Karen D enjoyed the coffee this morning. i'm sure it helped the awful run i had this morning :-)
Pre-run caffeine has been shown to enhance performance and endurance, so you may notice a little boost during your runs. However, if you're doing a race of 10K or longer, don't consume more than 200 mg of caffeine (about 2 cups of coffee). Some experts believe too much caffeine may increase risk of cardiac events while running.
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Karen D I tend to do this more so on a Saturday morning before my parkrun. Will have it again this Saturday :)
Jane H encouraged this.
Ptan ▀ Today, morning a cup of hot coffee at 0645H, half an hour before I commenced my run at 0715H..
Philippa S Will try this tomorrow morning :-)
There's always time for coffee before anything you do LOL
Philippa S encouraged this.
Maca P answered the question How long before?
An hour, but I am quite sensitive to it, so even 20 minutes does it for me :0) Then again i have a very small coffee, so it is quite cocentrated.
Tom W asked How long before?
Roughly how long before running should you drink coffee for it to have the best effect?
Marianne H Had a great run on tuesday after a coffee but it didn't help on thursday or friday... or if it did I can't imagine how awful the run might have been without it!
Jennifer R With start times at 7 AM for many races, and I usually have to drive an hour to get there...this is a must!
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Eran K My daily habit.. black turkish coffee, and the first 3 km run themselves..
Carole C encouraged this.
Claire Boo L I have done this religiously before any run I have gone out on recently, I ve found it actually does make a difference.
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Lena C Now that was a nice cup before yesterdays run.
Chris A Felt really good
Helen H Certainely helped this morning PB of 14.29KM running yeh !
Helen H going to try that tommorrow ...
Martin H encouraged this.
Ann L I'll take this one for sure :)
Janjan G created the guide Caffeinated Runner
A number of studies have shown significant performance increases in various endurance disciplines, includingrunning, following caffeine ingestion. In one study, elite runners improved their time in a treadmill run to exhaustion by 1.9 percent with...
Janjan G created the Take a cup of Coffee before Runs Challenge
Pre-run caffeine has been shown to enhance performance and endurance, so you may notice a little boost during your runs. However, if you're doing a race of 10K or longer, don't consume more than 200 mg of caffeine (about 2 cups of coffee). Some ex...
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