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View Poll Results: Do you drink coffee?
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09-02-2011, 02:37 AM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
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COFFEE!! Good or Bad?
Well, is caffeinated coffee good or bad while training??
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09-02-2011, 03:55 AM
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Vendor
Join Date: May 2011
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Good!
Mmmmmmm....coffee......
*cough*
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09-02-2011, 04:27 AM
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Total noob
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I would avoid it prior to a ride. Best to not rely on the caffeine, and don't let it displace your hydration intake.
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09-02-2011, 08:39 AM
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TwoJ
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Industry_Hack
I would avoid it prior to a ride. Best to not rely on the caffeine, and don't let it displace your hydration intake.
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+1.
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09-02-2011, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I love the smell of a fresh brewed pot, but It taste like ass.
So I don't drink the stuff...
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09-02-2011, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M_Wales
I love the smell of a fresh brewed pot, but It taste like ass.
So I don't drink the stuff...
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I love the taste, smell AND effects of the caffeine 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Industry_Hack
I would avoid it prior to a ride. Best to not rely on the caffeine, and don't let it displace your hydration intake.
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That makes sense. It's a diuretic if I remember correctly, which explains why I always have to pee.
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09-02-2011, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Industry_Hack
I would avoid it prior to a ride. Best to not rely on the caffeine, and don't let it displace your hydration intake.
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I love coffee, but avoid caffeine before rides.
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09-02-2011, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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I love coffee, caffeine, and even the diuretic effects, make my urinary tract feel cleaned out, kinda like prune juice lol.
I've found that as long as I drink enough water along with my morning cup, I feel way better once I get out to ride/run.
I read in one of Dean Karnazes books that something in coffee contributes to slow muscle contractions, which helps with longer distances and is also why it helps with the morning poop.
Essentially, I'm an addict, and I loooove coffee. Thanks for making a thread on coffee so I can obsess over it a little more.
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09-02-2011, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmdubs
Essentially, I'm an addict, and I loooove coffee. Thanks for making a thread on coffee so I can obsess over it a little more.
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My day started on a sour note today because I left my coffee thermos sitting at home this morning. The stuff we have here at work tastes something like what I would expect flavored toilet water to taste like.
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09-02-2011, 02:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
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How would you know that? Reminds me of the Lewis Grizzard bit about dog food and the old Jim Dandy dog food ad. The announcer guy goes "It's meatier and tastier." Well the question of all questions becomes, "How does he know that? Had his head down a sack of Jim Dandy lately? I guarantee the dog didn't tell him."
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