1-2 at night after a long ride okay? Would love to hear different schools of thought on this.

There is nothing on earth I like more than beer when it comes to fluids.
In the off season I consume WAY too much.
In pre season like now I try to have no alcohol as I attempt to get back to race weight. I find I DO eat worse after a few beers, and do not recover the same I do not believe.
If I must have some, I attempt to have the low calorie beer. Although not the same alcohol content(3% I believe), I still get the taste with only 67 calories.

I am pretty new to triathlons and training for an IM. Looking to finish in a respectable time. I consider my diet to be pretty good. While I have cut back on my beer consumption, not willing to give up a cold beer. Lately have had a couple weddings where there have been multiple cold beers. How much of an impact does this have on recovery? 1-2 at night after a long ride okay? Would love to hear different schools of thought on this.

Pre liked beer.... and so does every other collegiate runner.

Uhm, I am old enough to be your mom if you are in college.

We should be friends

I am thinking that would be a bad idea, however, I can probably find you some crazy divorced woman. They run rampant.

Hmmm what kind of crazy, I've dated crazy girls and I don't want to do that again... I know we are getting off topic people, but this could get interesting. Although, if you're old enough to be my mother, where are all the younger lady triathletes.?

You're 39 because you live in the south? And you're also one of the other young ladies that race IM there? :) Ok time for bed, I'll be back at this in the morning

Got to have beer. A good friend of mine who is a coach and also posts on this board has one request concerning beer for his clients....you can't drink more beers than miles that you have ran for that day or for that week..

Cons of beer:
Beer makes you fat with all the calories.

Pros of beer:
Beer also makes you drunk.

interesting read from Hammer nutrition....kind of "sciency"...but basically beer is bad :(





http://www.hammernutrition.com/...ance-library-section

Diet, weight and appearance of someone presenting years of studies doesn't mean he doesn't have credibility.

I know several ortho MDs and podiatrists who are smokers yet one of their biggest health suggestions is to quit smoking...

But here I am responding to someone who uses the handle "TriBeer" as if it is going to change your opinion. It's people like you who are attributing to the astronomical rising costs of health care because of the things you ingest. People who smoke, drink, eat incredibly unbalanced diets should not qualify for health care as it rises the costs for those who choose to live a healthier lifestyle.

That last part was getting off on a rant....but it's the truth.

What if the person who drinks pays $60,000 / yr in taxes and the clean-eating guy pays nothing? What then? Not a slag at you, but that holier-than-thou attitude pisses me off...