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A couple of weeks ago I went for a long run after a 6 till 3 session and about 6 hrs sleep.
Beer, wine and spirits.
The run (9miles) was tough but doable.
Since then I seem to have had a hamstring injury.
Are the 2 things related?
I did also up the mileage quite substantially that week, so blurrs things slightly.
So, would the dehydration cause an injury of this sort?
Personally I like to run off a hangover, I feel like i am purging myself.
Any opinions welcomed..
Beer, wine and spirits.
The run (9miles) was tough but doable.
Since then I seem to have had a hamstring injury.
Are the 2 things related?
I did also up the mileage quite substantially that week, so blurrs things slightly.
So, would the dehydration cause an injury of this sort?
Personally I like to run off a hangover, I feel like i am purging myself.
Any opinions welcomed..
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Can't say that running whilst dehrated is wise but can't see why it would cause an injury.
The danger of dehydration is that you are unaware of the effects. A club mate did a 10M in blistering heat and was arrested, for his own safety, while weaving between the cones and taking his kit off. He is a very experienced marathon runner just misjudged the pace in the heat and flipped.
He still can't remember anything after the starting gun and spent two days in hospital afterwards.
If i have a low mileage week in the build up to a race, is that my new benchmark ?
Or should I be averaging?
The week that culminated in the hungover run was longest week to date 24 miles against 17miles from a couple of weeks before (week in between was race prep).
I will take that as reason for injury, amd will use 10% rule for my comeback :-)
Even if you weren't running you should cut down on the booze. Our club is based in a real ale brewery and everyone enjoys a pint but binge drinking doesn't help your training or life expectancy.
If you were anything like me, your technique probably went to pot hence the injury.
I rekon that it takes three days of drinking water to properly hydrate your joints, and three days of not drinking water to unhydrate, and although binge drinking will accelerate the dehydration, shouldn't be enough to dehydrate you overnight.
However, contrary to what has been said above, I think that running dehydrated could cause injury.
Well I do!
Don't struggle that much with hangovers, but the occasional tight helmet the morning after happens. I find getting in fluids and getting out the door for some long slow miles help more on the headache than staying in, as long as the headache isn't so bad that every step is painful.
I would however not go for a run if the hangover means your whole body feels like shit. It is poisonous in big amounts, and I can't see any benefits from adding the stress of training to a body that's already working hard to get the toxins out of the system.