5 hour energy drink

Don't do anything the day of the race that you haven't done in training.

If you take a 5 hour energy before a marathon, do you still takes Gels?

everyone ran in the heat, an energy drink could have played a role in many ways. i wasnt saying an energy drink was the reason just that if he drank a lot of caffeine, he would have had to drink just that much more water to stay hydrated, ive drank an energy drink rather than coffee before running i overheated it felt like, with my heart doing odd things. not saying it was the cause or even that he did, just saying that if you arent use to something that speeds up your heart be careful when going out and running in the 100 degree weather.

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You know, as a mom I it hurt more than anything to lose my son, but it brought me great comfort to know he passed away doing something he loved and was amazing at. He always wanted to be famous, and for awile, he was famous in his own right for being tragically terrific. But, as of recently, certain rumors that have spread are marring his beautiful memory and it is disturbing. Coaches use him as an example of what Power Drinks can do and other people are mortified we let him run when he was obviously sick. Why would we let him run if he was sick? Chris did not compete if he was sick. Chris was very serious about his running. He also religiously did NOT drink power drinks during training. I don't know if information leaked from the hospital and was twisted, or what, but I know a lot of misinformation is circulating about my sons death. I sent him with a power bar (NOT a power drink) and he ate it about an hour before the meet. I do the same thing when I am going to run a race, or a workout. I sometimes eat them for recovery. There is a big difference there between the two except for the similarity in names: Power. Yes he did eat cereal that morning. No he was not visibly ill, though his times were lagging and he seemed to be struggling. I felt something might be wrong and took him to the doctor. The doctor felt he was well enough to run. Chris had a virus in his heart. Only a blood test would have confirmed that. I can question all I want why they did not give one, but I have heard it is uncommon for doctors to request blood tests. As of this date, I have only heard of one doctor who finds it rutine to ask for one. Running in the extreme heat seemed to be regular for the XC kids. I to, began my trainig in that same extreme heat with Chris as we ran every afternoon in 100+ degree Summer heat. Being overweight at that time and 38 years old, if anyone should have died in that heat it should have been me. I don't want his sweet memory scared by misinformation and rumors. He was a good kid and an incredible runner. If anything, he should inspire you all to be better runners and to tap that inner strength to just go for it. I hope anything I said will be circulated and maybe my son will be remembered for courage, strength, and will be an icon lost before his time in the most difficult of sports.