Book by Scott Jurek "Eat right, run fast" is an amazing autobiography of one of the most famous ultramarathoners in the world, a record holder for 24-hour running, a multiple winner of such giant athletics races as the Badwater Ultramarathon and Western States Edurance Run, a talented writer, a man who changed the idea of running as a monotonous and exhausting activity sports
A strong motivation for those who are still hesitant to take their first serious start, and a real encyclopedia for professionals who want to break the finish line in a winning dash or improve their results in endurance competitions. For Djurek, a gifted physiologist by profession and track and field athlete by vocation, running is a way of life, an integral part of the day, a path to finding mental balance and peace. It seems that his main secret to success lies in his very attitude towards what he sincerely loves.
What actually helped the young doctor stand on the same pedestal with the most successful US track and field athletes competing at distances ranging from one hundred to two hundred miles? In his book, Scott Jurek sincerely shares his running secrets.
1. Always do what you're afraid to do
Perhaps you are just deciding to step on the treadmill or you can’t find the strength to resume training after a long break. Well, first of all, you need to start. No matter how many meters you run today, let it be a 50-meter run with your dog. All you need to do is take the first step, which will become the foundation of a future habit that forms the inner core necessary for an athlete. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, and an athlete's great victories begin with a run to the next store.
“Let it be a game. This type of activity will help you feel the incomparable joy of movement.”
2. Trying to be someone is betraying yourself.
You shouldn't chase someone else's results. Exhausting loads and rapid achievements can cause the body to enter the phase of so-called lost supercompensation, when the level of functions and resources gradually returns to its original state. In each specific case, there is an individual limit for adaptation to loads, but such jumps in the training process can lead to failure of adaptation, that is, to overtraining. It should be remembered that the loads must be increased in proportion to your own capabilities. In addition, slow jogging will strengthen the heart and lungs, improve blood circulation and increase metabolic efficiency.
3. Don't think about pain
It's no secret that ultramarathons attract the craziest runners. Scott Jurek is one of those crazy people who managed to “control” his pain without letting it force him to quit what he started. “Pain is just pain,” says the author.
Of course, the heroism of desperate athletes is admirable, but it is worth remembering that pain is primarily a wake-up call, urging the runner to pay attention to an existing injury. Listen to your body during the distance, because the desire to subjugate pain to achieve what you want can completely destroy you as a valiant athlete.
4. Eat well, run fast
Our results in sports directly depend on what foods we eat. Surprisingly, despite his enormous workload, Scott Jurek eats exclusively plant foods. Our body has enormous potential for recovery, but we are required to provide it with nutrition that eliminates the possibility of poisoning by toxins. Jurek recommends that runners consume more fresh vegetables and fruits, which are loaded with fiber and vitamins. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the individual factor: allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, etc.. Athletes quite often suffer from problems with the gastrointestinal tract, which is facilitated by the outflow of blood from the digestive organs to the muscles that work for a long time, and healthy gastronomic habits will help restore the normal functioning of the body.
5. Strive for progress
Regular jogging is very enjoyable in itself. If your competitive spirit is strong enough, you can get even more pleasure from running faster or running longer distances, from challenging yourself. Progress will become a special motivating factor. If you want to improve your running skills, you can additionally include strength exercises, SBU, and interval training. If you run 3 times a week for 40 minutes for 6-8 weeks, you are ready for the following experiment:
“...run at max for 5 minutes, then give yourself a minute to rest, then repeat. To make progress, increase the number and duration of intervals, maintaining a 5:1 speed work to rest ratio.”
6. Find time in your routine
If you want to run regularly, there must be time for it in your daily routine. Ask yourself: How much time do I spend on the Internet? What about the shops? And take time to do something positive for yourself. Combine running with household chores or use it as a way of transportation, for example, to the store.
