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- From: pleeper@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Paulette Leeper)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: Fluid replacement methods
- Message-ID: <1508@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 12:22:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.230701.5550@nrao.edu> trector@heineken.tuc.nrao.edu
- (Travis Rector) writes:
- >
- >I've found that I can't run much farther than 7-8 miles in the heat before
- >getting seriously dehydrated, so I carry a water bottle on longer runs.
- >I drink Gatorade after running, but it seriously cramps my stomach if I drink
- >it while running. Dog, the thought of drinking a Diet Pepsi after a run
- >makes me ill. How can people put that stuff in their body? After a hard
- >workout like that, your body DESERVES better. That's my personal opinion,
- >but after a race once, I drank a Coke and almost threw up from the syrupy
- >taste and carbonation. There is no nutritional value of a Diet Pepsi that
- >I'm aware of (at least a normal soda will give you a gycogen boost.)
- >
- >I'd be interested in hearing a defense of Diet Pepsi. Anyone?
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- Nah, not from me. Caffeine dehydrates the body and irritates the bladder,
- and Diet Pepsi is caffeinated. I find the dehydrating effects of Diet
- Pepsi after a run similar to drinking beer after a run.
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