I’m at dinner with my teammates on spring break and a big debate broke out: Would you rather drink 3 sodas or 3 beers about 3 hours before a race (5k preferably)? The beers have to be standard cheap drinks. For example, a bud-light is more in the range of consideration than a double IPA would be. As for sodas, we’re allowing most sodas besides light-diet kind of drinks. Discus.
In my humble opinion, I think beer is the way to go. The way your body metabolizes the carbohydrate base in the mitochondria of your cells proplates a facilitation that is most beneficial.
On the other hand a soda would give your body that fast burning sugar, monosaccharide energy that could be useful. But if the choice distance of choice is the 5k than that is not in the slightest possibility of the world enough energy. Plus the bubbles could make your stummy hurt.
Altogether I surmise that beer is the way to go. Preferably PBR on tap. In a 12fl oz frosted mug. With a 2cm head on it.
I think that it very much depends on what you’re accustomed to. Drinking 3 sodas for someone who never drinks soda would mess you up pretty bad, just as beer would for someone who never drinks.
I would have to say soda. My only thoughts are that with beer it does not settle as well as soda does. You are left full and for a bit of time whereas soda you feel bloated but it tends to go away. While running you’ll get the burps from both but I feel the soda will again not leave you feeling as full for as long.
Trust me I know my stuff.
Are you kidding me? when I was in HS the water breaks were replaced with Milwaukee’s best.
Kids are so soft these days
I could easily drink 3 sodas 3 hours before a 5k back in the day.
Not 3 beers.
3 sodas 3 hours before would be nothing. Id usually be tired 3 hours after drinking beer tho.
Soda all day. Nothing beats a cold Sunkist out of a bottle.
Soda
Beer puts me to sleep & dehydrates me. Yes, even light beers.
I won't really choose soda over beer on any occasion, no idea what's the appeal at all. I mean if you're going to eat something 'unhealthy' might as well dig into something that causes massive base pleasure not unlike sex: donuts, ice cream, potato chips, bacon and such.
But if you have to handicap yourself before a race? Soda it is. 3 12 ounce cans of beer - that's a whole 1 L. For someone who's built like a real distance runner that would be quite enough to get drunk. That's not going to improve your race for sure. Also, getting into a toilet before the race might be difficult. And if you have beer, there are less chances of you being able to hold it.
Before a race I'd say the 3 nasty type of beers. Now if we're a regular old evening, if I was really thirsty I'd take the pop first. Then after my thirst was quenched I'd start onto some IPA's or weissbier
Soda doesn’t hydrate you home dog
I'll go with the beer...as long as it's Gettleman's brewed in the Miller Valley
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