Sex before Race?

Dunno if its the legs it weakens, but i sure as hell can't run as fast afterwards...

did it in the morning once before a race and ran a signifigant PR.

It works but like if you have a saturday race and you do it on a thursday. I did it and I won my race with a BIG pr and crushing the comp!

I was watching Dr. Phil and a man and his wife no longer had sex cause the man recently had a heart attack and the wife was worried that he would have another one during sex. Well Dr. Phil said, "that is ridiculous! Sex relieves stress and tension which is good thing for people with heart disease..."

I'd say the same thing with running. Sex is a good sex reliever and will put your mind off the big race....just don't over do it and pull a groin.

Dave Wottle in '72. If it's true you can't dispute the results! Others here may have more definitive recollections on this.

I am against sex before races. I had sex the day before the Nagano marathon (had a groupie of mine in town) and the day of the race I could not get my legs going at all.

It sucked, I finished 6th in 2;24 when I knew that I could have done at least 2;19.

Jason

often run better when having got some the night before, big confidence booster.

Also that Long jumper guy that won olympics, broke WR by like 1ft+ the day after loosing his virginity, well into his 20s.

Save the Seed.

Isn't there some Buddist or Hindu thing about not ejaculating for 7 weeks to build up energy in the 7 chakra's or something?

It all depends on how you define sex.

If it's a quick 'wham bam thank you mam' it can only relax you a little.

If however, you treat sex as an art, then you will spend hours making love to a woman and should have no energy left to even run the warmup for a race.

Good point. In college I once folked my girlfriend 2 hours before a home X-C race to release tension and it worked. I ran a nice PR. But it was sort of a quickie and she knew I'd make it up to her later. So I'd say yeah in that case it would have no affect on you and may even benefit a person. However, if you're going to break out the scented candles and massage oil and spend 5 hours before a race in a 1 on 1 sex Olympics I would say that will make you tired and negatively affect your performance.

Yes, please!

If it slows me down or not, I'll take as much as I can please!

wejo, care to weigh in?

i haven't ejaculated for the last 11 months and my chakras feel about the same.

Patrick Russell wrote:

Isn't there some Buddist or Hindu thing about not ejaculating for 7 weeks to build up energy in the 7 chakra's or something?

gav800 wrote:

often run better when having got some the night before, big confidence booster.

Also that Long jumper guy that won olympics, broke WR by like 1ft+ the day after loosing his virginity, well into his 20s.

It's called getting a little BOB BEAMON. Nothing like a little Bob Beamon before a race. And when you do have sex the night before ....make it dirty.

I feel bad for you! lmao!!!

bodi wrote:

i haven't ejaculated for the last 11 months and my chakras feel about the same.

Patrick Russell wrote:

Isn't there some Buddist or Hindu thing about not ejaculating for 7 weeks to build up energy in the 7 chakra's or something?

Do girls ever think about topics like this? seriously..i mean, this is a major discussion on our cross country team (guy's). Just wondering what pre race superstitions girls have..and if no sex is one of them

I am in total agreement with Casanova and dudeman.

If you are going to have sex, do it in style, treat her righteously with massage oil, candles, excellent oral

service, but hell, if you have a race the next day, just

get some rest and cuddle with your gal

jason

lol @ style. I usually wear sunglasses and she's lucky if I kiss her on the mouth.