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How odd, I hope she knows!
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I bet the gonad-shrinkage post doesn't make it into the "best of the responses" summary on the home page.
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6 days is fine - just ensure hydration and LOTS of sleep in the days preceeding and following the binge (and the marathon). Good luck with the race!
i admit it
but my parents and the inlaws had descended and i had to entertain them
have run slower mara times since then too
they are also much more likely to
a) throw up over you
b) try and punch you and
c) insist on repeatedly telling you how much they love you in between a) and/or b).
binge drinking whenever is potentially damaging; a week away from a marathon is unlikely to hurt you more or less than at any other time.
as you say, it's an informed choice, and from your posts, it sounds like you'd already made a decision and that any health advice to the contrary was boring and tedious. if you really think it's informed choice, you're an adult - it's up to you, just go for it! you don't need medics to provide you with a boring institution to rebel against!
Don't worry, I am only kidding.
I possibly have a similar problem. I'm still a novice, and have just entered for my first 5k, but I'm a bit ahead in my training and thinking of entering a 10k a little later in the year - Problem is I've decided the best race to enter would be the Blackpool 10k on 2nd September - I get married this year and my stag do is a 3 day cricket tour from 28th-30th August. Is it a bad idea to enter, or for a shorter distance do you reckon I could get away with a shorter booze recovery time?
Went to a funeral 9 days before and got lashed up.
Ran the race going through 20m in 2.16 but having to walk from 39k at various points. Did the last 6.2m in 1hour finishing in 3.16 off an average of 65m per week for 18 weeks. (PB- 3.09 off 42mpw for 12 weeks)
My HR was elevated the week of the marathon and when I downloaded the data I ran at 93%mhr for first 20m. 20 beats above normal. I wasted 18 weeks training due to drink on 1 day.
Them there's the facts....
Have FLM in 3 weeks that I'm hoping to have another go but I may have missed my chance as my body is still recovering and not very well.
that is seriously very interesting
May i ask how much you normally drink
However, did the same thing new year's eve and did 17m the next day no probs!
so for a regular drinker, "good night out" might not do the same to them
also
your mara training is a bit different to mine anyway
I wonder if more calories are burnt off during that phase? Hhhmmmm....
or i would be dead skinny!
Odeon, I find it hard to believe you're still not recovered from 9 pints several weeks ago, and you might want to seek another explanation. I had 4 days on the pop in Germany in Feb, and it affected my first couple of runs after I got back, but after that I was right back up at the levels I'd been before I went away.
I resent the link between binge drinking and throwing up on people and/or punching them as well. I've never been close to doing either. Its a societal get-out, these are in fact activities pursued by people who are w*****s and alcohol is just an excuse.
You'd have to admit, my question has generated some interesting debate though!
so how low did your O2 sats go?
saturday is usually a write off til 6pm then im ok.
to compensate i make sure i go for my run , usually 10 mile easy friday afternoon so im not missing an important training session.
this is the real world and lets face it - us runners usually have to forfeit MOST saturdays nights out as we have races every sunday - well i do anyway.
my wife goes mad every time post arrives looking like an SAE with an obvious number in it.
Pub crawl - good chance to catch up with mates - chew the fat and try an recruit fellow runners to the cause.
as said earlier - taper week anyway.
just make sure you have trained as per plan upto the race and you'll be fine.
if you can remmber the night out all the better - make help pass on a cuple of miles during the race....
Good luck for the FLM - i got rejected in the ballot - doing Edinburgh marathon instead and trying my luck with the NY marathon ballot - $10 fee for a go...
then you wont get saes!!!!!!!!!
I've recovered from the beer. I'm struggling to recover from the marathon. Last time round I managed a competitive hm seven days after the marathon. I'm struggling to get back into at mo. Lethargic etc...