okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wake up and smell the coffee
"I love the smell. I love the taste. It’s heaven."
That's Mark Tarnopolsky - famous Canadian orienteering racer - quoted in a New York Times article about the effects of caffiene on performance. Here's another quote, this time summing up the research:
There is so much data on this that it’s unbelievable. It’s just unequivocal that caffeine improves performance. It’s been shown in well-respected labs in multiple places around the world. Here is the entire article.