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After the Mount Oxford race last month I took a few weeks off to rest, only doing short beach runs. Today I have done my first hill since the race. Not far and not too much climbing and not at all fast. I did about 5.5 miles, and about 1600 feet ascent and I walked the steep stuff, jogged the easy ups, and only ran the down.

Now I am really suffering with cramp. I was still eating salt when I did the race, I only stopped when I started MWL at the start of May. This is really painful and is in my bad leg (I suffer from foot drop and run with a leg brace, called a TurboMed). What to do? eat salt? Help!

Well, I had to go to bed and I was dreading it. I knew I would cramp everytime I stretched or rolled over....and then I would have to leap out of bed as I cannot stretch my foot by myself, as the muscles/tendons dont bring my toe towards my shin. The foot will go down but not back up. So to stretch out a cramp I have to get out of bed and lean forwards against a wall.

So I had salt and magnesium. And it did the trick. But what do plant based athletes actually do? Any help here would be really appreciated.