Re: [at-l] Dehydration Questions for 'The Doc-In-The-House'

[ThatSloetoe <sloetoe@yahoo.com>]

--- TOKTAADN@aol.com wrote:
> sloetoe@yahoo.com writes:
> > > 5) FYI, hit GBuff's 800WeSweat.com site for his rehydration/energy
drink
> for ultramarathoners -- his ingredients are listed. .  .  .  If I'm truly
> concerned, I'm either downing Succeed! Caps or Gary Buffington's Conquest!
> 
> I spent hours with Dr. Gary Buffington at last year's Trail Days and he
> felt that there is way too much consumption of electrolyte replacement
> drinks by casual athletes in our society.  And that water is the perfect 
> means of rehydration for all but the elite athlete running marathons, 
> triathlons, ultramarathons, etc.  He developed CONQUEST specifically for 
> their needs.  I'm taking his advice and sticking to water.
> 
OUCHIE!!!!!
The problem here Solar Bear is that the need to rehydrate has much less to do
with the distance covered and much more to do with the stress placed on the
individual runner/hiker. Contributing heavily to the stress's impact is the
amount of prior experience, too. (Think of OrangeBug's comments about the
"many hikers" who run into K-induced leg cramps at the end of long day's
hike: are these New England throughhiker's who've survived the overequipped
backpacks of the southern AT and the hydration "challenges" of the
midATlantic summer? Noooo.) People in poor health crack a sweat attempting a
flight of stairs -- we've all been there.

Putting these thoughts together, the people who run into hydration troubles
are *less*often* experienced athletes and more often casual athletes looking
to extend themselves -- it's stress, not miles.


Sign me "A Very Casual Athlete".....



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Sloetoe


"And yet we shouldn't have needed the cataclysm to love life
today. It would have been enough to think that we are humans,
and that death may come this evening."   Marcel Proust, 1922.

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From:          SMP <sproude@earthlink.net>
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Date:          Wed, 03 May 2000 14:20:37 -0400
Subject:       Re: [at-l] EJ's messages
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>
> Bottom line, if you do not wish me to continue to post EJ's messages here to
> this forum I will discontinue doing so.  Just please, post your comments to
> the list and not to me personally.
>

I would love to see her posts.  Although I am new, and really a nobody here, I
found the only post of hers that I read ( the one from her parents house) to be
very inspirational and enjoyable.  More importantly, why censor her thoughts.  I
have never heard a story about someone completing the AT who didn't experience
somewhere along the way a moment of fear, or self doubt, or inner struggle of
some sort.  That is the attraction of it really- to be able to face that doubt
and struggle and try to persevere.  Given the success ratios of attempted
thru-hikers to completion of the thru hike, it seems not an easy task to conjure
the necessary strength to overcome everything that one may encounter.  So
really, the duo who posted a journal entry about someone "practically begging"
to set up camp with them should also have their comments dismissed as just a
flaw of the moment.   Their may be a time along the trail when they too seek the
comfort of greater numbers and they too will learn that each hiker will have
their moments of strength and moments when they need a little added comfort.  I
enjoy all of the posts anyway.  YOu are all very cool people.

sandra

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