M. Suzanne Terry

Ready for the close-up

This morning, I am full of allergy meds and stuffiness. Ergo, I am also water deficient, because allergy meds aren’t doing their job if they’re not drying you out a little.

This is an example of a day when I need to drink more water than usual.

As I discussed before, I operate best on about 100 ounces of water a day. Today, it’s probably going to be more like 120, although with the way my face feels, I don’t know that “operating best” is a reasonable expectation. Maybe just operating not-worst. That’s the goal for the day.

But I digress.

For this post and the next, we are going to talk about how to make sure you get enough water and what happens when you don’t. While hydration is vital to performing well (as a runner or just as a human in general), I don’t have a lot more to say about it. Your body needs water. How much water varies a little from person to person, but no one is exempt from this need.

We are in the home stretch of this series, and I hope you have enjoyed it. See you later today!

I’m spending 31 days running wild.