May 2014

[marathondan]

I agree that pre- and post-run beers should be counted in the BMR. If you run (and drink) frequently enough, every beer is either a pre- or post-run beer.

I think other forms of alcohol should be in as well. Beer is of course an excellent running fuel, full of malty goodness, but many an RC early morning run has been affected by a previous night on the vin rouge.

It should be noted that the number of calories in a pint of beer is quite similar to the number of calories consumed by running a mile. It depends on your weight and the strength of the beer, and I suspect that on average the beer slightly outweighs the run. So if you keep to a BMR of about 80% you are in fact balancing your calories. You seem to have stumbled on something quite scientifically accurate .

However of course, if you're doing 40 miles a week with a BMR of 80%, it's more your liver you need to be worried about.