Plant-Based Diet for Athletes

Rethinking the 10 Percent Rule for Increasing Mileage

By: Matt Frazier

For the past five weeks, I’ve experimented with a training schedule that’s entirely new to me, with great success. It’s simple:

Run every day.
Start with just 20 minutes each day.
Each week, increase the length of the daily run by 10 minutes.
Do less when you need to, but not more.

(So far I’ve used Rule #4 only twice, running for half an hour on days when I should have run 50 and 60 minutes. It was largely due to time constraints, but I think that rest did me well.)

Why these rules? (more…)

Sometimes the Goal Just Feels Right

By: Matt Frazier

A few days ago, I stepped outside for my run and looked down to start my watch, just like any other day. It read 24:32. Twenty-four hours, thirty-two minutes. I must have forgotten to press “stop” after my run the day before. That’s when it hit me just how long a 100-mile race is. Although […]

Interview with Scott Jurek, Ultramarathon Legend and Author of Eat & Run

By: Matt Frazier

Only a very few athletes ever dominate their sport to such an extent that they’re considered legends in their own time. Scott Jurek has done exactly that in the ultrarunning world. What’s even more inspiring is that he’s done it as a vegan. And the title of his new book, Eat & Run, should tell […]

How I Got Back My Running Mojo

By: Matt Frazier

It’s been just about a year since I took a break from ultrarunning, and I finally feel like I’m back. In my last 50K, the first eight miles took me two hours, which at the time I thought was a crazy statistic. I mean, it was uphill, but 15 minutes per mile? I had no […]

Book Review: Rich Roll’s Finding Ultra

By: Matt Frazier

Rich Roll may not yet have the name recognition of Brendan Brazier or Scott Jurek in the plant-based endurance world, but his story sure deserves to be heard. What makes Rich’s story so inspiring, as he tells it in his new book, Finding Ultra, is that in reading it you come to realize that this […]

3 Steps to Planning the Perfect Running Getaway to Re-energize Your Training

By: Doug Hay

This is a guest post by Doug Hay of Rock Creek Runner. It happens to everyone. No matter how good your intentions are in the beginning, sometimes training becomes a real drag. In any prolonged training cycle, what was once one of the most exciting things you ever started can feel more like that new friend […]

The Boston Marathon, and What It Takes to Get There

By: Matt Frazier

Today, as you probably know, is Boston Marathon day. One year ago, I ran it. It was amazing. Two years ago, I was eligible to run, but I didn’t because my son was born just two days before the race. And just two and a half years ago, I qualified. Qualifying for Boston had been […]

Predawn Running: How to Get Your Run Finished Before the World Wakes Up

By: guest

Note: This is a guest post by Greg Strosaker from Predawn Runner. If you’ve got the flexibility to run any time of day you want, with no other commitments to worry about, you can safely stop reading. Still here? I thought so. As much as we’d all love to be able to run whenever we […]

No Meat Athletes Storm DC!

By: Matt Frazier

Okay, this post is way delayed … but I suppose that’s what moving will do to you. I’m moving to Asheville, NC in 10 days with my wife and son, and this has been Crazy Packing Week. But the POD loaded with all our stuff gets picked up tomorrow, so things should return to normal […]

7 Remarkably Simple Ways to Become a Stronger Runner (and Maybe Even Enjoy It)

By: Matt Frazier

Just as with food, I like to keep things simple when it comes to running. Sure, complicated and specific workouts have their place in serious training, but that’s probably 5 percent of the total effort. The other 95 percent comes down to basics — simple practices that are easy to understand and apply, but that […]