On Jul 21, 2014, at 7:05 pm, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote:
> Despite my relaxed look and my experiences in France, and despite me > poopooing the 9-10 miles each way between Marylebone and home, I > underestimated the ride. I didn't drink enough while we were out, so by the > time i got home i was quite dehydrated, and drank 1.5 litres of milk, 1 litre > of chocolate milk, half a litre of gazpacho, and ate 3 oranges before I felt > right. Ahh I know dehydration a bit too well :) I've found that drinking too much too soon will cause me to just pee it all out so instead I'll fill a bottle and sip regularly for the rest of the evening, refilling as needed. When it's really bad it'll take 30 mins to an hour of this for the nausea to go away. > And my habit in France had been to do a full set of stretches morning and > evening, which I didn't do yesterday, so I was woken in the night by severe > leg cramps, which forced me to do the stretches at about 1:30 am. Yes when you're exercising every day the stretches become essential, especially at the end of each session so you did well on your trip. Stretches are best when the muscles are warmed up - I do mine as soon as I get in from my workouts. It sounds like a bit of recovery is in order so I think you might now have an excuse to sit on the couch and watch the Commonwealth Games. And I'm sure that beer probably contains plenty of electrolytes to help those cramping muscles. Maybe add some sodium from a couple of packets of crisps too :D Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
