Wine drinking and marathons!
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TimRuns
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 Posted: 07/08/04 - 15:19 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Orange Bubble wrote: | Not only does she run way fast, but shes been running NO LESS THAN 120mpw since January.  |
I gotta think this is the biggest piece of the pie. If for arguments sake, we say a half-dozen miles of her week are sub-par because of the effects of alcohol, that would be less than 5%. But for a lower mileage runner, those half-dozen miles are going to be a whole lot more, say 20% or 30%. When that much of your mileage is affected by your body processing alcohol, thus bringing down the "maximum" benefit of your training, it's going to have a substantial impact on how well you run.
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 I have that experience with alcohol before back in the spring. That was the first and probably the last time I'll ever do that again. I decided to go for some late night clubbing and drinking the day before my long run. Had a few drinks, was drowsy and a bit tipsy, got to bed at 2 am in the morning, woke up at 8 am, went out for a 15+ miler at around 9 (surprisingly managed to finish it) and was bonked for most of the day afterwards... an interesting experience but one I won't recommend anyone to try...
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Pug
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Posted: 07/08/04 - 15:27 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | jrjo wrote: | | Orange Bubble wrote: | | Not only does she run way fast, but shes been running NO LESS THAN 120mpw since January. |
I gotta think this is the biggest piece of the pie. If for arguments sake, we say a half-dozen miles of her week are sub-par because of the effects of alcohol, that would be less than 5%. But for a lower mileage runner, those half-dozen miles are going to be a whole lot more, say 20% or 30%. When that much of your mileage is affected by your body processing alcohol, thus bringing down the "maximum" benefit of your training, it's going to have a substantial impact on how well you run.
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I have that experience with alcohol before back in the spring. That was the first and probably the last time I'll ever do that again. I decided to go for some late night clubbing and drinking the day before my long run. Had a few drinks, was drowsy and a bit tipsy, got to bed at 2 am in the morning, woke up at 8 am, went out for a 15+ miler at around 9 (surprisingly managed to finish it) and was bonked for most of the day afterwards... an interesting experience but one I won't recommend anyone to try... |
But surely late night clubbing is different than having a glass or two of wine.
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