>From: Ed & Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Ed & Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: t-and-f: water vs coke
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:16:59 -0800
>
>dan wrote:
> > In all seriousness, Owen Anderson's Runnin
Yes and this runner's name was Daniel Komen.
Oleg
> Wasn't a distance runner a few years back almost suspended for too high of levels
> of caffiene?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Netters
> >
> > Ed wrote:
> > > That said, many ultrarunners (even some of the good ones) swear by defizzed
>
>Anne Marie Lauck drank coke in the 2000 marathon trials and had a major
>stomach problem during the race.
>Ed
Too bad she didn't drink 5 glasses of water instead. She could have made
the Olympic team and at the same time cut her risk of getting breast cancer
by 79%!
Kurt Bray
--- Shawn Devereaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wasn't a distance runner a few years back almost suspended for too high
> of levels of caffiene?
That same RRN article I mentioned also stated that the amount of caffeine
necessary to place you above the legal limit is actually detrimental to
perfo
ember Shorter and friends
"shaking the fizz out" of Coke for marathon racing.
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From: Ed & Dana Parrot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:52 PM
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: water vs coke
alan tobin wrote:
> I
Wasn't a distance runner a few years back almost suspended for too high of levels
of caffiene?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Netters
>
> Ed wrote:
> > That said, many ultrarunners (even some of the good ones) swear by defizzed
> > coke during a race of 50 miles or longer. It seems clear that both
Netters
Ed wrote:
> That said, many ultrarunners (even some of the good ones) swear by defizzed
> coke during a race of 50 miles or longer. It seems clear that both the
> sugar and the caffeine could be helpful,
Having done those 4 hour 50ks myself nothing works better then
defizzed coke
dan wrote:
> In all seriousness, Owen Anderson's Running Research News published the
> results of a study around '94 or '95 saying that flat Coke mixed with
> water could be very beneficial for events in the range of 1500m to 10k or
> so. I think caffeine was the major player.
Caffeine, of cours
Jim Gerwick related:
>A friend of mine returned from a visit to South Africa, and she said Coke
is
>THE drink of choice among runners there - she almost puked the first time
she
>drank it though.
Upon reading this, I'm immediately reminded of the scene in Biko where
Steven rips the top off a
Anne Marie Lauck drank coke in the 2000 marathon trials and had a major
stomach problem during the race.
Ed.
>
> As I recall, Frank Shorter drank defizzed Coke during his gold medal run
in
> '72.
>
> Kurt Bray
>
> _
> Get your FREE d
> >That said, many ultrarunners (even some of the good ones) swear by
> >defizzed coke
>
> As I recall, Frank Shorter drank defizzed Coke
Defizzed? What happened to good old "flat?"
In all seriousness, Owen Anderson's Running Research News published the
results of a study around '94 or '95 sayi
In a message dated Wed, 28 Feb 2001 9:44:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Kurt Bray"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<>
He must have served as Brian Oldfield's role model. At the T&FN banquet in Munich
(with unlimited Spaten available--go figure), Oldfield must have drained 10 bottles of
de-fizzed
Never trust a man who relies on 'suhtisticks'.
>
> However, I usually do not trust actual percentages unless someone either
> cites the study or is extremely detailed in his discussion. For instance,
> drinking 5 glasses of water daily supposedly decreases the risk of breast
> cancer by 79%. Co
Ed and Dana said:
>That said, many ultrarunners (even some of the good ones) swear by defizzed
>coke during a race of 50 miles or longer. It seems clear that both the
>sugar and the caffeine could be helpful,
As I recall, Frank Shorter drank defizzed Coke during his gold medal run in
'72.
Kur
A friend of mine returned from a visit to South Africa, and she said Coke is
THE drink of choice among runners there - she almost puked the first time she
drank it though.
Perhaps it's not total choice - Coke apparently has an exclusive contract to
sponsor all the races in RSA.
Also, defizzed
alan tobin wrote:
> I think that it's pretty obvious that water is good for you and coke is
bad
> for you when it comes to any sort of athletic performance.
Let me start by saying that I only drink carbonated soda maybe 5 times per
year, and drinking coke before, during, or after a race would no
I think that it's pretty obvious that water is good for you and coke is bad
for you when it comes to any sort of athletic performance. I drink my fair
share of carbonated drinks so I try to drink a little more water at night to
compensate for the dehydration. In my experience the caffeine in co
>A friend sent me the following info. How much of this would you
physiologist types consider to be true, especially about >dehydration?
I can't speak for the observations about Coca Cola, although I know it can
dissolve a lollipop in about ten minutes!
>From what I have heard and read, the stuf
Phil Weishaar asked;
>A friend sent me the following info. How much of this would you
physiologist types >consider to be true, especially about dehydration?
> A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble
with basic >math, and difficulty focusing on the computer
Looks to me like it has the makings of an internet hoax --> one of those
scare-tactic e-mails that blends facts with lies in support of some agenda
and then circulates endlessly on the net.
Often these forms of mischief are targeted to damage some company. Notice
in this one that they are aft
I think the list is a mixture of facts, facts presented misleadingly, and
outright falsehoods. The tone is somewhat sensational.
For instance "a mere 2% drop in body water" is 2-3 lb of water; that's a lot
of sweat.
"Chronic dehydration" is not defined. Nor is "mild dehydration".
The connection
A friend sent me the following info. How much of this would you physiologist types
consider to be true, especially about dehydration?
"We all know that water is important but I've never seen it written down like this
before."
WATER - 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely appl
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