Really Salty Energy Drinks?

[OakLeaf]

I can't help but wonder if you aren't overhydrating. That will also dilute your blood to the point where your electrolyte levels can drop too low. 2 x 20 oz is a LOT to drink on a 20 mile ride when its only in the 70s. I would barely drink that much on a 40 mile ride if it were that cool out.

I'll easily sweat out a liter an hour when it's in the 70s, especially depending on the humidity. I'm also of the school that says that if you're not peeing, you're not drinking enough. I'm very susceptible to hyponatremia, but not replacing fluids isn't the solution to that - replacing electrolytes is!

But if anyone wonders about that, the old stand-by of weighing yourself naked before and after exertion is an easy way to tell whether you've replaced all your fluids or whether you've possibly drank too much. ("A pint's a pound the world around," or less lyrically one kilogram equals one liter.) Of course that doesn't say whether you were properly hydrated to begin with, but it's a starting point.