another alcohol question

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11 years ago 11/27/2012 8:39pm EST

How many other runners out there drink 30-40 sometimes more than 50 beers a week and still do good? I'm definitely not the best runner out there but I have managed to get my 800 time down to 1:51, everyday after practice I drink between 2-4 beers and more on the weekends. I am wondering if anyone has ever had a negative experience with this and if I cut it down to just drinking 2-3 beers a night is that even enough to affect performance? I still have a few years left of running in college and I just want to know if being alcohol free can make performance that much better

11 years ago 11/27/2012 8:48pm EST

re: gjizzzed

2-4 beers per day is fine (even healthy) as long as the extra calories aren't affecting your weight. But according to your math, since your drinking about 40 beers per week and 2-4 per weekday, that means you're drinking 10-20 beers Mon-Fri and 20-30 beers Sat-Sun. So you're drinking 10-15 beers Saturday and Sunday night?????? I don't about you, but if I binge drink Sat and Sun night, then on Monday my blood pressure will be through the roof and I'll be antsy, sweaty, in NO condition stress my cardiovascular system by running.

11 years ago 11/28/2012 6:50am EST

re: Otis Alan Glazebrook, 1865

that alcohol coupled with your intense working out are destroying your kidneys and pancreas. I drink quite a bit, too, and got hammered a lot on Saturday nights after meets (also an 800 guy) but I never drank that much during the week. I actually didn't drink during the week at all, save for a single beer at dinner here or there. Also, 40 beers a week? You ain't drinking the high-class stuff either. Take it from me, you are pretty screwed the second you leave the world of high-end training if your drinking habits don't change.

Have fun now, but you're screwed after you graduate and have to get a job (sorry, 1:51 ain't getting a shoe deal).

11 years ago 11/28/2012 7:27am EST

re: gjizzzed

Drinking as much alcohol as you do will lower your testosterone levels, which is bad for running and for recovery. It will also make you fat unless you're training pretty hard and have the rest of your diet in check. It's also bad for your general health, which you'll find more and more as you get older.

11 years ago 11/28/2012 7:52am EST

re: gjizzzed

11 years ago 11/28/2012 5:13pm EST

re: gjizzzed

I'm a 4:07 mile, 1:52 800, 24:57 8K guy and I binge drink during base training phases like once every 2 weeks. I try and keep away during race season. Have an older teammate who 2 years ago went out and got wasted one night at a bar, 2 days later ran 3:45 for 1500.

11 years ago 11/28/2012 7:03pm EST

re: gjizzzed

hi im 12 and what is this?

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