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posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:49 PM |
I was wondering if coffee actually affects how well you run. Some of my friends try to stay away from drinking coffee, but I love it. Will coffee make me a better runner or not?  |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:55 PM |
I don't believe it's that simple.
after 2 days of eating crap (chicken cheese steaks and french fries and cheeseburgers) I feel sluggish but I don't necessarily consider that worse running...
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 6:43 PM |
Quote from jdoyle24 on 5/11/2008 at 2:49 PM: Will coffee make me a better runner or not?
Yes.
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 7:18 PM |
| Quote from tuf_aint_enough on 5/11/2008 at 6:43 PM: Yes.
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OP: try the search function. Lot's of discussion on coffee and running. Unfortunately, most of them involve poop. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 7:51 PM |
I avoid coffee (and caffeine) like the plague, since I consider it worse than alcohol or tobacco.
I also suffer from severe migraines on occasion and went blind for 2 weeks once a decade ago or so, so I have a good reason to avoid caffeine.
Basically, caffeine is a semi-legal performance enhancing drug. If you are used to running with it in training, then you can use it before a race, but if you don't normally run after a cup of coffee it's a bad idea to try racing with it in your system. See Jake's response for just one of the reasons why. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 8:59 PM |
| Quote from tuf_aint_enough on 5/11/2008 at 6:43 PM: Yes.
I agree. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 11:29 PM |
| I have a coffee each day and find that I run worse when I don't drink it, but that's probably because I'm addicted already :p |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 12:37 AM |
| Quote from Bonkin on 5/11/2008 at 8:59 PM: I agree.
I also agree. |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 6:30 AM |
| There are some really good reasons why not to ingest caffeine, but worse than tobacco, that's just silly. |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 11:39 AM |
| Quote from beef on 5/12/2008 at 6:30 AM: There are some really good reasons why not to ingest caffeine, but worse than tobacco, that's just silly.
Totally. I love my coffee, but its not as good as a fine cigar. That is just silly. |
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posted: 5/12/2008 at 2:23 PM
modified: 5/12/2008 at 2:23 PM |
I certainly find I have a bit more pep if I run after my morning coffee rather than before. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wasn't already a coffee drinker though. I went decaf for years and once I started dabbling in it again - a cup of coffee became my recreational drug of choice  Unfortunately, it didn't take long before the supercharge faded. |
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