7. Run for the joy of movement
While completing the Angeles Crest 100, one of the most difficult 100-mile climbs in the United States, the route of which ran through a mountain range with a total elevation gain of 7,000 meters, Jurek met the legendary Tarahumara Indian tribe: these guys in Hawaiian shirts and sandals on their feet ran in small steps, landing on the middle of the foot with a roll to the forefoot. Energy was not wasted on unnecessary movements, they maintained an even posture, their shoulders were straightened and relaxed. They remembered what we had long forgotten with all our gadgets, fashionable sneakers and the pursuit of seconds - about the natural purpose of running, about the joy of movement itself.
Try to go for a run at least once, forgetting about mileage and counting steps, feel the beauty and naturalness of the movement. Enjoy the process, not the result. Try to run as much as your body currently requires, and then look at your watch for fun. Are you satisfied with the result?
8. Try running barefoot
The great thing about running barefoot or running in minimalist shoes is that you are working on your body's ability to control movement in space. Information about running comes directly, with every step. But what matters is not whether you run barefoot or in sneakers, but whether you pay attention to your running technique. Barefoot running can help improve your technique, but the key is to be careful and gradual. Find an area where you can run on grass or sand for 5-10 minutes 2 times a week.
Lightweight marathon shoes can give you the feeling of running barefoot, reducing the likelihood of injury. Scott Jurek has been running Brooks Marathon Shoes for 12 years.
9. Learn to breathe fire
One of the most important skills for ultramarathon running is belly breathing. This can be learned by making sure that you breathe through your nose. Lie on your back with a book on your stomach. Inhale and exhale through your nose, letting your stomach fall and rise with each inhalation and exhalation. This way, you will be able to breathe from your diaphragm rather than from your chest.
On more challenging runs, inhale through your nose and exhale forcefully through your mouth. In yoga this is called “breath of fire.” Breathing through the nose cleanses and moisturizes the air, and another advantage is that you can breathe and eat on the go at the same time.
10. Think positively
Even for a trained athlete, running for many hours is a real test of will and patience. It’s good if the race takes place along a picturesque route, but what if the athlete has to test himself at a 24-hour running competition, where he will have to complete identical laps around the stadium? The author of the book also encountered this problem, leaving the race after 17 hours. The best way bring back the fighting spirit - run freely, forget that running is a punishment, an overcoming.
“In an ultramarathon you are left alone with your thoughts. And, if you are talking to yourself, tell yourself a story with a continuation. There is no room for negativity here. People quit the race not because their body can’t handle it.”
11. Enjoy the process
Cluttered thoughts are the runner's enemy, and intrusive thought about a finish line or a certain time threshold can be disastrous. It is necessary to remember that there will definitely be a finish line, and at the same time forget about the existence of this cherished trait. Enjoy being in the present: if it’s hard for you, it’s okay! Listen to this feeling, and after resting after the race, remember what you managed to overcome and be proud of yourself.
12. Divide the distance into segments
Another way to brighten up the monotony of what is happening is to play a kind of game with yourself, set yourself an achievable goal and overcome it:“This is how I coped with this task: I mentally divided the distance into small segments that could be covered in its entirety. The marker could be the next food item or shelter from the sun, or even the next step.”
Scott Jurek set the US record for daily running, showing a result of 266.7 km in 24 hours.
13. Visit places you’ve never been before
Probably, many athletes caught themselves thinking that by buying a slot for a race in another city or country, they received a kind of incentive to get out of the routine and go towards adventure. Sound familiar? If you haven’t had the chance to go to another city to run at least 10 kilometers along unfamiliar streets, then this is a real reason to take yourself on an excursion with health benefits. Perhaps you will like it, and in a year you will run through the most picturesque corners of our country, or go along the historical route from Athens to the city of Marathon. Thanks to running, Scott Jurek had traveled halfway around the world by the time he was thirty.
