On Monday, February 26, 2018 at 10:43:08 AM UTC-5, Simi wrote:
'rms[_3_ Wrote:
;635836']I was wondering if anyone knew of research of caffeine effects
on running -
performance. Maybe we could get a little group experiment together?-
Look at Matt Fitzgerald's book _The New Rules of Marathon & HM
Nutrition_, in the pre-race section he discusses caffeine and
acetaminaphen
& beet juice (recommending all of them), with studies listed.
rms
I can't live without coffee, and I've read a bunch of materials about
all the advantages that coffee brings to us. But I'm also curious about
the experiment that you've mentioned.
So how do you propose the way we manage this experiment? Happy to go
along with you :)
--
Simi
I was hoping a number of people would respond, but even if it is
only a few of us, I'm game. I am looking for a motivator to get
me back to a regular running routine. 8^)
So I think the test can be fairly simple: runs with and without
coffee/caffeine drinks.
I normally drink decaf coffee, but not for any serious medical
reasons.
So the trial runs with and without caffeine need to be consistent.
We will need to run the same course, with weather recorded as a factor. Preferably same or similar events leading up to each test run. Same or
similar dinner the night before. Same pre-run routine.
I am not a biologist or physiologist, so all I know is the
test runs need some repeatability. How about this:
We each pick a day that you have a routine run.
I think we need 3 variations:
1. Drink regular coffee before run.
2. Drink decaf coffee before run.
3. Drink water before run.
same volumes for consistency.
I drink it black so no sugar or cream calories to filter
out of the analysis.
And maybe to eliminate or reduce training improvements
as a factor, we repeat those three variations in different
order over time?
So a plan with one run same distance same day of
the week with the pre-run drink as
3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 3
I took each pair of drinks (6 combinations) and put them in
in an order with no drink repeated one week to the next. but
that works out to 13 weeks.
Or is a 7 week mix better?
3 1 3 2 1 2 3
This is the shortest that covers all 6 pairs of orderings,
but gives an extra week to drink 3.
So we report our results here in the group each week.
What do you think of this? We could begin soon, once we agree.
Let's commit to the shorter plan for now. The longer plan just
repeats the combinations so they are all covered twice. We could
add those later.
----->> Does anyone else want to join? <<------
Enjoy the run.
Ed.
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