- Restlessness. It does not calm me.
- Sleeplessness. It keeps me awake. If I drink coffee after ~3:00pm I cannot sleep.
- Breathing. Coffee stuffs up my nose. Not good if a runner trying to breathe!
- Addiction. Caffeine is more addictive than Nicotine. I don't like being its slave.
- Arrythmia. Coffee affects my heart by stirring up an underlying, dormant problem.
- Insanity. Coffee addicts rave about their next good cup of coffee. Not my scene, sorry.
- Ineffectiveness. Drinking coffee regularly reduces its endurance enhancing benefit.
- Delayed fatigue. It works to delay fatigue by mobilising fats in the system first, saving the more efficient glycogen for later. You might want that for a marathon if it works, but you definitely don't want that for a 5k.
- Ups and downs. Coffee upsets calmness by pushing me towards a rollercoaster experience, like manic/depressive on a small scale.
- Distraction. I don't want to waste my attention on that itch for the next cup.
- Withdrawal. If you think coffee is OK, stop for a while. Withdrawal is bad, bad, bad. So why would you think coffee is good for you?
- Strong diuretic. Why take something that compromises your fluid intake? Runners need to hydrate not dehydrate.
- The sobering up myth. Coffee does not help to make you sober after drinking alcohol.
I am glad I didn’t start drinking coffee until my late twenties. And now, I have stopped. Permanently. How about you?
Still not convinced???? Here is someone else's article. Still drinking coffee? Just stop it.
