Meanwhile, Santos is maintaining his strenuous racing schedule.
Their activities include strenuous races and leisurely messabouts, which get their name from Ratty's remark in "The Wind in the Willows" that "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats".
So if you wish to experiment with beetroot as a performance booster, begin at least a week before a race or strenuous event.
Just how nonalcoholic beer eases the ravages of strenuous marathon training and racing is still being investigated.
If a 32-kilometer race sounds too strenuous, there's the annual Sun Valley Gourmet Ski Tour March 13.
When going for a long strenuous exercise (ultra-marathon, endurance race, etc)., in addition to planning proper hydration and eating, bring along re-hydrant powder (Gastrolite or equivalent).
Save these for after races or particularly strenuous workouts.
Voeckler, unlike his fellow fugitives on Thursday, is a strong climber and won a strenuous mountain stage in the Route du Sud race in France last month.
Mo Farah's routine in the final hours before a race usually involves nothing more strenuous than a few games of Fifa on the PlayStation but in Cardiff on Friday he joked about finding the time to perform a rain dance also.
