Pantman wrote:
Then this year I ran 600 miles in Jan while eating a nutirtarian diet - predominately vegan but basically trying to flood the body with as many nutrients as possible from healthy plant sources. My protein intake was lower than before I upped it previously and yet I recovered noticeably better than ever before.
133 miles a week isn't something you're suppose to come out of feeling awesome.
o.O wrote:
Pantman wrote:Then this year I ran 600 miles in Jan while eating a nutirtarian diet - predominately vegan but basically trying to flood the body with as many nutrients as possible from healthy plant sources. My protein intake was lower than before I upped it previously and yet I recovered noticeably better than ever before.
133 miles a week isn't something you're suppose to come out of feeling awesome.
Indeed. Hence my delight in finding a way to recover better.
A theory tested in the real world of muscle fibres shredded daily!
And to the guy who use dots for a screen name, I'm a real person with a real email added and not a troll at all. True story. Learn to think outside the box and you may be surprised what you find. Also a die hard minimalist who still heel strikes - go figure!
Basic outline of nutritarian diet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritarian