My wife and I are training for our first London marathon. She thinks we should be using high energy sports drinks, while I don't. I want to lose weight, and at 15.5 St. and 5'7'2, I have plenty of potential. We always drink plenty of water, before, during and after a run. At the moment we do one long run at 12 miles, one mid-length at c. 5-6 and one at 4 each week.
Very interested in your opinion
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I can't even run round the block without an energy drink. It's probably psychological on a short run, but best thing to do is try with and without and see what works best.
You can heat energy drinks too . . . sounds wierd, but it's a nice handwarmer for a few cold miles on a rotten cold morning!
Then of course you might want to try blood doping
...wonder how much it would knock off my 5 38 pb?
Only 14 weeks to the FLM - I can't believe it
Cheers
Do you think that I should start trying to have sports drinks before and after my run. I worry that it will give me cramp when running and prevent weight loss. I need advice! Anyone?
I find I can run Half Marathons (90mins) fine without any extra energy taken on in the race.
You should eat after the race though - you can't expect to eat nothing to help increase the rate of weight loss.
If you look at the calories in a sports drink - it's pretty minimal - not a replacement for a meal.
also keep drinking water all day not just after finishing the run (you can prob tell from the colour of your wee whether dehydration might be a culprit?)
also maybe lost salt? bread and marmite have quite a lot in if you don't like adding it to food - also tinned baked beans or tinned tomato soup
any more suggestions gratefully received.