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| # Posted 2006-05-02 06:30:42 | |
| Wyatt: | It's hard to hydrate enough. By my standards (the rather severe ones that won me a 70-degree, sunny Highlander) you weren't nearly hydrated enough. At one water stop (of many) I drank 6-7 cups - probably 12 oz cups, mostly full...
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| # Posted 2006-05-02 07:34:13 | |
| inuksuk: | Another way of looking at your question is: how much would have been too much? On average, from what I understand, your body can process about a litre an hour, suggesting a maximum of 2.5l intake. Any more and you're flooding the system and you'll probably just be pissing heaps. Although I don't think it is standard practice to drink 2.5l over the course of a 2 hour race, I think Wyatt may be right (though I don't know all the variables here); blood volume doesn't have to be very far below optimum before you feel the effects (both in terms of physical performance and in mental coordination.) FYI: try doing a google on Jim Cotter+Southern Traverse+Otago. You might find a few answers there.
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| # Posted 2006-05-02 19:01:55 | |
| j-man: | Matt!
I didn't know you were here! It looks like you've be "here" for a while, too, escaping my notice despite conspicuously posting from NZ. Your dad gave me an update on your doings a couple weeks ago. He said you were training and had a great training partner. So when are you coming back to these hemispheres? |
| # Posted 2006-05-02 19:04:09 | |
| j-man: | As to how much? Definitely not too much in this case. I think in some higher intensity races it may be harder to process water and thus it sloshes around uncomfortably. I didn't have any sort of gut discomfort during the race (nor did I need to stop to get rid of excess water) so I probably could have handled more. It was a comfortably warm day. |
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