Read an article a month ago in a leading publication that stated the distance runners, marathon and ultramarathoners, tend to drink more than the general population. Endurance cyclists as well as the celebratory social nature of biking with friends can easily follow the same pattern. If you really work out hard, what’s a few extra drinks?

After learning about the negative health effects of alcohol, not talking about alcoholism which is a big duh, but the poisonous effects of regular drinking as well as performance impacts of even a glass or two of spirits, I have cut back to a couple of drinks a week from one or two per night. Now an occasional drink is seen as special, opposed to something to do around dinner.

Do feel the article is a bit sensational.