Fridge Raider: Inside the Diet of Ultra-Marathoner Jim Walmsley

Hmmmm the article didnt mention the sauceeeeeeeeeee

I try not to make too much out of these examples. I can't remember the last time I had any meal, including breakfast, that didn't have meat.

But it is interesting that so many of the great ultra runners of all time were/are vegetarian as are the winners of the last five Ironman world championships. Can't see how it's an advantage, but apparently cannot be a disadvantage.

zzzz wrote:

Eat more Tofu wrote:

Sounds pretty unhealthy to me.

But hey, he is young and he can do whatever he wants.

In a couple of years this will backfire.

What's unhealthy about it? Sounds fine to me. Are you vegan or something?

You think donuts and ice cream is healthy? What?

Peter Zha wrote:

I try not to make too much out of these examples. I can't remember the last time I had any meal, including breakfast, that didn't have meat.

But it is interesting that so many of the great ultra runners of all time were/are vegetarian as are the winners of the last five Ironman world championships. Can't see how it's an advantage, but apparently cannot be a disadvantage.

One of the reasons why you will never be a champion.

Eat more Tofu wrote:

RSAR wrote:

I'm guessing you're younger than 40.

ZZZZ is probably in his early 20ies on the straight path to alcoholism, diabetes and obesity.

I'm 50, run 80+ miles a week on trails with a lot of climbing (385,000 ft last year, over 1,000 ft per day average over the year). I don't drink unless offered -probably not a drop in the past year. I'm not fat and look young - get mistaken for 20s or 30s all the time. Have had echocardiogram and stress echocardiogram, doctors have said I have zero chance of heart disease.

DietBacon wrote:

Eat more Tofu wrote:

Carbs and sugars and fats can be good if they come from vegetables and fruit. But most people get them from processed food. And processed food is the killer.

Processed food aren't inherently bad for you. A food being "processed" doesn't make it unhealthy.

Baking a food is processing it. Freezing something is processing it. Dried foods are processed.

Found the guy with Aspergers. Of course, that's about 50% of LR, so no surprise there

Pretty sure studies show that the vast majority of elite endurance athletes eat basically everything, but definitely don't pig out on junk foods.

There's an ultra runner that advocates "fruitarianism ," which seems wild to me. The guy basically only consumes raw fresh fruits and some veggies.

zzzz wrote:

I'm 50, run 80+ miles a week on trails with a lot of climbing (385,000 ft last year, over 1,000 ft per day average over the year). I don't drink unless offered -probably not a drop in the past year. I'm not fat and look young - get mistaken for 20s or 30s all the time. Have had echocardiogram and stress echocardiogram, doctors have said I have zero chance of heart disease.

If this is true than I am sure you eat quite different from what your comments suggest. We love to hear about your diet.

Couch Surfer wrote:

There's an ultra runner that advocates "fruitarianism ," which seems wild to me. The guy basically only consumes raw fresh fruits and some veggies.

I guess you are you talking about the Frutarian who had to go to prison.

Eat more Tofu wrote:

Couch Surfer wrote:

There's an ultra runner that advocates "fruitarianism ," which seems wild to me. The guy basically only consumes raw fresh fruits and some veggies.

I guess you are you talking about the Frutarian who had to go to prison.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-businessman-sentenced-nine-months-prison-forging-federal-court-orders-remove

Wow, wtf? That's the guy.

563 wrote:

zzzz wrote:

What's unhealthy about it? Sounds fine to me. Are you vegan or something?

You think donuts and ice cream is healthy? What?

Overall diet balance is more important than the individual foods. There is easily room for a donut a day for someone running high mileage. What's 300 calories of fat, sugar and carbs gonna do when your body is needing a high amount of energy? You can't eat 3500 calories of veggies or meat a day. As for ice cream, I thrive, feel great on dairy, and need the sugar for extra calories - ice cream fits the bill and is maybe my favorite food (along with fruits in general). Different people have widely varying gut bacteria, so what works for someone can be really different for someone else.

I gave read a lot on nutrition/diet over my 50 years, I'm not clueless. My overall food balance (which I haven't described, would be a pain to) could be better, but it's good enough.

The beer thing is the only thing that surprises me. But maybe he means 1 beer, in which case it's some empty calories but no big deal, for a guy running 25 miles most days. But if he's putting down 4-6 beers routinely that would surprise me way more than him occasionally have 1500 calories of ice cream/donuts on some long run days.

Keep on thinking whatever you want, old man! If the vaccines or GMO’s don’t get you, your cancer ridden ice cream will. My yoga teacher said it’s a FACT!

By the way, I eat a lot of tofu too.

I’d eat pizzicleta every day as well if I could. That place is the bomb! They also deliver to Mother Road so it’s even better.

Peter Zha wrote:

Notorious junk-food junkie Karl Meltzer, the speedgoat, is still winning 100s in his 50s.

What's so bad about pizza? Meat, cheese, vegs, oil, bread. Put it in a different form and it seems okay. Had pizza last night. We make it about once a week. It's been years since I've had any pizza other than homemade pizza with organic, whole-grain, locally-sourced hoity toity ingredients, but even a pizza place pizza isn't that bad.

The bad part about pizza regardless of where it's from is the saturated fat and the sodium. Once a week isn't that big of a deal for someone who generally eats healthy.

Oh yeah!

zzzz wrote:

By the way, I eat a lot of tofu too.

That's great.

zzzz wrote:

I'm 50, run 80+ miles a week ... and look young - get mistaken for 20s or 30s all the time.

Ha ha ha... no. This literally does not happen.

Have had echocardiogram and stress echocardiogram, doctors have said I have zero chance of heart disease.

Ha ha ha. Man you are just full of the jokes today. That or you are just flat out delusional. Multiple doctors have told you that you have ZERO chance of heart disease? You need to find some new doctors there, pal. Or maybe these "doctors" are just voices in your head?