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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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A Small Leak Sinks a Great Ship Well, I'm a little bummed out today. I'm still sidelined, not by injury, but by that frickin' blister on my foot! I figured that four days off would take care of it, but when I went for an easy three-miler yesterday to test it out, it was still…
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Ever since I finished reading vegan professional Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier's Thrive two weeks ago, I've been completely inspired to transform the way I think about food. I've made the meals and smoothies from it almost every day, posting many of them on this blog (with Brendan's permission, of course). But amidst all my excitement,…
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Arg! More Running Frustrations I gave myself the day off after that miserable 18-mile run on Monday, and by the time Wednesday evening rolled around, I figured everything would be good to go for my track workout. I was right—almost. No GI distress or fatigue spells, no pain left over from the chafing (or bleeding). …
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Don't you just love when one of the words in a recipe title is in quotation marks, almost as a disclaimer? 30-Day Challenge Week 1 Well, the first week of our 30-Day Challenge is over, and I want to know who's still with us! Some people started early, and some are still signing up (really),…
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What's up, no-meaters? Brendan Brazier (author of Thrive) has been nice enough to give me the green-light to share some recipes from his book while I'm trying them out during my 30-Day Challenge, so I've been slaving in my "test kitchen" (read: lots of cleanup) to find the best of the best to post. In…
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Where The Hell is Sweet-Tooth Friday!? No, you didn't have one of those weird dreams where you think it's Friday and then halfway through the morning you realize it's not. So where's Sweet-Tooth Friday? Well, I just got back from vacation, and figured you might be mad if I didn't at least say "hi." So…
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The Thrive Diet As I've started to learn more about vegetarian endurance athletes and their diets, I've noticed something interesting. First, there is a disproportionate number of them; that is, the percentage of well-known endurance athletes who are vegetarian is much higher than the percentage of vegetarians in the general population. While there could be…
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