14. Experience the joy of communication
Long-distance running is primarily a test of loneliness. Sometimes it saves you from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, but daily long runs can bring on a feeling of melancholy and even depression. The most exciting moments in our lives come from meeting people. Try running with a friend or running club at least occasionally. Running can connect you with amazing people.
15. Look at running from a different angle
Try to do something for running itself, something related to it. For example, volunteer at a finish line or support station, or go out cleaning a running trail. Offer to help build the starting town, and you will learn how difficult it is to organize a race, what happens behind the scenes. It's an invaluable experience and a great way to get involved in the running community and give back to the sport you love.
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Nothing could stop Scott Jurek during his 3,523 kilometer run. Nothing but a root sticking out of the ground.
It was day 38 of his attempt to break a trail record in the legendary Appalachian mountain range that stretches along America's east coast.
After a series of injuries and perhaps the wettest June in Vermont history, Jurek made it to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. In a semi-conscious state, having slept only two hours, he slowly made his way through the forest when this root appeared in his path.
“I knew this would happen, but I didn’t know what to do in this situation,” Djurek recalls in his memoir, “North: How I Found My Way While Trail Running the Appalachians.”
“What should I do: run around this root or step over it? I just couldn't remember. I couldn't remember how to lift my legs. I forgot how a sane person should move.”
Victories on the toughest 100-kilometer ultra-trails and main role Christopher McDougal's bestselling book Born to Run made Jurek a real long-distance running star. But the Appalachian trail took him to depths he had never been before.
“Imagine running 100 marathons in a row. Along the most difficult and oldest mountains in the world. This will be the Appalachian Trail." Over the five weeks of the race, the already lean Djurek turned into a running skeleton. His eyes were sunken, the high levels of ammonia in his sweat made him smell like apple cider vinegar, and his mind began to fail.
One night, for a long time he could not understand where the house with the glowing window came from on the top of the hill, until his friend explained that it was the moon.
“I wanted to find again what I thought I had lost. To see if I had the strength that seemed to be lost. Revive the extinguished fire" Djurek belongs to a literary tradition in which writers first subject themselves to inhuman tests and then write about their journey to the abyss and back. From Sir Edmund Hillary's story of climbing Mount Everest to long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, the world's strongest people reveal how and why they accomplish what seems unthinkable to most of us.
By reading such books, we hope to learn to what limits we can push our bodies. But what if these top athletes are actually the worst guides on this issue, and that's why their books are so interesting to read?
Jurek believes that when we reach the point, we are purified and transformed.
“Our soul is consoled by contemplating beauty, but it is tempered only in agony”
It is clear why he bets on the soul - after all, what happens to our bodies during this agony is far from so beautiful. The pages of Jurek's books are filled with stories of his emaciated and mutilated comrades.
In the Appalachian Mountains, Jurek was accompanied by Aron Ralston, famous for once amputating his own arm to escape the rubble. Jurek's friend, Dean Potter, a legendary rock climber and BASE jumper, died during his jump a few days before Jurek started his trail.
“I've known ultramarathoners who finished with almost complete kidney failure or no bowel control,” says Jurek. He recalls a runner who suffered from severe headaches during a 160-kilometer race and died of a brain aneurysm after finishing.
“Just a week on the Appalachian Trail and I'm in a world of pain with injuries on both legs.” Jurek is a true master at pushing himself to the edge. But how he gets there and why, by and large, remains a mystery. Perhaps this is the key to success - not asking yourself “how” and “why”.
Although Jurek is very active in experimenting with various unconventional methods of improving productivity - veganism, Abraham Maslow's theory of self-actualization, the Samurai Code - he has spent much of his career deliberately ignoring the question: why am I doing this. For athletes of his level, endurance pays off: just keep going.
Science confirms that such unwavering forward movement can be even more important than the physiological data of the athlete. Of course, endurance is not just something we have in our heads.
But as journalist Alex Hutchinson explains in Endurance: Mind, Body and the Surprising Elasticity of Human Performance, it is the brain that assesses stress and dictates when to stop. “The physiology and psychology of endurance are inextricably linked,” says Hutchinson.
