Drinking and Exercise

Good reasons to exercise and imbibe, and a fun way to do both at once...

"People who neither drink alcohol nor exercise have a 30-49 per cent higher risk of heart disease than those who either drink, exercise or both."

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2008/01/09/34145.aspx

"While some runners load up on carbohydrates before a race to boost their endurance, members of the Boston Hash League, a self-defined "drinking club with a running problem," swap that pre-race bowl of pasta for a mid-race six-pack.

"The group runs once a week and on full moon nights at various locations in and around Boston, [stopping] once or twice for a 'beer check,'" says member Keith Fine, of Quincy, Mass. He adds that at the end of the run, the entire group meets at a bar or restaurant to continue the drinking in earnest.

Since its creation in 1938, the philosophy of this band of merry runners is to "promote physical fitness," "get rid of weekend hangovers" and "acquire a thirst and satisfy it in beer," according to their Web site, Bostonhash.com.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHealth/alcohol-drinkers-exercise-abstai...