Monthly Archives: July 2010

Tarahumara Barbecued ‘Mice’

[Pinole Chia Cookbook Cover Photo]

Post by Christine Frazier Thank you for the overwhelmingly receptive response to the announcement of the first No Meat Athlete cookbook!  Creating the recipes for Fuel Your Run the Tarahumara Way was by the far the biggest culinary project I’ve ever taken on, and it’s so exciting to finally share our work with you all….

Fuel Your Run the Tarahumara Way: 15 Pinole & Chia Recipes For the Modern Athlete

[pinole and chia cookbook image]

Big news today! After several months of doing research, coming up with recipes, and testing them out, I’m so proud to announce the release of the first downloadable cookbook from No Meat Athlete—Fuel Your Run the Tarahumara Way. The cookbook is a collection of recipes based on two ingredients—pinole and chia. They’re the foods eaten…

What Every Runner Should Know Before Becoming a Triathlete

[triathlon start image]

Welcome to the No Meat Athlete Triathlon Academy. I’m Professor Lacke. You can also call me Professor Newbie, or “Noob” for short. I’ll be guiding you through your learning experience as you transition from runner to triathlete. You’re probably thinking, “Professor Lacke, I’ve read your articles on this site. You’re a freakin’ schmuck who isn’t…

Why Running Ultramarathons Has Actually Made Me a WORSE Runner

Pro Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier and Me

Back when I had never run more than 26.2 miles, I would try to picture myself as an ultramarathoner.  And when I did, I pictured a stronger, fitter, faster athlete.  A tough, ripped, running machine. I figured that I’d run a 50-miler and develop my ability to burn fat for fuel and improve my endurance,…

GreatNonProfits 2010 Animal Welfare Campaign

[animal welfare campaign logo]

We all have our own reasons for choosing to eat a vegetarian or vegan diet.  For some, the decision is based entirely on perceived health benefits, not the least of which is improved performance in endurance sports. I think it’s pretty frickin’ cool that an animal-free diet is starting to be viewed as an advantage,…

Four High-Protein Vegetarian Alternatives to Soy

[seitan and broccoli over quinoa photo]

Ever since I wrote a guest post for Zen Habits, I’ve discovered a bunch of Zen and minimalist blogs.  While I won’t be owning only 50 things anytime soon, I have found these blogs to be rather eye-opening, and at the very least, entertaining. One such blog, Zen to Fitness, caught my eye with a…

Milk—It Does a (Baby Cow’s) Body Good

Image via flickr (Dano)

This is a guest post from Courtney Carver at bemorewithless.com. Milk and most other dairy products are considered part of a vegetarian diet, but it’s a fine line. I stopped eating all meat except for seafood in October of 2006, and dropped seafood in October of 2009. Prior to becoming a vegetarian, I only ate…

On Quitting, Failure, and Eating Solid Food

[Failure image]

I caved. And I didn’t just go down, I went down in flames. Just a few hours after I wrote about how hard, emotionally, it was to abstain from eating solid food, it all became too hard.  As I went to warm up yet another bowl of pureed green vegetable soup, my wife and sister…