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  [RC] side ache/rider cramp - Dawn Simas
 Any advice on preventing a sideache in my abdomen when I start my ride sometimes?  Or how to get it to go away?  I had one at the start of the Amer. River 70 and was riding hunched over the saddle horn like a gutshot cowboy.  Not fun.  I'm eating a banana a day until Tevis, I heard potasium helps.  Runners have told me to breathe deeply to relax the muscle.  But it's hard to relax it when I use my abs to ride properly, especially at the faster pace at the start of a ride.   Advice? 
Thank you! 
Ms. Dawn Simas 
Director - Wild About Cats 
Wild Feline Conservation, Education, and Rescue 
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