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Morning! I'm proud to announce that I'm a guest-poster on The Runner's Kitchen today, one of the very first blogs I started reading when I joined the blogosphere six months ago. As a fellow beer lover, Megan always posts about the great suds she's drinking, so for my guest post I made up a fancy…
![[quinoa stuffed green peppers photo]](http://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quinoa-stuffed-green-peppers-photo-150x150.jpg "[quinoa stuffed green peppers photo]")
Whew! I just got back from my 20-miler this morning, that which was postponed due to my feeling like crap when I woke up yesterday. All better today though! I did it in 2:38:54, a 7:56 minute-per-mile pace. This is a little slower than the 7:45 I was shooting for. My temptation is to list…
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No Run Today I went to bed last night with a pretty good feeling that today's scheduled 20-miler wasn't going to happen. Pretty soon after I finished writing yesterday, I crashed. I got really cold and lost all my energy. In fact, since Erin was busy, we just ordered pizza for dinner. On a Sunday! …
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I've been drinking a new smoothie all weekend, one that I'll call "inspired by" a recipe from Thrive, since I've made some changes to the recipe. This smoothie is supposed to deliver lots of quick energy, something I can live with. And it's fun because it uses lots of tropical fruits, so at least we…
Earlier this week I posted MY list of great running songs and asked you to submit your favorite songs to run to. And did you ever! I've compiled your submissions into the Ultimate No Meat Athlete Reader Running Playlist! Everybody loves a good revamp of their workout playlist to keep it fresh, so here you'll…
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Hey everyone! It's Christine checking in for Sweet-Tooth Friday. I have the perfect recipe for your over-brimming summer garden: Lemon Poppy Zucchini Bread! This vegan treat is delightfully easy to make. My brother was just talking about how his Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats really got him started in cooking. For me, it was totally my…
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Alright guys and gals, exciting post today. On Tuesday I talked to Brendan Brazier, vegan professional Ironman triathlete and author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life. If you've read my blog at all during the past month or two, then you know how much I love this book…
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Happy hump day, ladies and gents. Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing vegan professional triathlete and Thrive author Brendan Brazier! He was very friendly and down-to-Earth, and showed no sign of irritation at having to spend 25 minutes of his rockstar Ironman life talking to some peon-schmuck blogger. So go ahead and put me…
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When Erin and I got married, we had all these wooden painted signs decorating our reception. "All because two people fell in love," for example, and a bunch of others like it. Interestingly, only one made its way back to our home, as a keepsake to remind us of the special day: Hmm. With this…
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On my run today, I went au naturale, getting all my nutrition from raw, real ingredients. I made two things from Thrive last night to bring along today—Lemon-Lime Sports Drink and this Lemon-Lime Gel. Interestingly, both of these were made from similar ingredients, just in different proportions. I know they don't look too terribly exciting…
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