No Meat Athlete – Plant-Based Diet for Fitness

In my opinion, the holidays are all about two things: Spending quality time with family and friends, and indulging on good food and drink. A few weeks ago I shared tips on how to stay happy and healthy this holiday season, so this week I thought I’d shift gears and focus on the good stuff — the indulging. More specifically, the best plant-based holiday meal, drink, and treat recipes to get you — and your non-vegan family and friends — through the holidays.

In this updated post, author Doug Hay has added an eighth running workout to the original seven, expanded on many of the sample workouts and added several more, and included a “Putting It All Together” section — to help you not just read and nod along, but actually put this stuff into action and build a training plan around it.

Of course, it probably comes as no surprise that the workouts on your training plan aren’t there just to piss you off. They’re included to help you run stronger, faster, and for longer distances.

Motivated by a laundry list of health issues, of which the heart scare was only the most recent, he hasn’t only gone plant-based … he’s been so thorough about eating healthy, micronutrient-rich food that he has motivated me to do better in my own diet. And his dietary changes have been led to the reversal of nearly all of his health issues, including the atrial fibrillation that first motivated the change. No Meat Athlete – Plant-Based Diet for Fitness | Vegan Recipes & Nutrition | Vegan Fitness & Running

The Hungry Runner Girl

My run was done in two segments yesterday: Segment 1(5 miles) done on the treadmill while Andrew was out getting our tires changed.  Then when he got home I had to be somewhere so I pressed pause on my run. Segment 2 (5 miles) done later once I got back home to finish on the … Continue Reading

Missing that little dude already big time. 7.5 miles in one hour on the treadmill while Beretta stared at me… I went outside to go for my run and once I realized it was ridiculously windy, I gladly jumped on my treadmill instead.  I’ll do rain, snow etc but wind is just not my thing … Continue Reading The Hungry Runner Girl | It’s rude to count people as you pass them… out loud

 

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