Funny I've never had the problem after short sessions although my daughter goes a very nice shade of green quite often if she's doing rep's, must be a family thing!! Got a longish run planned for the weekend so going to stash some bottles to ensure I stay hydrated and will be practicing my eating during the run to see what works, Redbush Tea I have tried but just don't like the taste :thunbdown: although bog standard tea I drink by the bucket load.
You could try beet it shots before you race, this may make you more efficient and hence less likely to deplete your glycogen levels to the degree you are
I meant which brand?Originally Posted by LissaJous
24 miles today, kept hydrated all the way round and a few Dextrose sweets, straight in the bath with a biscuit & milky coffee as soon as I got home and all good, even managed to take the dog for a 5 miler a couple of hours after, definitely eating straight away even when I don't fancy it seems to work :thumbup:
Sorry: I thought you were being facetious, but it turns out you were being interesting!:w00t:
Background: for black tea I used to drink PG Tips a lots and I could taste the difference between different batches. Brewing time anything from 5-10 minutes up to hours & a microwave reheat. I liked it when it was 'depth' combined with complexity. Occasionally one of those would be missing in a whole box. After I stopped drinking black tea, there was a few months gap before I started drinking redbush tea. I hate and always hated Earl Gray.
Redbush Tea: I use a variety. My favourite is Tick-Tock without doubt, it can be quite intoxicating.Redbush Tea Company can be lacking in the 'depth'/body, and Tetley lacks the complexity but has extra 'body'. Switching between these, and occasionally others, keeps all of them tasting fresh.
And you know it all depends what mug you brew it in as well! (I brew it teabag in 0.5L mug or thermos)
Oh, and I put a tiny bit of salt in ever since screwing up Ennerdale with cramp in 2010!
Salt... its hardly rocket science is it? its just such a basic requirement yet ignored in the UK..
Yet I've never been to a UK race with tubs of salt at aid/food stations...
In European races salty water or tubs of salt are the norm and once you get used to it cramps are a thing of the past..
A banana and some saline water: carbs, shed loads of K and NaCl..
After big races like a 100k.. a bowl of pasta is essential of not I'm dieing that night. After the 100k in Perth there was hot pasta with tomato sauce and cheese topping available.. I had that and felt fine.
At races like Peris, Wasdale any with road crossings and good access, water and salt should be provided, not just water. I'd rather have water and salt than free bits of other food..
I do have salt tabs but the problem is keeping them dry and accessible in a race, where as a tub of salt you can just grab a spoonful.
Haworth Hobble- Mankinholes cp.
Mr.B., why was the redbush tea brand of such interest to you?
Tim Noakes is still not persuaded of the the relevance of salt to exertional muscle cramps - but I know lots of ultra runners disagree with him.
Lots of issues surrounding running from stretching to ice baths is basically anecdotal.. there's very little hard science supporting them, but I do think a lot of sports science is still pseudo science.. small N numbers.. poor control of groups.. poor standardisation.. science I don't think we'd get away with in main stream biology.... not all of course.
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