Surely, just 1 Pre-Race Evening Beer...?

The Kellyboy
The Kellyboy Posts: 33
edited June 2014 in Training, fitness and health
Is just 1 (one!) beer with your meal the night before a race, sportive, etc, going to have any detrimental effects on your performance?

It's full of calories for carb loading and the effects of alcohol and subsequent dehydration are going to be tiny - surely!

(I cycle better when I'm pissed, anyway! :D )

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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,340
    no
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    who has 1 beer?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
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  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    itboffin wrote:
    who has 1 beer?

    If the glass never quite reaches empty before being topped up, that's still just one beer, right??
  • Philly8mt
    Philly8mt Posts: 552
    Surely the mental effect of having one beer i.e morale boosting .... Offsets the minute negative physical effect? :)
    Still thinking of something clever to say!
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    if you cant resist having a drink..... then there is help out there.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    I've always found 3-4 pints the night before a race helps my performance. Might try cutting down even more one day see if that works even better.
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