Why would a runner drink sports drinks with a lot of sodium?

beth asked: I know it is because they are trying to create equilibrium with salt (they sweat and release salt and by drinking sports beverages they gain back some of the sodium that they lost), but what sorts of molecules do these ingredients supply?

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