ya there. Ken It’s tough when the mind is willing but the body does not cooperate. Sounds like you gave a heck of an effort though. I am no expert at all, but could it be that you were overloading on the e-caps? The cramps to me might suggest a need for sodium which the e-caps should help. One every 45 minutes is the most I ever take, even in 90+ heat with humidity. I do take a pinch of sea salt sometimes with or instead of the e-caps and I have had good success with that. Nausea probs have shut me down a few times in a race before I started using the sea salt.

It’s all an experiment of one, and what works for one person will not necessarily work for the next person. I’m sure you’ll do great at Heartland. See ya there.

Ken

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