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Turns Out Red Bull and Vodka Doesn’t Give You Wings
When I did a 75-mile charity bike ride through the Florida Keys during a driving (cold!) rainstorm a few years back, the periodic sight of tents set up by event sponsor Red Bull always served as beacons of hope. A can of Red Bull, it turns out, was about the best thing to drink for restoring my energy and getting a bit of a kick to re-propel me on my journey.
One thing we did not do–at least during the race–was mix the Red Bull with vodka. Because, you know, that doesn’t exactly improve performance on the bike.
I could have guessed that the same general rule applies to track & field events, too. Thankfully, though, a Russian high jumper has kindly demonstrated the effect for posterity at a Swiss track meet.
Nicely done, Ivan Ukhov. More here. Maybe he was trying to kick it old school with a scissors approach?
Other Things Red Bull Gives You
The life and times of retired British soccer legend Paul Gascoigne have basically taken a track akin to that of crotch-flashing legend Britney Spears — right down to the British accent and the whole involuntary commitment for mental issues angle.
Right before Gascoigne went “to hospital” — as the definite-article-hating Brits say — he was on the sort of bender only the deadest of rock stars might identify with: he was in rehab to try to dent his habit of drinking 50 cans of Red Bull a day.
…Gascoigne said he spent £16,000 trying to cure his addiction to RED BULL.
[He...] was downing 50 cans of the energy drink every DAY.
So he checked into a £4,000-a-week rehab clinic in America for a month.
The ex-England ace confessed to the bizarre addiction during late-night chats with a hotel worker at the Marriott in Gateshead.
The Sun has more. A mere 8 cans of Red Bull just last week sent another Brit to hospital, reports the BBC.
For those truly unconstrained by, say, work, Gateshead Marriott site here.
