I did a bike ride for cardio today and it was a good time. It was about 50º outside, so I couldn’t help but get out. I live at the base of a little mountain in the Salt Lake valley called Steep Mountain with about 1000 foot vertical change, so it is about 30 minutes up and 7 minutes down.

Anyway, I wasn’t on my ride too far before an uncomfortable side cramp hit me. I did my best to just work through it, but was curious if there was anything knew I could learn about cramps when I got back. So, I turned to the proverbial source of knowledge... Wikipedia

Here’s a link to the page, but I thought I’d list the things I did wrong (according to Wikipedia) before my ride to possibly complicate the benign side cramp:

• I ate a snack just before I left.
• I probably haven’t had enough water intake today.
• I didn’t warm-up as much as I could have.
• I didn’t gradually increase the intensity of the ride (I got right into going up the hill.)

Tags: biking, running