Headaches? Tired all the time? You may need to drink more water - Daily Mail
You may need to drink more water Sophie Ruffles, 33, didn't drink water while running a half marathon and suffered from fainting episodes Dehydration is a growing problem in Britain with emergency hospital admissions rising by 57 per cent over the... Sophie Ruffles was running her third half marathon when she decided to take a gamble and not drink during the race. ‘I’d queued for the loos during previous runs and it was a pain, so I thought I’d skip the water stops. Sophie, a 33-year-old solicitor from Bristol, had water an hour before the race, but didn’t drink again during it. ‘But it was hotter than I’d expected and I started to sweat a lot more than usual,’ she says. After 20 minutes, her legs were like jelly but she made it over the finishing line, only to faint again. She was taken to the paramedics’ tent, where she was told she was severely dehydrated. I hadn’t realised how serious the consequences could be. It shook me up as I run alone and I worried about fainting and falling in front of a car. Dehydration is. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
