And it's lend me £10 and I'll buy you a drink...

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Never or very occasionally would probably be the best answer, but I have read one of the worst things to do is finish a club run, shower and be downing a pint of Guiness within 20 mins.

Apparently this is the time the mitochondria you have stimulated during the run are developing and the alcohol kills them.

So is there an optimum time where the majority of adaptation is done and it is less damaging to refortify the iron reserves:)?

BR, having finished session 55 mins ago and waiting...

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Aww BR, please don't tell me that.

I was just celebrating (with a glass or two) the recently published research that showed how heavy-drinking women outlived the moderate drinkers.

Never mind. I'll just have to be more selective about WHEN I overindulge (purely for health reasons, of course).

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Lynne, I missed that research - sound of cork popping - off to celebrate!
Purely for my health too!

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70 mins now, surely in the green zone?

That bottle of Spitfire Ale is saying `drink me'

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If the bottle is talking to you, it's rude to ignore it!
Cheers

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I tend not to drink on running days, but at my level I doubt it makes much difference unless I have a skinful the night(s) immediately before a race.

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If I didn't drink on running days I might as well join the temperance society:)

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Not sure this is true. Alcohol inhibits the use of CHO as a 'food for protein etc production and so the body turns to fat. Hence the abnormal blood fat profile and 'fatty liver' seen in heavy drinkers.(Glad to see in a recent self examination by ultrasound, my liver looks ok!).
Alcohol wont effect the mitochondria but will divert their use from CHO to fat and that is not so efficient. I'm happy to have a drink and accept a slightly less efficient restoration of my muscle glycogen.
Hope I'm corrected by any knowledgeable biochemists.
DCD

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BR I didn't know you drank Spitfire. A great ale; similar to Bishops Finger which I prefer. We really must have a hard work out that deserves such a 'reward'

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Funnily enough Bishop's Finger is the next one due to go!

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But surely, as runners, we have less fat flowing through our veins and in our body than your average lazy hardened binge drinker, and so we are less susceptable to 'fatty liver'...

Can anyone clarify or comment on this??

fat face

The original comment must explain why I'm a crap runner who's always injured.

Davros

It is probably best not to drink 8 bottles of Asahi lager in the afternoon after completing the Watford half marathon.

It seems to make you feel sh*te for the rest of the week! ('scuse the language)

goldbeetle

BR are you a Pogues fan....."never wake me early in the morning"..?

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LynneW, I am with you on that. Moderate alcohol intake has been proven to be of benefit in the female of the species. And thus for the male too, because women are so much less aggressive after a drink or eight......


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there`s a pub on the corner of my street and my running partners and i always finish our friday night run in the pub in our training gear

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I sell Spitfire in Wetherspoons after a hard days graft (he he) at uni and a run or track session. Abbotts ale is very popular too, but id recomend the Michelob Ultra. Its got about 106 calories per bottle and is still 5%!

Just did a few 300's down at track with the sprint group tonight. Got BUSA's XC in two days. Still did em quick but i cant jog properly because of a nasty wound on my heel. Coach said i can get some 'liquid skin' from boots, Deadly serious! is he avin a giraffe, im gonna walk in and ask the lady for some 'liquid skin'!!!!

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i sent my y t s into our office at work to ask for a p. d. file!

Wardi

Stifler..something like Compeed (available from Boots etc) would be more effective on a heel wound. It can be left on for a few days n'all.

You been running without socks perhaps?

Me..lager or cider, I'm not fussy. I've discovered some fab Biddendens cider (8.4%) which is best drunk in half pints, believe me. A class above commercial ciders. Never the night before a race though!