hydration

[vickster]

Secondly is to look at your underwear as dark stains mean dehydration

Ewww! Toilet paper!

 

[ufkacbln]

Ewww! Toilet paper!

If you sniff it then an ammonia smell is also an indication!

 

[ufkacbln]

Ewww! Toilet paper!

More seriously ...

Most of us men have a small problem with dripping and it is invisible unless dehydrated

 

[Crandoggler]

There's an action/movement to relieve, or at best reduce the post pee drip.

 

[ayceejay]

There's an action/movement to relieve, or at best reduce the post pee drip.

I think it invented/discovered by a religious group whose name escapes me at the moment

 

[windyrider]

Try this, it just might change some view points, the article is written for a ultra running audience, but sits well into cycling events as well.

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/07/waterlogged-a-dogma-shattering-book.html

 

[screenman]

I seem to remember reading that more people suffered from over drinking during a marathon than under drinking.

Water intoxication or something like that, I take a bottle but doubt I would touch it on something like a 20 and never carried a bottle for a 25tt for a 50 I did.

 

[Ian A]

Over hydration (diluting the levels of sodium in the blood to a dangerously low level) is known as Hyponatremia although you'll do well to achieve that on a 43 minute ride . More for the endurance efforts and even then you have to be going some with the water. I buy a cheap electrolyte powder from my protein for all day efforts but most bars/gels/drinks have electrolyte content and plenty of the food offered at organised events has salt in. An excuse to eat crisps if ever you needed one.