For the ladies!...running during your period.

[Cherrybubble]

I felt so sluggish this morning running Week4Run3. Is this because I’m on my period ? Anyone else noticed that? Or is this just a bad run?

[Walshy3]

I’m the same ! It’s a total effort to get going and every steps a trawl, it’ll get better 😁

[Cherrybubble Graduate in reply to Walshy3]

O great! Another penalty for being a woman! I just found this on Women’s runninguk site .....“You may be anaemic and fewer red blood cells means slower transport of oxygen to your muscles. This can leave you short of breath and underperforming. You might feel faint and dizzy, too, so it’s not sensible to push yourself.”.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Cherrybubble]

It’s not all bad... from Runners World “Paula Radcliffe famously broke the world record in Chicago in 2002 after suffering period cramps throughout the last third of the race”

runnersworld.co.uk/women/he...

[Cherrybubble Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Ha! Ok fair enough! I’m trying to blame my bad run today on something other than me remembering that I’ve only been doing this for a few weeks. Difficult to know what the reason is I suppose.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Cherrybubble]

I run slower when I nick myself shaving... it’s tough being a bloke too 😂

Just kidding, I think that nutrition during mensuration needs a tweak to maintain the same pace as normal from the rest of the article.

[Ceri1969 Graduate]

Yep same for me. I had a stitch whilst running when I was on. Also felt it was a tremendous effort to run too. I get back ache for a few days before I’m due and struggled. Took it easy this month had a few days break and ran a lot slower

[Liz5K Graduate in reply to Ceri1969]

Thanks girls I can add this to my list of menopause benefits to remind myself it’s not all bad. Happy running!

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to Liz5K]

😂

[jessm_01]

I’m on the pill so don’t have an actual period but I get the occasion symptoms... my periods were awful off the pill don’t think I could run whilst on... nightmare just contemplating it