, Oh I read it.
with shock
not trolling, but the range of ideas has the above quoted stuff awash in so much dangerously ill considered stuff that it is shocking.
Riders of all ages and especially older riders as well as runners regularly get injured and even die from hyperthermia and over as well as under hydration.with hyponatremia.
Pushing past limits is seen as hubris, a dare. Temp, distance, race speed.
My point is one should dose water with the same seriousness as a medication, when one is beyond the range where homeopathic dosing based on folklore is present.
Balancing your citations is advice promoting a bin of "bag of pretzels" and "When I'm thirsty"
Unless longest seizure or time until body found are event metrics, weight change and intake , even fatigue and behavioral change,
might be things to look at, especially since few of the Army hot weather recs reference the 50yo+ soldiers.
Like the military systems, good process with monitoring is needed as distractions and risks increase.
Few soldiers have heart disease, diabetes, neuropathies or are on medications. yet.
I'm just hoping wisdom can accumulate faster than opinions.