Forums >Health and Nutrition>Post Race Headache part II
"You NEED to do this" - Shara
Lazy idiot
Despite what another poster said, you certainly *can* get dehydrated in a 5K race. I have also had severe headaches following races; one of my worst was after a Chase Challenge (3.5 mi) race that wiped me out for the next 36 hours. After the 2007 race, I drank about 2 liters of sports drink and ate three bananas. The headache started to surface, but it got tamped down in time.
Tick tock
Of course, if one is dehydrated to begin with, any exercise at all could exacerbate the situation.
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7