“The Appalachian Trail was something completely new for me. A multi-day race of such difficulty and an almost unexplored route. On the first day I felt the same as when I started running as a child." In the 20th century, it was believed that a person has a certain reserve of vital forces, the limits of which can be calculated mathematically.
“Then a person can be compared to a car in which someone has put a brick on the gas pedal and it rushes forward until it runs out of gas or until the radiator burns out,” explains Hutchinson.
But thanks to recent research into the influence of the mind on the body, more complex analogies have emerged. Think about your races, for example. On some you fly as if on wings; and on others you can barely crawl, as if you’ve never run before. Physiologists believe that our efforts are limited only by how our brain interprets the body's signals in at the moment. Change your mentality and your sense of boundaries will change too.
Hutchinson names many methods that can help change mentality. From traditional - positive thinking, visualization, good diet - to the extreme - transcranial brain stimulation or the use of very strong opioids.
“Each time I would burst into the van like a tornado, leaving behind dirt and a mess that Jenny [editor’s note – Scott’s wife] had to clean up.” And yet, the best mantra is still good old self-confidence. Of course, no untrained runner can run a 4-minute mile on confidence alone. But research shows that athletes can actually achieve amazing results if they have a strong belief in their abilities.
“Training is the cake, believing in yourself is the icing on the cake,” Hutchinson reflects, “And sometimes that little cherry makes all the difference.”
If we put aside all the tricks with electrodes in the skull, what can make a person believe in himself so unconditionally? Perhaps the answer is very simple. All you have to do is avoid introspection. Hutchinson, for example, thinks a lot about his productivity, but his achievements cannot be compared with the successes of Jurek. Jurek, on the other hand, never thought to delve into himself - until the Appalachian trail.
This race was different from the previous ones - Djurek lost faith in victory. He was going through something of a running midlife crisis. In May 2015, Djurek turned 41 years old. He should have stopped competing at 40, but he was haunted by the weak (in his opinion) results of the last races.
His wife Jenny suffered a second miscarriage. Jurek was saddled with tons of medical bills and mortgage payments. And in this state, he decided that 84 marathons in a row on “the most difficult and oldest mountains on the planet” would be his salvation.
“Having studied and practiced the art of running for 20 years, I felt that part of the drive that allowed me to push myself to the limit in races was gone. I wanted to revive it" And he didn’t just run - he started soul-searching along the way. Just seven days after starting the rocky, slippery trail, Jurek was lost in doubt.
With a torn quadriceps and an inflamed kneecap, he fell victim to the demon he had managed to elude for so long: “What am I doing here?” - he asked himself, limping under the canopy of oak branches. But it would be better if he just continued to repeat his eternal mantra: “I do what I do, and it helps me to be myself.”
All the while, Jurek was trying to beat the record of Jennifer Far Davis, who ran the Appalachian trail in 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes in 2011—an average of 75 kilometers per day.
“Endurance is not one of the human traits, it’s ours.” main feature“,” writes Davis, “We exist as long as we continue to fight.”
With all the obsession of an athlete, Davis dreamed of showing herself what she could do, but being a woman, she was able to easily let go of this obsession once the trail was completed.
“After the birth of my daughter, I knew that I could no longer pursue my goal with the same tenacity,” Davis writes. “Motherhood has not taken away my physical strength, but emotionally I can no longer devote all my strength and thoughts to a 46-day trail.” .
For Jurek, extreme endurance has always been more of a calling than a choice, and Davis agrees: Running feats can no longer define her when something else does.
Davis still admires endurance, and when she interviews aging trail running champions, she envyes their ongoing obsession.
This post was inspired by reading the incredible book “Eat and Run. My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness” by Scott Jurek and Steve Friedman.
