Comments | dga: Running is fun

dga

Running is fun

Oct 21, 2010 22:39

This is really a preface to a longer post involving mildly surprising disclosures like me deciding to eat mostly vegan for the last 4 months (and counting...), but for now, I'll skip to some of the fun. Below is the "workout" part (not counting another 4 miles of warmup/cooldown) from a lactate threshold workout (eg, "comfortably hard", but ( Read more... )

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bhudson October 22 2010, 03:34:54 UTC

Mostly-vegan: does that entail that top-quality raw milk cheeses are still OK?

dga October 22 2010, 13:43:10 UTC

Not so much. :-) I haven't eaten cheese in a while now. It's weird. I like cheese, but I also don't miss it.

bhudson October 22 2010, 13:49:30 UTC

Well, I look forward to the surprising disclosures post then. I'm always curious about people's food philosophies.

Way to go Dave... anonymous October 22 2010, 04:16:30 UTC

Wow, nice times dude!

-Richard C.

Interesting experiment atult October 22 2010, 19:43:26 UTC

I am curious, by better eating you mean earlier-meat vs now-vegan -OR- earlier-vegan vs now-more-watchful-nutritious-vegan?
Besides, vegan means you are abstaining from milk too?
Thanks for sharing this data. Looking up to read the other 'disclosure' you talked about.

Re: Interesting experiment dga October 22 2010, 19:53:08 UTC

earlier-meat vs. now-very-nutritious-and-mostly-vegan.
("mostly" means that I take a bite of my fiancee's fish at dinner once every few weeks when I feel like it, and I refuse to be a pain in the ass about it if someone has cooked something and it's the only option.)

Correct - no meat, no milk, no eggs.

Re: Interesting experiment atult October 24 2010, 16:17:42 UTC

Thanks for quick reply!
Would be great to see your continued improvement (and experimentation!).

Book anonymous November 1 2010, 19:16:42 UTC

Can you recommend any good books for training for a marathon? Thank you.

Re: Book dga November 10 2010, 15:03:56 UTC

Best answer depends a lot where you're starting from. I'm a huge fan of Pfitzinger's "Advanced Marathoning": http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Marathoning-2nd-Peter-Pfitzinger/dp/0736074600

but it's worth noting that its easiest training schedule has you running up to about 55 miles per week. It's aimed at someone who already has a pretty decent running background.

(Of course, I also believe that you shouldn't jump into running by training for a marathon -- you're better working your way up the distances by training for some 5ks, then 10ks, etc. Less likely to get injured, and the marathon benefits from literally having been running for years. So to me, this is a great book for anyone, it's just that maybe they should start with a shorter race training book. ;-)

Re: Book anonymous November 11 2010, 04:41:44 UTC

Thank you for the recommendation, and the advice! Its very helpful.