RON HILLS DIET???

I believe he had a a couple of times where he had surgery and managed whatever run he could. The one after knee surgery may have been a "run" on crutches, but I'd be inclined to count it if he got out there and made any distance! A streak is much more about making the effort and getting out there every day rather than how much you do.

If you ever get the chance to read his autobiographies, do it. You get a real insight into someone who gave the sport everything he had. The man does love to run, often to the detriment to other aspects of his life.

CARBMUNCHER wrote:

Has anyone tried it?

Or any research carried out on the diet?

lots of research, lots of experimentation. as noted in earlier posts, while initially thought to be important, the depletion phase has more recently been found to be useless (at best) or harmful (at worst).

from DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 2nd ed., Copyright © 2003 (i've included the whole section; the most pertinent parts begin in paragraph 5; reference to follow):

"Achieving optimal carbohydrate nutriture is important to maintain the usual training intensity, to prevent hypoglycemia during exercise, to serve as fuel substrate for working muscles, and to assist in postexercise recovery. Carbohydrate use increases with increased exercise intensity but decreases with increased exercise duration. The higher the initial glycogen stores, the longer an athlete can exercise at a given intensity level. The goal of carbohydrate feeding is to fill carbohydrate stores in the muscles and liver. Eating increases glycogen stores, whereas exercise depletes glycogen stores. Glycogen depletion can occur in sports requiring nearly maximal bursts of effort. Athletes who do not optimally refuel may experience gradual and chronic glycogen depletion that can decrease endurance and performance. Training glycogen depletion is often accompanied by a sudden weight loss. For optimal glycogen stores to be maintained, carbohydrate needs must be estimated on the basis of the number of hours the athlete trains daily. Carbohydrate requirements are always higher for training than for competition. Athletes may consume inadequate amounts of carbohydrate because of calorie restriction, avoidance of certain foods (e.g., sugar), fad diets, sporadic or infrequent meals, and poor nutrition knowledge of good carbohydrate sources versus marginal choices. Needs can be estimated as in Table 10-2 .[9] [34]

There has been much discussion about which type of carbohydrate is better for sports, simple or complex. The distinction is not that clear, and what matters most is the total amount of carbohydrate consumed on a daily basis. Athletes can use the nutrition facts panel on a food label to quantify the amount of carbohydrate ingested. Some athletes are more comfortable ingesting carbohydrates in a liquid form, such as Gatorade Energy Drink, UltraFuel, and the like. Table 10-3 lists some of the most frequently consumed carbohydrate-containing foods.

Athletes have recently begun experimenting with manipulating the type of carbohydrate consumed at various points during exercise according to the glycemic index of the food.[7] The glycemic index indicates the actual effects of carbohydrate-rich foods and fluids on blood glucose and insulin levels. The glycemic index ranks foods by measuring the blood glucose response after ingestion of a test food that provides 50 g of carbohydrate compared with the blood glucose response to a reference food. The response reflects the rate of digestion and absorption of a carbohydrate-rich food. Foods are classified into the three categories of high, moderate, and low glycemic index as outlined in Table 10-4 .

Manipulating the meal choices on the basis of the glycemic index may enhance carbohydrate availability and improve athletic performance. Carbohydrate-rich foods of low glycemic index may help to promote sustained availability of carbohydrates when they are consumed before exercise. Carbohydrate-rich foods of moderate to high glycemic index may promote carbohydrate oxidation when they are ingested during exercise and may promote glycogen repletion when they are consumed after exercise. Athletes will need to experiment to find out which foods work well and, more important, do not cause gastrointestinal distress. Consuming dried beans or lentils before exercise may be fine for a cyclist, but it may not be desirable for a runner.

Athletes have also experimented with the concept of carbohydrate loading or muscle glycogen supercompensation, which combines tapering of exercise with a high-carbohydrate intake to top off muscle glycogen stores. The original method called for a depleting exercise protocol coupled with a low-carbohydrate diet, followed by 3 days of rest with an extremely high carbohydrate diet. This often made the athlete feel exhausted during the low-carbohydrate intake phase and heavy during the carbohydrate-loading phase. Current guidelines recommend 3 to 5 days of carbohydrate loading to attain maximal glycogen levels, and the exercise done to lower glycogen stores must be the same as the athlete's competitive event.[26] Carbohydrate loading is advantageous only for endurance athletes whose event lasts longer than 90 minutes. Carbohydrate loading before a 10K event is not helpful and may actually make the athlete feel heavier and stiff.

Carbohydrate needs for activity are divided into three distinct time periods: before, during, and after exercise. The goal of pre-exercise carbohydrate is to provide energy for the athlete who exercises heavily in excess of 1 hour. Pre-exercise carbohydrate also helps prevent the feelings of hunger, which can be distracting, especially in a competition. The pre-exercise carbohydrate also elevates blood glucose levels to provide energy for the exercising muscles. Current guidelines recommend 1.8 g of carbohydrate per pound of body weight within 3 to 4 hours before exercise and 0.5 g per pound 1 hour before exercise.[27] [28]"

the best reference from this section is probably #26:

26. Sherman WM, Costill DL, Fink WJ, Miller JM: The effect of exercise and diet manipulation on muscle glycogen and its subsequent use during performance. Int J Sports Med 2:114-118, 1981.

happy reading.

Bravo, Braavo! It's not often you're right, but you're wrong again. If you knew as much about Hill as you profess, you'd know that he stopped his twice-a-day-once-on-Sunday running after the precise total of 26.2 consecutive years, and now runs only once per day to keep an unbroken streak of daily training alive.

Who cares about facts, anyway? wrote:

Bravo, Braavo! It's not often you're right, but you're wrong again. If you knew as much about Hill as you profess, you'd know that he stopped his twice-a-day-once-on-Sunday running after the precise total of 26.2 consecutive years, and now runs only once per day to keep an unbroken streak of daily training alive.

Where did you get your info? Sorry I missed that one. Why don't you use a "registered" name anyway?