Running with a hangover - Can you really sweat it out? Should you run with a hangover?

This is the wild card in the story, and it leads me to ask: How great is the variation among individuals in their ability to excrete alcohol through sweat and breath ?

Are any of us genetically gifted with the ability to sweat large amounts of alcohol ?
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While Barnes concedes that a “very small amount” of alcohol can be excreted through sweat and breath, exercise is not a significant catalyst in the body’s natural metabolization of alcohol.

Hangovers are not very well understood medically. Moreover, the term "hangover" covers a collection of distinct symptoms which likely have different causal mechanisms.

One thing we do know is that running stimulates the endocannabinoid system, which significantly reduces sensations of pain and nausea. It seems likely to me that this is the primary reason that running seems to alleviate hangover symptoms.

You should run with a hangover to remind yourself it's stupid to drink so much that you feel bad the following day. And to force yourself to consider which is more important to you, running or being drunk.

I had the experience about a month ago of drinking a good amount the night before and taking some oil right before bed. I woke up in the am for my run and multiple times during the run I forgot who or where I was...

Hangovers are just so depressing, I’m not even sure if they’re that much worse for me at age 32 vs 10 years ago…

But just being so much more aware of the value of a sunny day in spring or summer or fall, and then waking up late and wasting the entire day (even doing something but feeling subpar is wasting time) — something about that makes me feel dreadful.

Anyway - if I can actually get out for 20mins+ of cardio hungover, I keep it low intensity and it helps flush some toxins out for sure. Usually it sucks.

Try something different. Run after drinking and before bed. My experience is that a mile of running burns a drink. Alcohol seems to be the muscles' favorite energy source.

Ugh. It may be best to run with a hangover. My experience was that it felt so awful that it helped me learn to cut it off the night before a run. I love my morning long runs - love them enough to put a lid on it the night before. Heavy drinking can mean that you keep drinking after you're already intoxicated, which is pointless.

One of my all-time favorite endurance athletes is Italian cross-country skier Maurilio De Zolt. He become world champion in the 50km in 1987 (aged 36). He also won two Olympic silver medals in the 50km at age 37 and 41. And in his final championships, the 1994 Olympics, at age 43 (!) he finished 5th in the 30km, 7th in the 50km and won the GOLD in the 4x10km relay. His secret? RED WINE.

The evening before competitions he used to eat a big pasta dish and drink a bottle of red wine. This was the optimal fuelsource according to him (you do get a lot of carbs from meals like these), and he said that: "In order for me to achieve, I need to be able to like what I eat/enjoy myself." He had a Finnish coach at one point in his career, and he said: You need to eat wholewheat bread, fish and drink milk." De Zolt was like: "No I'm gonna eat white bread, grilled meat and red wine." It seems to have worked for him, lol

(He also won Marcialonga (70km/43.5miles) four times, the last time at age 41. He also finished 4th at age 45. And in Vasaloppet (90km/56miles) he finished 4th at age 35, and 5th at age 45. An absolute next-level athlete)

Didn't Craig Engels drink beer and party regularly?

If you're going to party with the boys, you gotta run with the men.

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