Reference
Author: Scott Jurek, Steven Friedman
Full title: "Eat right, run fast. Rules for the life of an ultramarathoner"
Original language: English
Genre: autobiography, sports literature
Year of publication: 2012
Number of pages (A4): 160
Summary of Eat Healthy, Run Fast by Scott Jurek
Ultramarathons are among the most brutal tests of the human body's strength. The main factors for success in such a long run are not strength, endurance or natural ability; it is will, self-confidence and the ability to force yourself to move on when every cell of the body screams: no!
The author talks about his life through the prism of running. Even in his difficult childhood, his stern father and big multiple sclerosis His mother instilled in him those qualities that would be useful to him in order to win many different races. Since childhood, the author was forced to work a lot around the house, help his younger brother and sister, mother, and father. Being an ordinary child, he began to run away from time to time to take a break from household chores and throw off the burden of problems and worries.
Little by little, Scott began to run professionally. His results increased and he soon became one of the fastest runners in his state. Although he did not win short races, he achieved a lot in the super long races, winning many of them.
The coach had only three commandments. Stay fit. Work. And do it for fun.
The author lives, runs, studies. The distances are becoming longer, the approach to running is becoming more professional and correct. Gradually, Scott becomes a vegetarian, and then a vegan (he also tried a raw food diet, but gave it up). The author achieved all his greatest achievements while being a vegan.
Whatever measurable goal you set for yourself, it may turn out to be either unattainable or meaningless. The reward for running, or for anything in general, is within ourselves. In my quest for sporting rewards, this lesson has been learned over and over again. When something external acts as a motivating factor, we forget that joy and spiritual harmony are brought not by the reward for the work done, but by the work itself, the achievement of the reward. As the cliché slogan goes, “life is a journey, not a destination.”
Gradually Scott becomes famous, his career develops, because he has won almost everything he can. At this time his wife leaves him, his wife stops communicating with him. best friend Dusty, his mom dies, he stops winning. He is looking for the meaning of life and trying to understand what running has given him. His life is slowly starting to get better, he understands that running is his life. He starts running again, starts new family, starts communicating with Dusty again and wins again.
Did I pay enough attention to my body, did I eat consciously, healthy food? Did I train correctly? Have I done my best to reach my limits? These questions help my career, and they can help anyone who is looking for answers to some of their questions. For example, you want to get a promotion at work, get the attention of a girl, or meet “that” man, or run 5 km with a personal record. But it is not the goal that is decisive, but how you achieve it.
Ultramarathons teach this with merciless directness.
Meaning
Not all pain is worthy of attention.
You have to run until everything falls off, and after that you also have to run, and then some more. This is the main motto of the book. For pampered city dwellers, this sounds completely revolutionary, but it's... true. Reading this book, you understand how little you strain yourself, and what a huge potential and margin of safety is not used. You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself, whining and do your job (whatever it may be).
Pain is when it just hurts.
Traumas are our best teachers.
To progress, the author advises doing strength exercises, developing flexibility, working on your running technique and... running faster. Interval training can quickly increase your speed if, for example, you run at a 5:1 ratio (5 minutes speed work, 1 minute rest).
And the most difficult thing is that in an ultramarathon you are left alone with your thoughts.
Conclusion
I'm sure many people run ultramarathons for the same reason others take drugs that affect their minds and moods.
Absolutely crazy book. I couldn't tear myself away. The author described so vividly and clearly what happens to him while running that I myself began to run more and further than I ran before. And, what’s most interesting, get some incredible pleasure from it. I recommend reading it even if you don't run!
Scott Gordon Jurek is an American ultramarathon runner, author, and speaker. Throughout his career he has been one of the most prominent ultramarathon runners in the world; won a whole series prestigious awards international class and set a series of records.
