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Post Marathon Beer? (Read 1641 times)

foxeygoblue


    posted: 4/17/2008 at 10:51 PM
    I just received my Runners Information Packet for the Frederick Marathon. In the portion about the Finish Line festivities, it mentions where you can pick up your beer coupon for free beer (no wonder it's sold out!) This will be my first marathon, so I'm not sure about drinking a brewskie after running 26.2 miles. I mean - won't my body be craving water and Gatorade? Will drinking an alcoholic beverage lead to dehydration?
    dnephin


      posted: 4/17/2008 at 10:55 PM
      modified: 4/18/2008 at 9:41 AM
      Have water or Gatorade first. Definitely something with carbs/protein to get the recovery started. Then get the beer. You won't dehydrate. (MTA: This is coming from the guy whose wife will be carrying a Harpoon in a camo huggie for after Boston so I can replenish the liver ASAP. But I drink smart, so I'll have what else I mentioned.)
      mikeymike


        posted: 4/18/2008 at 5:59 AM
        Beer is good for post race recovery. Mmmm, Beer..

        Runners run

        Trent


        Good Bad & The Monkey

          posted: 4/18/2008 at 6:26 AM
          Beer. Your body will not be craving gatorade. You will be fed up with gatorade. Beer!!
          Wings


            posted: 4/18/2008 at 10:05 AM
            The only reason I run marathons is to get the free beer at the end..... Blush
            BadDawg


              posted: 4/18/2008 at 10:25 AM
              Quote from Wings on 4/18/2008 at 10:05 AM:
              The only reason I run marathons is to get the free beer at the end..... Blush
              I obviously ran the wrong marathon.

              E.J.
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              jdmcgregor


              All business

                posted: 4/18/2008 at 10:29 AM
                Definitely hit the beer station. It goes down easy after 26.2. Though in Chicago last year, it was michelob ultra or some low-cal crap. /still drank it.

                "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." J. Handy

                Run To Win


                #2867

                  posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:01 AM
                  Beer goes down great after a marathon. Just drink it slow - you'll be more apt to get intoxicated quickly. After San Antonio in 2004, one of the local brewers set up a few jockey boxes so I stood around for a couple of hours talking shop with him after the race. It was fun.

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                  Gordo_S


                  ~Gordo~

                    posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:03 AM
                    Is there ever a wong time for beer???? I say not!
                    !If you don't...you won't! ~Remember the light at the end of tunnel maybe you~ ~If you choose not to decided, you still have made a choice~
                    Trent


                    Good Bad & The Monkey

                      posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:08 AM
                      Drink beer. Not too much. Mostly microbrewed.
                      sully708


                      My legs are killing me

                        posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:12 AM
                        Quote from Wings on 4/18/2008 at 10:05 AM:
                        The only reason I run marathons is to get the free beer at the end..... Blush
                        Will run for free beer Big grin
                        obsessor


                          posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:22 AM
                          Why would you even consider drinking a beer immediately following a marathon. That's assanine. Beer needs freinds. You should have two. Or so. (btw, you should be banned for using the term "brewski.")
                          Trent


                          Good Bad & The Monkey

                            posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:27 AM
                            Quote from Run To Win on 4/18/2008 at 11:01 AM:
                            Beer goes down great after a marathon. Just drink it very fast - you'll be more apt to get intoxicated quickly.
                            fixed.
                            Wings


                              posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:29 AM
                              Quote from sully708 on 4/18/2008 at 11:12 AM:
                              Will run for free beer Big grin
                              I grabbed one from a group at about mile 22 or so of the Richmond Marathon last year. However, I could only managed to drink a sip or so of it. Beer after the marathon is great...during is not so great. The Myrtle Beach marathon had free beer from a local brewery - it was very tasty (as most free beer tends to be Big grin). The Shamrock Marathon sponsored by Yuengling had free beer at the end as well, surpisingly!?!?
                              sully708


                              My legs are killing me

                                posted: 4/18/2008 at 11:34 AM
                                Quote from Wings on 4/18/2008 at 11:29 AM:
                                I grabbed one from a group at about mile 22 or so of the Richmond Marathon last year. However, I could only managed to drink a sip or so of it.
                                As my late uncle Dave used to say "I'd rather see a church burn down than a beer go to waste". You should have htfu'd and drank it Big grin
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