Quote Originally Posted by DeniseGoldberg
I read the same article in the Boston Globe this morning, and one of the things that jumped out at me was the quote "They found hyponatremia was most serious in runners who gained substantial weight -- 4½ pounds to 11 pounds -- from drinking lots of water along the route."
4.5 to 11 pounds!?! That's .5-1.5 GALLONS of water! These people obviously had a lot of time to drink!