How Awesome is Scott Wietecha?

SMJO wrote:

Prove it. There are raw food fanatics who look terrible and junkies that look awesome.

When we see people eating clean and still winning races at 45 because they "age better" then you will prove your point.

Ok, you win. Diet has nothing to do with appearance.

Go ahead, eat at McDonalds everyday. It's going to make your skin look great and will enhance your internal organs. The french fries covered in grease will also unlock your mental clarity.

Seriously though, how old are you? If you don't think diet has anything to do with how you look, you are in for a rude awakening around the age of 30-35.

[quote]TLW wrote:

A bad diet ages you. He looks significantly older than he should in pictures.

The fact that you can say appearance has little to do with diet is absolutely unreal considering diet has everything to do with appearance.

A diet heavy on processed food, fats, grease, etc does not make you look young and vibrant. It makes you look worse.

Here's a nice pic of a typical health food fanatic of 51. You will frequently find her picture compared to Nigella Lawson. What was your point again?

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Gillian+McKeith+Nigella+Lawson&id=2507FAF0055E5960E551A17215F543883D30011A&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=2124A07D6058ACB60C8A1D8F64C204263720B217&selectedIndex=97

Why is he going for 2:13? His PR is 2:18:52 and his half marathon is 64:xx. Isn't he extremely likely to implode going for that kind of time? Why not try for like 2:16 or something more reasonable like that? I want to see him succeed, which is why it seems to make more sense for him to try to take more incremental steps.

Do you know what the beauty of this is? I don't have to Google a picture to show you how what a diet heavy on processed foods will do to you. Go outside and look around at most of the nasty looking people who ram crap down their throat. They are literally all over this country.

My point is: A terrible diet makes you look bad.

It's cool to disagree, but I think you are delusional if you think diet doesn't make a difference in how you look.

2:13? wrote:

Why is he going for 2:13? His PR is 2:18:52 and his half marathon is 64:xx. Isn't he extremely likely to implode going for that kind of time? Why not try for like 2:16 or something more reasonable like that? I want to see him succeed, which is why it seems to make more sense for him to try to take more incremental steps.

McDonalds gives you unlimited big macs if you run sub 2:14.

TLW wrote:

Seriously though, how old are you? If you don't think diet has anything to do with how you look, you are in for a rude awakening around the age of 30-35.

44 and I ran all my PB races on a mixed diet of large amounts of crap mixed with some good stuff. Thanks for playing.

SMJO wrote:

44 and I ran all my PB races on a mixed diet of large amounts of crap mixed with some good stuff. Thanks for playing.

Worried about a heart attack? Disease?

all PBs between 33 and 37 as well.

People look nasty for reasons other than diet. Usually stress and lack of exercise.

SMJO wrote:

People look nasty for reasons other than diet. Usually stress and lack of exercise.

Diet is important, as is exercise and maintaining low levels of stress.

TLW wrote:

SMJO wrote:

44 and I ran all my PB races on a mixed diet of large amounts of crap mixed with some good stuff. Thanks for playing.

Worried about a heart attack? Disease?

Why would I worry? There are far more environmental factors that I can't control that will cause disease.

There is also a huge difference between healthy fat and "modified plastic".

I don't eat the latter much.

Rick Sayre ate a perfectly healthy diet and didn't make it to 60.

Why would you worry?

Dude...maybe because eating crap increases your chances of heart disease, etc, etc, etc, etc.

I can't even go back and forth with you over this. You are set in your ideology.

I hope you don't have kids because daddy is going to be croaking out at 55 from a massive heart attack.

I have a son. I still don't see why one should be so fanatical when there are dozens of people eating right who drop dead randomly.

Ed Whitlock loves the fried fish and chips and has eaten a lot more of them than I ever will.

He's ran 2 or 3 63 minute half's. THe 2:18 was in 30mph headwinds. Endurance is his strong suit. He hasn't broken 14 in a 5K I don't believe.

Its threads like this that make me Love/Hate Letsrun. Half you guys are sitting here arguing that his diet is holding him back, making him look like crap, blah blah blah. You are the guys looking for the magic short cut to making you a better runner; the secret diet, stretch, lifting program, running gadget, drug or supplement. Well Ive got some advice for you, THERE IS NONE! The reason this guy is good is not because of his diet, it's because he is out there busting his a$$ and training consistently. You guys will never get that. I guess I shouldn't expect you to, but maybe if you took this advice and stopped judging the little things and just did the one big thing (Train F*cking Hard Consistently) you'd see for yourself.

That's the point of the story: as runners, we try to micromanage everything to the hundredth of a second and grain of brown rice. JUST LET GO.

Scott Wietecha is the Tyler Durden of distance running.

It is too bad the article focused so much on Scott's diet.

He has a blog that outlines his training (and is actually entertaining to read):

http://runwietecha.blogspot.com

I have no idea how he is able to run doubles everyday, coach himself, work a full-time job, and maintain a family life. There aren't more guys like this because there aren't many guys that can put in that amount of work.

2:13? Just watch :)

Coaching yourself doesn't really take time. We're not talking about that Karp dude.

He doesn't even look bad. Just a 30-something who is bald, which has nothing to do with diet.