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Too much 🍷 - hungover running???

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I had 4 rather large glasses of wine last night and I feel like my brain is floating into the heavens.... Drinking lots of water to rehydrate, and I’ve had breakfast, but the question is do I go out and do my run or should I wait until tomorrow?

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sHAYM4NGraduate

Me personally if I felt that bad, I'd probably give it a miss and just go for a walk instead to try and clear the hangover! Mainly because chances are I'd have a horrible run, be sick & beat myself up about it even more.

I'm starting to class the night before as part of the run to make sure I don't eat or drink the wrong things. I bombed out of my last attempt at CT5K a couple of years ago when I had crazy bad acid reflux during a run on week 7. If I'm going to have a drink it'll probably be the night before a restday, know things dont always work out like that, but there is an extra rest day in a week to try and get things back on track.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

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naaatsh92

Thank you! I think I will leave the run until tomorrow and have a bath instead! I teach dancing this evening and I can’t escape that one, so I’ll be doing some physical activity anyway!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

As a regular evening runner I don’t have this issue... if you’re going to go today hydrate well and go late.

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FenderTelecasterGraduate

W4R1 did a great job of clearing my hangover on Sunday. I guess it depends on how bad the hangover is.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to FenderTelecaster

A hangover is basically just dehydration, it’s never great to run dehydrated.

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FenderTelecasterGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Oh I hydrated before I went out, and was fine. I think it was more clearing my head with being outside than anything.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to FenderTelecaster

Ah ok... beer does have some good stuff in, especially the live beers

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naaatsh92

Thanks for the feedback, I’m going to give it a miss tonight as I’m teaching dance, but I’m going to go first thing tomorrow morning instead with a clear head 😊

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