For those experiencing light-sensitivity, dry mouth, and a hard time remembering where you parked your car last evening: enjoy yet another installment in my series on nursing yourself back into health. Prost!
Sad. Links to your site are no longer working. I was about to reference a quote of yours.
Indeed, the evaporation of triplesequitur is bittersweet. I still may have the option to bring it back at some point, but the real underlying takeaway is that it (as I crafted it) is ultimately not where my heart and will reside. In light of that, my path became clear, which is always a thing worthy of celebration. As a matter of fact, I'm recording as I write. Here's to following bliss! Looking forward to checking out your new track a bit later today, speaking of.
I agree with thenewgreen that the run works to boost almost any state. Of course, as it dehydrates, it might make the post-run party better (faster alcohol absorption) and the recovery worse (same reason). But that's just one more cause to hydrate aggressively. Or simply cleverly, using tricks of science such as "electrolytes." Before distance running, I had no personal sensory experience to verify their magic, but now, I am quite the passionate advocate. My favorites are the naturally occurring ones, such as watermelon juice and coconut water, although I understand their ratios of sodium to other minerals may not be perfectly ideal. I take it you had something of a hangover, just not much? Now that I'm re-reading, I'm figuring out you meant to preempt the hangover's blooming into something much worse, not as a pre-festivity measure. And yes, provided adequate hydration/nutrition go along with it, I think the run is an excellent way to nip an accelerating hangover in the bud. Looks like a fun route. I think I see some park space on the west end of it, though I don't know how much of your course actually boasted tree-shade. I'm really reliant on that in this weather, which can pose a challenge. Cities (the American ones I've been to, that is) are just not arranged for the health and comfort of long distance pedestrians/runners. I wonder which city is the runner's paradise? Perhaps it's just the place closest to the longest system of trails. Any nominees?
Good question. You lived in DC and in Chicago, how were they? I recently went on a great run in DC at a place called "Rock Creek". In DC you also see people running at the Mall amongst all of the monuments. I'm not sure that I would enjoy that so much, but perhaps. I also think that DC has a good climate for running. It's important to have cold weather, but not too cold. Michigan gets too cold, I would say that Chicago does too, plus it's so windy. I like Raleigh Durham. Though they are not huge cities, they have plenty of trails and they tend to be very wooded and shady. It's extremely hot this time of year, but the rest of the year more than makes up for it.I wonder which city is the runner's paradise? Perhaps it's just the place closest to the longest system of trails. Any nominees?
I have little doubt that a 4 mile run is good medicine for whatever ails you, at any time, preemptive or not. By the way, your pace is a very respectable one, it is almost exactly the pace I tend to run at. Nice work wasoxygen! See ya on the trails!
I am going to see cW tonight and the chances run high that I will have a slight hangover tomorrow. I'm also staying at a hotel with a pool. I plan on going for a swim in the morning and seeing how that treats me. I've never been one for lifting weights, I really ought to change that. I know that b_b swears by it. It's one of those things that nobody ever showed me how to do and I'm under the impression that you can seriously hurt yourself if you do it incorrectly. Off to taste some whiskey's!
To lift weights well, start light and do it right. It's all about form. Adding weight is secondary. Mind you, people that lift seriously have all kinds of ways of maximizing gains and strategies on cutting, etc. If you just want to be strong and look pretty good, form and mixing up some good routines are pretty much all there is to it. Enjoy your whiskeys.
I never made it to the pool the next day, but I did employ several of the hangover steps cW recommends. I will often wake up feeling like poop and think, "why did I do that?" But I had a great time the other night and have no regrets. Perhaps it could have ended an hour or so earlier, but the momentum of fun is a tough thing to quell.Enjoy your whiskeys.
I did. Too much.
Wow, so this is a pretty hard sell, and I actually enjoy running. I'm a weirdo though and running is all about timing. I cannot run too early in the morning because I have to have had a good "movement" first and I don't enjoy running after I've eaten anything remotely heavy. Part of the hangover cure for me is often eating something greasy to "coat my stomach" and cure the nausea. This tends to be something that will not lend itself to me feeling like "running" after I eat it. Also, thanks for the podcast shout-out.A good hard swim may be its equal, although in my experience, the benefits are achieved more slowly, as it is typically a less intense exercise. It may just be too easy to move in water. Then again, maybe that’s what your predisposition wants today.
I'm not a swimmer, but I would guess that this may be the ideal exercise when hung over, especially if the water is cold enough to shock your senses in to believing that you are indeed in the right physical state for exercise.