Eli5: What causes runners cramps?

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Basically after running or skipping after eating or drinking too much I get a piercing side cramp, just wondering what its caused by!

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When your body lacks oxygen, your body respires differently. Respiration with a lack of oxygen produces lactic acid. The lactic acid build up is what causes runners cramp.