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\"Coca<\/a>I gave up drinking Diet Coke years ago after watching a piece on CNN about the controversial approval of Aspartame by the FDA and how researchers found a correlation between the use of Aspartame and the rise in the number of in brain tumors in the US.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if there was any truth to it, and if you read Wikipedia<\/a> and many other sources available on line then it seems like Aspartame is safe, but it scared me enough to give it up and start drinking a much healthier beverage \u2013 water.<\/p>\n

After giving up diet sodas I found that I actually lost my taste for them. The few times I’ve tasted Diet Coke,\u00a0 Coke Zero and even my\u00a0 favorite, diet root beer \u00a0I found I just didn\u2019t like them anymore and couldn\u2019t drink more than a few sips.<\/p>\n

I bring this up now, after all these years (12-15), because I seem to be developing a secret Coke habit, Diet Coke, that is, or Coca-Cola Zero.<\/p>\n

Last spring, when the weather got hot I found myself craving Coca-Cola Zero, not on a regular basis but just after long runs when I felt totally depleted and dehydrated.<\/p>\n

It took me a while until I finally gave in and stopped at a store on my post-run walk home (I usually make sure I have half a mile walk after a long run), and bought myself a cold, small bottle of Coke (the glass retro bottle).<\/p>\n

Excuse me for sounding like a Coke commercial here, but it was amazing.\u00a0 Although I couldn\u2019t actually finish the whole bottle, what I drank rejuvenated me, satisfied me, and felt as if it was just what I needed.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it was the caffeine, the salt<\/a>, other mysterious chemicals<\/a> or all of the above but it worked and since then I have had a Diet Coke (Zero Coke) after many of my long runs.<\/p>\n

I kept this new habit of mine a secret until last night when Jessica mentioned something about Coke.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t keep it a secret because I was embarrassed or because it goes against my belief that natural unprocessed food is better for you (I mean, the gels I use to keep my blood sugar up while running are not exactly natural), but just because it didn\u2019t seem important enough to mention without making it into an issue. But since we were on the subject I decided to come clean.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Running Update: <\/strong>I ran 56.5 miles this week including a 5K test (completed in 21:26 minutes) and a 23 mile run on Friday. This week I will be running in the Tel Aviv Nike Night Run 10K race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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