Dealing with Cramps

My girlfriend has cramps sometimes during and after her runs. Here are several ways of dealing with cramps:

 

• Take a longer and more gentle warm-up.
• Shorten your exercise segment, rest for 3-5 mintues between segments, and gradually increase the number of segments.
• Slow down the pace of your workout.
• Shorten the length of the workout on a hot/humid day.
• Break your workout into two segments. For example, Doubles.
• Look at any other exercise that could be causing the cramps.
• Take a buffered salt tablet at the beginning of your exercise.
• Shorten your stride-especially on hills, and take more frequent walk breaks.