A lot of us live our lives like penned animals. Built to move, too often we put ourselves in a cage. We have bodies designed for racing across the savannas, but we live a lifestyle designed for migrating from the bed to the breakfast table; to the car seat; to the office chair; to the restaurant booth; to the living room couch and back to ...

Do they not offer electrolytes as well as water? I know a number of smaller 10k's or half marathons have started to. I am suprised there were not more problems actually from lack of water. A lot of people simply forget how much water they actually need in order to replace sweat.