Creatin does it work

[Deleted User]

I am in training for the flm and looking to do 3hrs 45 mins. I take all the normal vitamins, watch my diet run four times a week etc. However some friends have told me to use creatin. I was under the impresion that this was just for weight training. Can I use it is it safe?

Snoop Dogg

This one comes up every month or two - put 'creatine' into the keyword search and look up appropriate threads that way for the replies.

Personally, I have found no benefit from it for marathon training, but buying it does reduce the weight of your wallet, so that may help you go faster.

Hilly

It's supposed to be beneficial to sprinters but not long distance runners, so I've read.

[Deleted User]

I tried it ..... didn't do anything notiacable for me (other than making me worse off financially !!!)

[Deleted User]

as I understand it, it has an effect in some people but not all - depends on your "metabolism"
thing is you wouldn't know if it was going to help or not without giving it a reasonable trial yourself

- best taken in a preparation with glucose,

- and dont overdo dosage

[Deleted User]

Well thanks for the advice think I will give it a miss and just stick to good old fashioned hard slog.
Regards
FBS