Comments on: Recovery Drinks

By: TD

TD — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:32:07 +0000

Goodness that’s an expensive price for water. I generally found the UK more expensive than Australia, and the recent floods must be contributing to higher prices in some economic sectors as well.

By: Ludwig

Ludwig — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:54:57 +0000

Stick with the chocolate milk, it’s far superior to any sports drink and it tastes really good with Krispy Kreme Donuts, which by the way are also good fro training. There’s surely an article somewhere on the web that says so, no?

By: warriorwoman

warriorwoman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:53:55 +0000

Did I hear Beer Mile? Hell Yeah!

By: No Wetsuit Girl

No Wetsuit Girl — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:14:39 +0000

Some of those sports drinks are sooo-oooo yucky!!! And don’t even get me STARTED on gels! Good thing you had Stella to bail you out of your fluid-depleted state! Have you ever heard of the Beer Mile? Wanna do it with me someday?

Great workout. Definitely NOT a pussy run (and I’m pretty sure that the miles are shorter when you convert from km. I’m sure you hit your goal).

By: warriorwoman

warriorwoman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:25:32 +0000

I was given a red bull just before the British 10k and although its pretty disgusting I did have an amazingly comfortable run. I’ve now switched to cheap Tesco brand and drink it before every long run. It will be interesting to see what your comparisons show Kieren.

By: Kieren Geaney

Kieren Geaney — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:56:01 +0000

That’s good going. Running along the A4 is pretty uninspiring and monotonous so running on it for any distance deserves a well done as far as I’m concerned

Lucozade sent me a caffine drink in the post – I’m benchmarking it this Saturday against water and repeating over the next 6 weeks at BPTT to put them to the test.

By: Suzan

Suzan — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:03:40 +0000

I swear by the jelly beans sold as energy boosts – got me round a 10K in 63min with a smile! Plus v easy to carry. Give them a go on your BPTT return.

By: XFR Bear

XFR Bear — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:20:37 +0000

Joking apart – high carbon monoxide levels do impair the blood’s ability to carry oxygen, so in a way it is like altitude training

By: warriorwoman

warriorwoman — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:18:40 +0000

Well I may have to try the gels at least once – I was given a free one with my tan tendon tautener.

No stella today!

By: JoggerBlogger

JoggerBlogger — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:14:34 +0000

Stella must be better for you than energy drinks!

never try them gels – they made me ill half way round the robinhood last year.