It’s time to put an end to the idea that eating a vegetarian, vegan, or plant-based diet and being a strong, fit athlete are mutually exclusive. I became a much stronger runner almost immediately after switching to a vegetarian diet, and feel even better now that I’ve been vegan for several years. But you don’t […]
Look, if you’re going to be the lame guy or gal who shows up at the summer cookout with veggie burgers, you might as well be the lame guy or gal who shows up at the summer cookout with good veggie burgers. Veggie Burgers That Aren’t Just Flavored Soy When I started searching for different […]
This is it. Tomorrow I leave for Washington, D.C., where on Saturday I’ll attempt to run 50 miles at the North Face Endurance Challenge. Yesterday I went for my final training run. It was kinda hot, and I really wasn’t feeling the whole “running” thing. After what felt like a few miles, I looked down […]
Granted, there’s a reason it’s not called the North Face Endurance Fun Run. Ninety-degree heat, extreme humidity, and three mile-long passes along a cliff so rocky it required more tiptoeing than running helped to ensure that my first 50-miler, part of the North Face Endurance Challenge, lived up to the name. Let me tell you: […]
First, thank you for all the congratulations and kind words about my 50-miler! I sincerely hope you all got the message that it’s something I really believe you could do, if that’s what you decided you wanted. I’m no great runner. I absolutely hated running until I got to college, and even when I did […]
By now, we all know about compression socks, right? They look a little goofy, but damn, do they deliver when it comes to keeping your lower legs comfortable. I mean, it’s borderline miraculous. I find long runs to be far more enjoyable when I wear them, and for that reason I wore my CEP compression […]
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