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More anecdotal experience... I ran the Rome marathon a couple weeks ago and it happened to me at exactly 25km. I reread my experience of last year's Ottawa Marathon and everything seemed about identical. Same strategy going in, similar weather, similar execution, similar course profile and same...

Quick report from me. Ran the Ottawa Marathon yesterday. Training has been great (cycling and running) during the entire lead up. Lots of treadmill running due to circumstances of my life / schedule. Lots of high volume and no days off (~17 - 20 hour weeks). I tapered everything perfectly and...

Hi @Nougat Sorry to hear it. Such a frustrating experience, every time and such a source of stress not knowing the best approach to mitigate a blow up. I've tried a whole load of different things and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. My plan for this week is to back off the...

Most definitely cycle. Triathlon is my main sport. 2 standalone marathons this year though has me nervous.

Hi all... I'm not new here but just wanted to provide an update. I keep this thread book marked and it's good (and unfortunate) to see the conversation continuing with more ideas. Some coles notes of random info / thoughts: - First happened to me in 2009 at a half marathon. Great training...

Sorry to hear you've had a recent episode of this. It was 2 years ago as of a couple weeks ago that I had my last major flare up / episode. For me, it was often around holidays when I'd be off the bike a bit more and imbibing in some alcohol and sweets. I can tell you that the BIGGEST thing for...

Hi all.. I just wanted to share that I haven't had any episodes in nearly 2 years. Last time was when I found this forum and also went to the hospital for the first time. I had been suffering them fairly regularly ) at least a few times per year) since 2009. All that I have focused on is...

indeed. Welcome to our club. Your situation sounds identical to mine and most others here. After more than a decade of trying to self diagnose, the answer is still ‘take minimal rest’. Definitely sugar and alcohol on those rest days exacerbates things. I was in hospital in early Jan for a fluid...

Hi all... I'm 'enjoying' reading the continued experiences and details of the events leading up to the episode. I feel our shared experiences help narrow underlying causes / triggers, as 'officially medically undiagnosed' as we are. I've been back, training as hard as ever (up to 15 hours or...

Officially BACK. 2 hours of solid effort on Zwift this morning and legs feel like nothing happened. Here’s to never taking a rest day again. That said, I’m waiting on more blood work results and a referral to a geneticist.

I'm pure road / TT.. but it's happened from high volume (marathon training) running (completely upright).

In the trainer vs outdoor debate, I'm not sure (in my case) it's makes any difference. I've trained outdoors in 30C+ and Sub Zero, without issue. I've put in ~15 hour weeks of pure indoor and no issue. Issues only arise when rested for a few days or more. I'm not sure about the rest of you...

Thanks Golden for the continued dialogue here.. I agree that exercising through it is a bad idea, and I'd agree that typically I'd say it'd be impossible, but in 2 of my acute episodes I've had no choice (sorta). Once was during a half Ironman, about 5km into a hilly ride. I could have turned...

Sorry for all the posts, just sharing as I go, and maybe something will resonate with the group. The below is from https://n.neurology.org/content/82/10_Supplement/S36.005 The timing between exercise and the onset of symptoms of muscle injury differed between the two groups. In metabolic...

I found this interesting.. https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/well/health/4-things-you-didnt-know-about-rhabdomyolysis-aka-rhabdo For me, it could be compounding effects. Ie this most recent one. I trained fairly hard on Zwift on Christmas Day (93 minutes in avg Zone 3, 114 TSS). I was on a...