Originally Posted by camelopardalis

Some time ago, I was training for my first Marathon. In my first 18 mile training run, I was stopping at convenience stores along the way and bought either Gatorade or water. After around the 10th mile, I drank solely Gatorade buying into the hype that Gatorade is better.

The Gatorade stopped quenching my thirst and I found that I kept stopping at stores and buying another bottle. I just kept getting thirstier and I actually stopped perspiring. I did not feel good at all at the end of the training run after which I decided to weigh myself. Instead of losing a couple of pounds after the long run, I found that I actually gained 3 pounds.