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Old 04-21-2012, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by cmorioles View Post
I weigh 220, I wouldn't want to lose over 3 pounds of water before I went out running.
I laughed

But don't you empty your bladder before you run, and ensure you haven't eaten a meal? Pretty much the same thing. I did 2 miles today, and I'll bet I lost half a percent in dehydration (sweating).

If a horse loses 1% of it's body weight to sweating/lasix, that's 4.5 kg, that's replaceable by a few buckets of water back in the barn over the few hours post-race.

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Seriously, isn't the fact that a nasal strip can do just as good a job reason enough?
That's the first time I've ever heard that as a reason

More Joyous just won the Doncaster Mile, so goodnight.
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