You are reading a single comment by @SamJT and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@SamJT
Old thread revival alert!
Just wondering if anyone has experienced this:
I never get stitches when cycling, never. Then a couple of weeks ago whilst sprinting particularly hard along a stretch of Richmond Park I got a seriously painful stitch like feeling, normal place you get a stitch, same feeling just worse. So bad in fact that I needed to stop and recover for a few minutes. Anyway, it went away like stitches do, but since then I've got a stitch every time I've walked anywhere for more than 200m or so. I'm pretty fit, training for ironman UK this August, and ran today for 2 hours with no problems, and yet walking gives me quite a painful stitch and intense cycling does as well, despite never getting a stitch before...
Pulled muscle? No idea, but as a 19yo guy I am reluctant to go to a doctor, especially as I'm guessing the cure is rest, which I can't do at this stage of my training.
Anyone else had this?