Fitness and sweat

[ny biker]

I've heard the maxim many times that if you don't have to pee every hour, you're dehydrated. But I don't know whether that's an urban legend or really has scientific support. It makes sense that if you're not peeing, your kidneys aren't detoxifying your body the way they're supposed to.

I don't worry about frequency so much as color, although I think they tend to go together. As long as it's pale, I figure I'm okay.

[Biciclista]

I drink enough to have me stopping more often than I like to, but that does not keep me from getting dehydrated. It takes 2 days for me to get back to where I am supposed to be after a good long (or hard) ride.

[Jolt]

I don't worry about frequency so much as color, although I think they tend to go together. As long as it's pale, I figure I'm okay.

Same here...the rule we always seemed to go by on AMC hikes was "clear and copious"; or another way I've heard it said is "happy mountaineers pee clear".

[marni]

pee color clear to pale lemonade color unless you have taken a lot of vitamins orminerals in the last 3 hours or so, then they can affect the color.