Runners who drink too much during race finish last: research
24.12.2010 World
Marathon runners have been persuaded to drink too much during a race by the drinks industry, researchers have said, as a study finds those who shed more of their body weight finish faster.
Athletes have been repeatedly told that even marginal dehydration can harm their performance leading to a booming market for sports drinks.
However a new study has found that marathon runners who finished a race fastest had also lost the largest proportion of their body weight. This suggests they did not drink more than their body needed, it was concluded.
Conversely those who actually gained weight during the race, performed the worst, the research found
The results are published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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