For the first time this summer we've been having some warm weather and I'm starting to feel it on my walk/runs. For the short walks of less than 1 1/2 hours...sure....I don't have to carry water with me but need to keep well hydrated before then afterwards too. But for the now ever increasing longer walks....todays of 16.5 kms in 2 hrs and 15 mins....well, I carried my bottle of water. Pretty soon I'll have to graduate up to a 'camel back' type of hydration system....that's when the walks will be over 2 1/2 hours and upwards.
I recently learned that 8 glasses a day are just the beginning of daily hyration. You should be drinking equal amounts of water to cups of coffee/tea/pop, and a glass for every 30 mins of exercise. I tried that for a week and spent a week constantly going to the 'loo'! But there are other ways of getting your hydration....lots of foods have high water content. So I don't have a bottle of water constantly at my side but I'm alot more aware of my limits of hydration...over and under.
Everywhere you read, you read about one person or another keeling over from hyponatremia due to over hydration....I can't imagine having to drink so much water that you are sloshing when walking down the road. I also have noticed, in myself, that if I'm not adequately hydrated my energy level is in my boots...so...water! It's good for you!
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