Subject: Can you get sore muscles from dehydration? I did a 13 mile run yesterday. It was brutally hot and I drank a **lot** of water on the run, and then felt compelled to have some watered-down Gatorade when I got home (I rarely drink Gatorade on a run, so that was unusual for me ). I also had one GU gel at the halfway point.
Today, my legs are totally shot. I've never felt quite this much muscle soreness after a (S-L-O-W ) 13 mile run (in fact, I did a 13.6 mile run two weeks ago in less time and felt fine the next day ). It feels like I ran HARD. And I didn't.
Someone at work today suggested I was probably really dehydrated or didn't get enough electrolytes after/during my run, but I wasn't sure if that could cause severe muscle soreness.
I did a 45 minute recovery run this morning and it was pretty darn miserable.
My issue is thusly: I have a 3 hour bike ride scheduled for tomorrow and right now I'm sort of dreading it. Is there something I can take today (besides Aleve? ), or do (ice? ) to make my legs recover faster? Like, would drinking more water now do any good? (And could that even be the reason for the muscle soreness? I didn't even realize that would contribute somehow ). |