Well, except when I eat out or consume canned soup, I don't have a lot of added salt in my diet, which is part of what I think contributes to my cramp issues. I'm going to experiment. If I don't take anything, even on a cool or cold day, I'll start cramping up about 1:30:00 into a run.<br><br>
My 9 mile run a few weeks ago had me getting sausage fingers, but only an attempt at a cramp, which I stretched out, just at about the hour and a half mark. I did drink gatorade at 45 minutes in that run. On my 10 mile run, I had a bit of gatorade just before starting, and at 40 minutes and then again at about 1:40, I think. No cramping issues really. Plus, the day before both of these runs I had restaurant pasta with marinara sauce which <i>must</i> have a whole lot more sodium than I usually eat because I find it generally tastes salty to me. I'm trying to figure out what to do if I eat at home the day before a race, like I did before the crampy HM this past Sunday <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">