Drinking behaviors of elite male runners during marathon competition

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-261

  Beis, Lukas Y ^a   Wright Whyte, Moray ^a   Fudge, Barry ^b   Noakes, Timothy ^c   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ad libitum drinking; Dehydration; Hydration; Long distance running; Sweat rate; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPETITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DUBAI; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEAT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SWEATING;

EID: 84860711371     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824a55d7     Document Type: Article

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