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Old 06-03-2019, 09:00   #425
The Reaper
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Make sure you are not chugging plain water. If you drink too much, you will experience hypernatremia and could die. We have lost candidates in SFAS and the SFQC from this.

Use ORS, Kool-Aid, Gatorade, salt and sugar, or whatever you can find to keep your electrolyte balance within tolerances, especially when sweating profusely.

Train yourself to drink small quantities of liquids constantly while rucking and moving.

As was already stated, work on ruck and run times, especially on gravel and in sand. Most of Bragg is in the Sandhills, and some areas, especially on the roads, are like trying to walk on the soft beach sand.

Good feedback, thanks.

TR
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