Beer/drinks per week and Elites (sub-elites)

Think about AA - don't be the next Charlie Sheen.

Charlie Sheen can run a sub 15 5k?

At my peaks I ran a 31:00 10k and consumed roughly 105 drinks per week. Note that these two peaks were almost thirty years apart, however.

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At my peaks I ran a 31:00 10k and consumed roughly 105 drinks per week. Note that these two peaks were almost thirty years apart, however.

Please tell me you also ran 100 miles in that week.

Depends on how you are drinking them. A lot of studies are saying 2 beers a day for a man actually is good for a person's heart. i have read 3 is ok too. Given it varies from perosn to person i could see 4 beers a day for a guy could actually be part of a healthy lifestyle. I think you could say better than anyone else. I could surely do 3 beers a day and still feel like i was living a healthy lifestyle. i can feel when i have 3 beers it helps my system relax and not in an addicted type of way. 4 beers per day might be pushing it for me, but i think it varies for everyone.

personally, here is how my typical beer/drinking week goes.

Monday- usually nothing

Tuesday- occasionally 2 or 3 beers

Wednesday- consistently 2 or 3 beers

Thursday- consistently 2 or 3 beers (of course it can be more like a 6 drink night when i really go out)

Friday- consistently 4 drinks

Saturday- consistently 6 or 7 drinks

Sunday- nothing usually

My weekend drinking changes around but usually one night ill get a buzz and the other night ill get to the point of being drunk..

I'm 24 and can probably run about 1:14 half marathon right now. training for a sub 2:35 marathon in april.

the drinking schedule i mentioned before doesnt affect my training. i'm just terrible about usually staying up one weekend night until like 6 AM. that really messes with my run the following day.

Sorry, no, I was struggling to get in about 20 miles/week at that stage. Needless to say, it was a bad time in my life.

How do you space your 28 drinks out OP?

the 2-3/ day healthy idea is not averaging but literally drinking no more than 2 or 3 each day.

Sounds like an interesting 30 years. Guessing: 31:00 10k at 22, 15 beers a day at 52? Sounds like you're all good now, so good on you.

10k at 19. Many, many injuries. Drinking peaked at 46, so a little less than 30 years. Rarely beer at that stage: gin and tonics before dinner, wine with dinner, and vodka all day long straight from the bottle. Sober 16 months tomorrow. Thanks for the encouragement.

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Sounds like an interesting 30 years. Guessing: 31:00 10k at 22, 15 beers a day at 52? Sounds like you're all good now, so good on you.

I can run probably 31 flat right now, but my 10k PR is just sub 30.

I am betting that I could run right around 15 for the 5k but I do not want to. Damn that is fast. My PR is 14:48.

Marathon PR is 2:22 but I think I could only manage 2:30-something now.

I am 31 and I drink about 8 - 12 drinks a week.

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I run 1.53/ 3.47/ 8.11 all within the last season just out of college and i would drink around 30 beers a week AVERAGE.

2 - 3 over dinner every night, plus going out thursday/ friday/ saturday nights. (at least 8 beers)

I don't feel that it has affected my running at all as i have been doing so for the past four years.

Also as a side note i don't run big miles (around 60) so the strain on my body is not huge from running.

That's a good call.

Reduce a health activity such as a running so that you can do more of an unhealthy activity! Like poisoning yourself!

addf wrote:

That's a good call.

Reduce a health activity such as a running so that you can do more of an unhealthy activity! Like poisoning yourself!

Don't be such a pussy. Run hard, play hard. You only live once!

I have 2 addictions: running and microbrews/beer! I'm 38 years old, run a 2:32 marathon, 1:10 half marathon. I'm 5'11" 155 (could probably be 150 w/o the beer) and I love to drink! I probably drink 3-5 days a week. Anywhere from 1-2 beers to 6-8 beers. Life is to short to worry about what 'I should be doing' according to society. Of course when I get 4-6 weeks from a big race I cut down the drinking considerably, on the other hand in my off season I make up for it Cheers

I didn't post on here to get abused, im simply sharing what i do. I love to run, and i love to drink. This is only my second season of training again as i stopped serious training after high school. In college i jogged 30mins three a times and drank alot more. I've now just found a good balance and am running better than ever.

I'm no world beater, i'm just living my idea of a perfect life.

14:11. I usually have 2-3 casual drinks throughout the week and 8-12 when I go out about every other weekend.

I'm a bit slower than sub elite. I don't drink at all. I feel like if I did, that bit could turn into a lot.

Over 14 drinks a week is considered a heavy drinker for men by medical standards. Personally, I feel like that is kinda of low. There are a lot of negative consequences for drinking too much on a regular basis for your health (some of these directly effect running performance). I think most people that are trying to maximize performance any aspect of their life (outside of drinking) would limit their alcohol consumption. This is mostly due the non-medical problems with drinking, i.e. staying out late, disrupting sleep patterns, hangover, etc. You just really don't want to develop a dependence on alcohol. If you've known anyone with a problem, you wouldn't be asking this question.