Jurek grew up in Proctor, Minnesota; a certain amount of Polish blood flowed in his veins. As a child, Scott spent a lot of time hunting, fishing and hiking; Such active unity with nature played a big role in the development of Djurek. Scott became interested in cross-country running as a child, but he didn’t start running really long distances until he was in school. Initially, the process of running irritated him, but over time, Dzhurek fell in love with this activity. In 1994, Scott ran the entire distance of the Minnesota Voyageur 50 Mile race - and on the first try he was second in the ultramarathon, even though he had not completed the usual marathon distances at that time. It is known that Scott was inspired to start his first race by his friend and training buddy Dusty Olson; Subsequently, Olson became Jurek's partner more than once.
After graduating from high school, Djurek went to college in Duluth, Minnesota; in 1996 he received a bachelor's degree in public health, in 1998 he received a master's degree in physical therapy.
In 1994 and 1995, Djurek was second at the Minnesota Voyageur 50 Mile, but over the next 3 years he managed to become the best in the race. After graduating from college, Scott moved to Seattle and began competing at the national level. In 1998, he won the Zane Gray Highline Trail 50 Mile Run and the McKenzie River Trail Run 50K and placed 2nd at his first 100-mile race, the Angeles Crest.
In 1999, Jurek made his debut at the prestigious 100-mile race "Western States Endurance Run" - and won the first time, beating 5-time race champion Tim Twietmeyer. Scott became the second person from outside California to ever win the event. In 2004, Djurek further improved his result - he managed to break the record set back in 1997 by Mike Morton and cover the route in 15 hours 36 minutes.
Over the next 5 years, Djurek significantly added to the list of his victories; he was able to record first places in the McDonald Forest 50K, Bull Run Run 50 Mile, Leona Divide 50 Mile, Diez Vista 50K, Silvertip 50K and Miwok 100K. In 2004, Scott achieved the Ultra Running Grand Slam, competing in 4 major competitions at once - Western States, Leadville 100, Vermont 100 and Wasatch Front 100. In 2001 and 2002, Scott performed in Hong Kong as part of "Team Montrail"; he then managed to win the team prizes for the 2002 Oxfam Trailwalker 100K, both of which set new course records. In 2001, Jurek performed with Nate McDowell, Dave Terry and Ian Torrence; in 2002, Karl Meltzer, Brandon Sybrowsky and the same McDowell took part in the race with him. In 2003, Scott Jurek and his team won the Japanese Hasegawa Cup Mountain Endurance Run.
In 2005, just a few weeks after his brilliant performance and victory at the next Western States, Jurek set a new record at the Badwater ultramarathon. The route Scott conquered is traditionally considered one of the most difficult in the world; During the race, Djurek had an even more difficult time than usual - he went out to compete in 49-degree heat. Jurek was partially saved from the heat by the ability to periodically immerse himself in a cooler with ice, but the conditions he still faced were inhumanly difficult.
In 2006, Djurek repeated his victory at "Badwater"; in the same year, the athlete chalked up victory in the "Spartathlon" - a 153-mile race from Athens to Sparta. This victory was the first of three - Scott confidently led in this event over the next two years. Djurek not only had the chance to win 3 victories in a row - he became the only native North America who has ever won this race.
Best of the day
In 2006, Jurek traveled to Mexico, where he took part in a race with representatives of the local Tarahumara Indian people. This year Scott had to be content with second place - the best of the Tarahumara surpassed him; in 2007, however, Scott returned to win back - and coped with this task brilliantly, winning a landslide victory.
In May 2015, Scott Jurek attempted to break the Appalachian Trail speed record of 2,168 miles, which to date had been completed in a maximum of 46 days, 11 hours and 2 minutes. On July 13, 2015, Djurek completed his journey, improving the record by 3 hours. A formal celebration began at the finish line - which later became the cause of certain troubles. Local forest rangers accused Scott of a number of offenses - gathering too large a group, drinking illegal alcohol in the park and spilling champagne on the ground (which, technically, could be considered illegal pollution). Djurek managed to waive two charges, but he still had to pay a $500 fine for drinking alcohol.
