W8 R1 - constant stitch!

[Ettagirl]

Hey! So just complete week 8 run 1 today and I had a constant stitch most of the way through. It moved around to different parts of my abdomen and got so intense at times I had to walk instead of run! I have had stitches in the past but usually with a few deep breathes they go away pretty quick. Any advice? I don’t think I did anything differently today than in previous runs so not sure why this happened! I don’t want to have to switch from running to walking if I can avoid it

[AngryFlower Graduate]

You could be dehydrated?

[Ettagirl in reply to AngryFlower]

Yeah it was probably dehydration thinking about it, thank you! Shall drink more before I go for a run next time 😊

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Hydration is a big cause, there are others.

runnersworld.co.uk/health/i...

[Ettagirl in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thank you, I think your probably right! I didn’t drink much this morning so most likely dehydration xx

[Kerrylh Graduate]

I got like this too around the same time as you the things I changed were a non wired sports bra (don't know if this helped but much comfier lol ) a longer warm up and i try and have a banana about an hour before my runs also try slowing down a bit too

[Ettagirl in reply to Kerrylh]

Yeah I slowed down but it didn’t help so I ended up walking, hopefully next time it happens slowing down before walking helps. I already wear non wired bras, much comfier as you say 😊 fingers crossed it doesn’t happen again!