Runner and water: how to drink the right way?

Hi there again, my humanoid running friend! Lets get down to water business. You can ask what should we discuss here -- water is cool and clear and you drink -- what else? And you will be terribly wrong this time -- water can kill you when you drink it wrong way. Here are some tips as usual.

One of the premiere middle-distance runners of his day. Sheppard won four golds and one silver medal at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. Interestingly, after retiring from competitive running, Sheppard became a lawyer and was one of the defenders of the Lindbergh child kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann.

Some of professional runners ran with hydration packs, some had water from hydration tables at the race route here and there, there is nothing special, but over watering your body means that you can get too much and your blood will have problems with sodium and in result you can die. And you will. And you shouldn't.

Human body can normally stand one percent dehydration and after a long race it's normal to have this level been upgraded to two percent. People always have problems with their metabolism after long races -- diarrhea, weakness, nausea are usual companions of exhausted sportsmen after long and hard race. And it's absolutely normal.

You can ask then how much should you drink to stay alive and be healthy. The answer is really astonishing: you should drink right that amount of water, which can fulfill your thirst. The main problem with this water deaths covers behind novice runners participating in marathons. There is a long way to finish, it takes from six to eight hours to get to the end point and people who really run all the way are being in the risk group while others, who just want to reach the end are free of troubles.