Healthy Running
Stay healthy out on the roads and trails by reading these excellent articles from the Rundown:
- Fuel for Your Engine by Daniel Woronow, MD, September 2003
- Running while Pregnant (you bet!) by Cindy Hamilton, March 2003
- Not Just Your Average 100 Miler: My experience with Hyponatremia by Michele Burr, September 2002
- Cold Weather Safety by Jim Starr, September 2001
- Got the Fever for a Trail Run: Dealing with Lyme Disease by Steve Mann, January 2001
Other Resources
- USATF Training Library - Hydration
Simply put, runners should be sensitive to the onset of thirst as the signal to drink, rather than staying ahead of thirst. Being guided by their thirst, runners prevent dehydration while also lowering the risk of hyponatremia (low sodium), a potentially dangerous condition increasingly seen as runners have erroneously been instructed to over-hydrate.
