BEER!!!!!

I drink in-season because although I like running, it's not important enough to me to dominate the rest of my life. So come Saturday night after a race, it's hooray beer time for me.

Beer gets ole missian's seal of approval.

you stress the body, for example during a workout, the body adapts to the stress and thus you become a faster. i am 99.9% positive beer does not reverse those adaptations. CONCLUSION: beer does not directly influence running in any way.

however, drinking is associated with late nights, hangovers, etc. so beer can indirectly INDIRECTLY effect training and performance.

with that being said, as long as i am able to get in a solid long run the next day i get hammered as can be on saturday night. but, it probably isn't the best choice because my body probably needs to recover after a race and staying out all night isn't the best solution to that.

guzzler? wrote:

I would like to take a poll: In the opinion of the many letsrunners (who usually tend to have a few opinions) does beer help or hurt your performance? How much is too much before a race? Do you get drunk during the season? Why or why not? Have at it...

Thank you for bringing this up, I feel like we never talk about this topic on LetsRun. There probably aren't older threads about this either. Very novel topic.

I don't see how beer can HELP your performance and there is plenty of evidence that alcohol has damaging effects on the body (not necessarily directly related to performance)so I just don't take the chance during the season. I put all this effort into training and watch what I eat during the day so why would I risk a potentially harmful thing?

Saturday night is a blur and Today's workout was very bad. Perhaps a coincidence, perhaps not.

Troll 45 wrote:

Thank you for bringing this up, I feel like we never talk about this topic on LetsRun. There probably aren't older threads about this either. Very novel topic.

So...do you have an opinion or you just think this is a nice topic?

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Flounder: Hello!

Dean Vernon Wormer: Zero point two... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Mr. Hoover, president of Delta house? One point six; four C's and an F. A fine example you set! Daniel Simpson Day... HAS no grade point average. All courses incomplete. Mr. Blu - MR. BLUTARSKY... ZERO POINT ZERO.

The runner's diet should consist of beer, peanut butter, and "waffles."

Troll 45 wrote:

Thank you for bringing this up, I feel like we never talk about this topic on LetsRun. There probably aren't older threads about this either. Very novel topic.

chunk wrote:

So...do you have an opinion or you just think this is a nice topic?

Opinion? I don't know, I was just overly happy that someone finally brought this topic up. I guess I could use the search function and see if it had ever been discussed, and then formulate an opinion. But instead I think I'll start another thread on the topic so you can reply with your opinion over there. Hold on. Then I can read those opinions, and come back here and write my own opinion over here.

Maybe he wants to hear the what the newest letsrun posters have to say. A lot of the people who posted on threads before aren't here anymore. A lot of new posters are. Who gives a flying f*** if he wants to start a new topic, I could care f***ing less.

Ask John Walker and Rod Dixon. If you're 21, drink and enjoy. After a hard run- drink. After a long run- drink. After a race- drink. You get the idea...

Beer probably doesn't help my performance, but it helps my quality of life. I might have one beer the night before a race, because I usually have one every night with dinner. When I was in college, I would not get drunk during season, only slightly lit. Getting drunk and staying out late only makes the next day's run more difficult. I was into minimizing that.

i drink but very moderatly during the season. during conference time usually much less.

ill enjoy off season though.

a lot.