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Terry, your legs are only used to running half the distance. Walking is not adequate training for running. You were in a race and probably went off a bit too fast, too. It's not exercise intolerance IMHO.

Sometimes I get fairly strong twitches and sometimes they make me jump a little. So I was round the pub on Sunday having lunch. I'd just speared a cherry tomato on my fork when my arm twitched. It caught me by surprise and what started out as a twitch became a violent movement of the arm. The...

I have a tricky little problem. The neurologist diagnosed my problem as benign cramp - myokymia syndrome brought on (initially) by exercise. I currently have a calf injury that keeps being aggravated by the cramp and/or continual muscle activity. The neuro did not offer anything to relieve the...

Let me start by stating that I have not yet been diagnosed, but BFS seems likely to me. Anywho... A year ago, aged 52, I quit smoking. I also started exercising. In November I started running. I signed up for a charity 10km race which is on Sep 9th as a way of celebrating a year off the...