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Apr 2017
7:51pm, 28 Apr 2017
2,061 posts
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Tomsmum
To make Fleeecy happy bit also because we need to talk about it.
Personally I find the week before my period the one when I have no energy, mental or physical so often don't run. I tend to find that it returns on day 2/3 and can get back running gently then. Tampons make me cramp so I use pads and a long night one pad and really tight knickers are perfect. For full disclosure I use cloth pads, so much more comfortable!
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Apr 2017
9:49pm, 28 Apr 2017
35,966 posts
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purps
Tomsmum. High fives for cloth pads, I need to make some more as I have had to buy some ordinary ones recently.
Watching the thread for future replies and will keep a check on my period and energy levels and see if I have anything to add. My enthusiasm for stuff wanes quite a lot anyway, so I can't say if there is a correlation at the moment.
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Apr 2017
9:59pm, 28 Apr 2017
216 posts
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hurricanehamlyn
I think I am really lucky as my periods don't affect my running/desire to run. I do appreciate that others don't have the same experience and try to take this into account when coaching and talking to women or teenage girls about running.
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Apr 2017
10:17pm, 28 Apr 2017
34,428 posts
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Fierce and Fearless Fleecy
Hooray for periods!
I remember as a teen our PE teacher would say when we had swimming 'just tell me if you have your period and I won't make you write lines while everyone else swims' and we would all say we'd forgotten our costumes rather than say we had our periods. Imagine telling a teacher that...
Anyway, yes, washable pads are far more comfy  I used to use a Mooncup for swimming, those are great. Exercise is actually good for cramps and stuff, but persuading yourself to actually do it when you're feeling a bit battered and sorry for yourself is another matter.
Luckily I'm on the mini pill right now so I don't get periods, it's lovely to not have that one week every month where you feel rubbish. Before that I was getting awful PMT symptoms which really interfered with running.
Someone will have to start the pelvic floor thread next
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Apr 2017
10:26pm, 28 Apr 2017
23,026 posts
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halfpint
TM I am exactly the same. I want to hibernate for a week then begin to lift day 2/3. I get an energised week post period though. I also often get a migraine a week or so before. The periods themselves aren't too bad but the hormone crap throughout the month is killing me and has got worse.
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Apr 2017
10:42pm, 28 Apr 2017
8,646 posts
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Rosehip
distant past for me - but I used a Mooncup as soon as I discovered them. fab things
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Apr 2017
10:59pm, 28 Apr 2017
490 posts
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MH
Yes, the pelvic floor!!!
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Apr 2017
11:08pm, 28 Apr 2017
5,654 posts
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katypie
Cos of the endo I take a double dose of the pill so technically shouldnt have a period. But when I bleed its awful and painful and all the cramping gives me loose bowels just to add to the indignity, injustice and my outrage (I can't spell dia what's it).
I find running helps the pain massively even if I do feel I'm breathing through a wet cloth week before was always worse. I've run at least two marathons on the day I've started a period (they were four weeks apart - the race. Not my period)
Yes. Periods are fucking evil. I've only got one ovary now. How it can cause so much aggro I don't know. Mind you it also made my wee boy so ill forgive it.
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Apr 2017
11:40pm, 28 Apr 2017
7,506 posts
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Little Nemo
Too late for me but this is a great thread
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Apr 2017
12:33am, 29 Apr 2017
17,962 posts
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Meglet
Feeling thankful I've never had to deal with periods while running as I've had a mirena since before I ran.
One of my teens was complaining tampons always leak down the side-I always found this too. Anyone know if a mooncup might be more successful for her? I always like the idea of them. Are they tricky to get the hang of?
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