This is a guest post by Doug Hay of Rock Creek Runner. It happens to everyone. No matter how good your intentions are in the beginning, sometimes training becomes a real drag. In any prolonged training cycle, what was once one of the most exciting things you ever started can feel more like that new friend […]
How do you eat vegetarian or vegan while you’re traveling? And how do you do it healthily, especially if you’re an athlete? These are almost as common as the protein question, only they’re usually asked by newish vegetarians and vegans, rather than the veg-curious. And so I set out to write a post to answer […]
On the heels of last week’s post about eating vegetarian while traveling, it seems an opportune time to publish a review of a service that makes it easy to do that very thing. During Brendan Brazier’s podcast appearance earlier this year, we talked briefly about Thrive Foods Direct, his new service that delivers healthy vegan […]
I’m not a big movie guy, but I liked Limitless. In it, Bradley Cooper’s character discovers a drug called NZT which allows him to access 100% of his brain, giving him incredible powers of focus, perception, and creativity. Under its influence, he plays life at a higher level, excelling in everything from cleaning his apartment […]
Rich Roll may not yet have the name recognition of Brendan Brazier or Scott Jurek in the plant-based endurance world, but his story sure deserves to be heard. What makes Rich’s story so inspiring, as he tells it in his new book, Finding Ultra, is that in reading it you come to realize that this […]
It’s been just about a year since I took a break from ultrarunning, and I finally feel like I’m back. In my last 50K, the first eight miles took me two hours, which at the time I thought was a crazy statistic. I mean, it was uphill, but 15 minutes per mile? I had no […]
Only a very few athletes ever dominate their sport to such an extent that they’re considered legends in their own time. Scott Jurek has done exactly that in the ultrarunning world. What’s even more inspiring is that he’s done it as a vegan. And the title of his new book, Eat & Run, should tell […]
A few days ago, I stepped outside for my run and looked down to start my watch, just like any other day. It read 24:32. Twenty-four hours, thirty-two minutes. I must have forgotten to press “stop” after my run the day before. That’s when it hit me just how long a 100-mile race is. Although […]
Finally, a mainstream restaurant chain has taken a step toward embracing the dietary choices of vegetarians and vegans. And, lucky us, it’s not just any old restaurant chain — it’s the world’s largest. After a lengthy campaign from the good folks over at Compassion Over Killing, Subway announced last week that eight of their Washington, […]
For the past five weeks, I’ve experimented with a training schedule that’s entirely new to me, with great success. It’s simple: Run every day. Start with just 20 minutes each day. Each week, increase the length of the daily run by 10 minutes. Do less when you need to, but not more. (So far I’ve […]
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