Menstrual Cycle And Running Posted: 06-29-07 08:33am
For the past month I've been running
almost every day. Now my period i late and
I'm not pregnant, I know for sure. Can my
period be late from the running?
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MMAFighter
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 365 Location: WA, USA
Your Period Could Be Late From Running Posted: 09-23-07 23:05pm
I'm not a girl so I've never had a first
hand period experience, this is what I
learned in health class. If you're body
fat is too low, your hormones could be a
bit imbalanced. In fact, Olympic female
runners often have had to gain body fat in
order to get pregnant. Running almost
every day seems like a lot, I'm 16 and I
haven't ran competitively for 3 years and
I can still run a 5:49 mile while training
once every 2 weeks (although I'm doing
other sports and I used to run about 5
days a week).
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cln1812
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Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 527 Location: La Porte, TX
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Posted: 09-24-07 09:08am
Yes! Especially if you are limiting
calories or not eating enough to sustain
your level of activity. I lost my periods
for over a year due to overexercise
(running & exercising 4 hours a day)
and not taking in enough calories for that
level of activity. You want to be careful
with it. Going without a period for too
long can lead to osteoporosis and future
fertility problems. My cycles regulated
once I curbed exercise and gained weight
into the normal range for my height (I was
terribly underweight as well). You don' t
have to be much underweight to start
messing up your cycles; my periods were
normal at 110 lb. but at below 105 lb., I
stopped having them entirely.
