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Water helps your body and brain work properly.
Dehydration alters a runner’s perceptions and affects their pacing.
During a 15km run, dehydrated runners felt they were hotter and working harder than hydrated ones did.
Also, the time variance between the fastest and slowest laps were twice as long for the dehydrated group.
A lack of water may affect your ability to gauge work ahead, says a certified athletic trainer and study author Rebecca Stearns.
During a long run, drink at least 200ml of water every 20 minutes
Rebecca Stearns
