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It doesn't matter whether or not you give a damn about bodybuilding. As a vegetarian or vegan, you should be proud to call Robert Cheeke one of your own. Robert is one of the most passionate people you'll ever come across. Besides running his vegan bodybuilding website, Robert tirelessly tours the country speaking about veganism…
Call it burnout. Blame the heat in July. Or chalk it up to trying to do too many things with too little time. None of that changes the fact that the Vermont 50-miler is less than four weeks away. And I'm signed up to run it. I've written before that when I fail to train,…
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I just want to get this damn race over with. I’ve woken up in a cold sweat every night the last two weeks. Insomnia and burnout picked the wrong time to pick on this chump NMA. I have no freakin’ clue why I’m doing Ironman Wisconsin anymore. The funny thing? When I turned to our…
And it has absolutely nothing to do with vegetarian running! Instead, it's about gambling, or more specifically, the mathematics of gambling. It's called Thinking Bettor. Contrary to what you may have been told, I don't run marathons all day in a big carrot costume. Instead, I'm an applied math Ph.D. student, and my research is…
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Convenience food, by its very nature, is usually junk food. If it's conveniently sitting on a shelf, chances are it's brimming with preservatives, sodium, and even artificial colors, all to give the appearance and taste of freshness. There is the rare exception—convenience food that really is fresh. But get ready to pay through the nose…
I say a lot of great things about being vegetarian. I even listed 75 of them once. And why not? Since I stopped eating meat, I've achieved fitness goals—qualifying for Boston and running a 50-miler—that I wasn't able to achieve before. Most days, I have more energy than ever. And beyond health and fitness, it…
When I tell my runner compatriots the dirty little secret that I'm actually a—gasp!—triathlete, I almost always get one of two responses: "You're freaking crazy"; 0r "I wish I could do that. I just can't swim, though. I need those arm-floaty thingies or I'll drown." To the first group, I smile and laugh. (Okay, I…
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When I published Tasty Twists on the Classic Complete-Protein Meal: Rice and Beans 5 Ways earlier this summer, I let you in on my biggest weekday-dinner secret. With just one core 5-ingredient recipe and a couple of spices, you get to parade around your kitchen like an international epicurean, all the while eating like an…
There's nothing like a weekend of debauchery to get you inspired to be ultra-healthy. I was in Atlantic City all weekend being a complete idiot with friends at a bachelor party. I did a nice job of avoiding caffeine, a gambling-weekend staple for me, but something tells me that the double-digit beers each day may…
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I have a bone to pick—lots of them, actually. I love racing. I truly do. I've made no secret of that, and I know a lot of you share this love. After spending days on end training by ourselves, sharing the camaraderie and sense of community associated with racing is the best payoff an athlete…
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