About 45 minutes before the point you need it most.
Boring. Yawn.
OP could have easily gotten that advice on Google. Clearly his was looking for super-secret advice....and here it is: Eat the sun twice told branch licks with 5 dollar back spacing and a twist 30 to 20 and then shoot for the spent bricks. You're welcome.
OP could have easily gotten that advice on Google. Clearly his was looking for super-secret advice....and here it is: Eat the sun twice told branch licks with 5 dollar back spacing and a twist 30 to 20 and then shoot for the spent bricks. You're welcome.
About 45 minutes before the point you need it most.
Boring. Yawn.
OP could have easily gotten that advice on Google. Clearly his was looking for super-secret advice....and here it is: Eat the sun twice told branch licks with 5 dollar back spacing and a twist 30 to 20 and then shoot for the spent bricks. You're welcome.
Caffeine is the code word used on LetsRun for advice about amphetamines, and 'beetroot juice' is the code word for EPO.
Maybe 60-90 minutes for liquid. Up to 20-30+ minutes before is usually a chew/tablet/gum version. Studies show you benefit by getting caffeine into the system. If you're fueling for longer races, it's helpful to continue to add in caffeine to keep levels elevated but 8k is still relatively short. That 30-90 minute window should work well but practice it. I don't like liquids 90ish minutes before a race.
Caffeine is the code word used on LetsRun for advice about amphetamines, and 'beetroot juice' is the code word for EPO.
And when one of the hippies on here tells you to eat oatmeal as part of a clean diet, that is code word that you should contact Dr. Brown for a PED cocktail.
Caffeine is the code word used on LetsRun for advice about amphetamines, and 'beetroot juice' is the code word for EPO.
And when one of the hippies on here tells you to eat oatmeal as part of a clean diet, that is code word that you should contact Dr. Brown for a PED cocktail.
And someone starts yet another boring thread about "heart rate", that is the code word for illegal surgical cyborg heart augmentation.
Caffeine is helpful only if you are a low-key dgaf slouch who doesn't get naturally hyped for your race.
If you do get naturally hyped, then it can backfire and blow your nerves up, and then they compensate by going into dgaf slouch mode against your will.
This isn't a judgment, most runners adopt a dgaf slouch attitude toward racing eventually. It doesn't really matter in your life like you might have thought at first.
Caffeine is helpful only if you are a low-key dgaf slouch who doesn't get naturally hyped for your race.
If you do get naturally hyped, then it can backfire and blow your nerves up, and then they compensate by going into dgaf slouch mode against your will.
This isn't a judgment, most runners adopt a dgaf slouch attitude toward racing eventually. It doesn't really matter in your life like you might have thought at first.
Never go above 2600 mg of caffeine.
that sounds dangerously high,
I would be careful about posting unusually high dosages about potentially harmful substances, esp. ones as commonly available as caffeine. This is dangerous.
I would be careful about posting unusually high dosages about potentially harmful substances, esp. ones as commonly available as caffeine. This is dangerous.
Ok fine. Ruining the joke, but you correct about safety. Caffeine can be lethal.
It was a reference to Bad Wigins' old prediction that Covid cases would never go above 2600.
I would be careful about posting unusually high dosages about potentially harmful substances, esp. ones as commonly available as caffeine. This is dangerous.
Ok fine. Ruining the joke, but you correct about safety. Caffeine can be lethal.
It was a reference to Bad Wigins' old prediction that Covid cases would never go above 2600.
ok, now i get it,
I am a caffeine freak and have a hard time seeing beyond that. But thx for the follow-up.
I would be careful about posting unusually high dosages about potentially harmful substances, esp. ones as commonly available as caffeine. This is dangerous.
Ok fine. Ruining the joke, but you correct about safety. Caffeine can be lethal.
It was a reference to Bad Wigins' old prediction that Covid cases would never go above 2600.
I never predicted that, and you're an idiot if you think the crowd is still on your side. Typical unregistered user behavior to ruin a thread with stale off-topic snark-cheese.
I usually stop drinking caffeine at least an hour to an hour and a half before a race and follow immediately with water. This helps me from being too jittery before the race.
Experiment with it before hard workouts. Obviously not the same, but it will give you a decent idea of what works for you. For me, about 30min to 1 hour (from the time I finished my cup. Usually 15g coffee beans).
Maybe 60-90 minutes for liquid. Up to 20-30+ minutes before is usually a chew/tablet/gum version. Studies show you benefit by getting caffeine into the system. If you're fueling for longer races, it's helpful to continue to add in caffeine to keep levels elevated but 8k is still relatively short. That 30-90 minute window should work well but practice it. I don't like liquids 90ish minutes before a race.
Where are you getting an hour and a half for liquid vs. 20 min for a chew??