Scott Jurek is known as a vegetarian; Scott adheres to a plant-based diet for both sporting and ethical-environmental reasons. Scott claims that it was plant-based foods that helped him achieve such impressive success. In 1997, Djurek gave up meat, in 1999 he became a vegan; What prompted him to do this was the belief that family chronic diseases are caused precisely by poor nutrition. Subsequently, diet became one of the themes of his memoir, Eat & Run, co-written with Steve Friedman and published on June 5, 2012. The book became a bestseller and was translated into 20 languages.
Scott Yurek is a vegan and one of the most famous ultramarathoners in the world. US record holder for the 267 kilometer race, completing the distance in 24 hours. Twice winner of the Badwater race - 246 km across Death Valley, seven-time champion of the Western States Endurance Run - 161 km. He does all this without consuming animal products. In his book Eat and Run, he shares stories from his life, his first steps in his career, talks about how he fell in love with running and came to give up meat. Until the book is translated into Russian, we suggest you familiarize yourself with 10 quotes from it - about the transition to veganism, motivation, movement and joy.
When I was a child, I ran into the forest or ran around the house because it was fun. When I was a teenager I ran to stay in shape. Later I started running in search of harmony.
Research has shown that people who sit for at least 6 hours a day die earlier in 17% of cases than those who sit for 3 hours. For women, the risk of faster death increases to 34%. Our body is not adapted to sitting for long periods of time every day. Imbalance and improper functioning of muscles and organs also come when you do small monotonous movements all day long - typing, monotonously moving or scanning things, wrapping burgers.
The only place where the young me felt happy was the forest. There I could run, walk, do whatever I wanted. The trees didn't care how hard I worked in training, how fast I ran. Heaven did not give me bad news from work or about my mother’s deteriorating health. When you run on the earth and with the earth, you can run forever.
About the transition to vegetarianism
I once read that a vegetable diet super rich in fiber. This helps food not to linger in the intestines with decay products, reducing the risk of the impact of toxins on the body to zero. And I made up my mind. I didn’t eat granola and salads because I wanted to “make the world a better place” (that came later) or because I suddenly started loving all cows. I noticed that the more I ate this “hippie food”, the better I felt - and the better results I achieved.
Main– treat everything more simply. Simplicity and unity with the earth are what truly makes us happy and free. As a bonus, this approach to the training process will make you a better runner.
As a physiotherapist, I have often observed the following picture: many people, and especially track and field athletes, pay attention to the health and physical shape of their body, but few people think about diet. The healthier I ate, the faster and fitter I became. The human body has an amazing ability to take care of itself and restore strength at an incredible speed; for this we just need to regularly replenish, feed it and not feed it with toxins. I realized that there is a direct connection between how I run and what I eat. Moreover, there is a direct connection between what you eat and how you live.
Many people think that ultramarathons wear you out. and mutilate the body. But my knees are fine, my body is not crippled. That's why I'm sure diet plays a huge role. This is a story about longevity in sports.
About the transition to veganism
The hardest thing for me about switching to a vegan diet It turned out not to find a replacement for animal protein, but to find highly nutritious and high-calorie foods. One that would allow me to restore the strength and expended energy that I burn while running. This is the main advice for vegan beginners: immediately think about what superfoods and what quality products you are going to eat instead of high-calorie meat and milk, and what you will replace with. And make sure you get enough nutritional value.
The better I ate, the better I felt. The better I felt, the more and better I ate. Since I became vegan, my body fat percentage has dropped very quickly. Not only did I learn to eat more variety, but I also began to truly enjoy food and try new foods and combinations. My diet included a lot of whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables at one time. With the new diet, my appearance also changed - my cheekbones became more expressive, and my facial features became chiseled. I learned about muscles that I had never thought existed before. Losing excess weight, and then keeping the body in good shape - I thank my diet for these processes and skills.
