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I've got a fever...
gObLuE recently posted some hydration study but all I can find from him lately was a Coldplay review, something about 70s sitcoms, and more Pink Floyd silliness. From memory I thought it said something like 4-6 oz per hour was adequate during exercise.
While you're running and racing this summer, drink. When you're thirsty and not too much. About 16 ounces (1 pint) per hour will be as much liquid as most of us can absorb.
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
MTA - gObLuE found the link
I don't bring water with me unless it's for one of my long runs. I bought myself a http://www.amphipod.com/products_a/products.html I think I endedup drinking around 60oz or so on my last long run of 3.5 hours in 81 degree heat. I also had 2 gels during that run. Here is an artical a friend of mine brough to my attention http://www.pfitzinger.com/labreports/summer.shtml
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Is there a purist school of thought out there that says, essentially, you should never have to refuel/rehydrate during a run and that a run supported by rehydrating/refueling is really not your "true" long-run level? In other words, today I ran 13 mi in 2:36, supported by 4 x 8oz of Powerade and an ipod. Did I, in a purist sense, "cheat"? Do the elite marathoners stop at the refueling tables during races?
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
...Is there a purist school of thought out there that says, essentially, you should never have to refuel/rehydrate during a run and that a run supported by rehydrating/refueling is really not your "true" long-run level?... In other words, today I ran 13 mi in 2:36, supported by 4 x 8oz of Powerade and an ipod. Did I, in a purist sense, "cheat"? ...
Kings Canyon NP 07'
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I'm sure many of us avoid any Caloric input starting 3-4 hours before a run and ending after the run is over. Easy for me, because I just eat dinner and then don't eat again (or drink anything with carbs) until after the run is done the next morning. I don't really know how long I myself can go w/o carb intake, but since the VO2 test says I'm burning 125 Calories of carbs per hour at my LHR training HR, 8 hours would be 1000 Calories of glycogen, so the only problem there would be TRAINING to run that long, not running out of fuel.
DWARP Marathon Madness Mob
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius
So, conceivably, you would finish dinner at 8 p.m. and not eat again (or drink anything with carbs) until after a long run is done which ends at around 12 p.m. the next day?... Do you make sure you run very early?... Do you drink any coffee before the long-run?