My log: Training for a sub 3.30 marathon

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Mini I'd love to learn more about the vegan lifestyle. Could you post a thread about what types of foods fit into the vegan category? And places to find recipes?

Some of the staple foods for myself and most of the vegetarians & vegans I know would be (in no particular order)...

legumes
split and whole lentils
beans (kidney, pinto etc)
oats
muesli
oat/rice/soy/almond milk
spirulina
mixed raw nuts
a decent quality rice, hemp or pea protein
quinoa
rice
chickpeas
avocados
tofu
juicing with fruits & veges (beetroot, carrot, apple, berries, kale and citrus juice is awesome)
TVP (textured vegetable protein)
soy burgers, sausages etc
shitloads of fruit and veges, salads, greens etc.

It's actually pretty easy once you have been doing it for a while.

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

What happened to you getting back under a bar?

Will happen before I am 40, and when I do I'll total over 1,000.

 

[Rottenrogue]

I tried to send you a pm on this but for some reason couldn't.
I don't want to clutter your log up but I'm curious why you chose to be a vegetarian ? Not bashing nor looking to start a debate but have a genuine curiousity

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

I tried to send you a pm on this but for some reason couldn't.
I don't want to clutter your log up but I'm curious why you chose to be a vegetarian ? Not bashing nor looking to start a debate but have a genuine curiousity

No problems at all RR, I get asked quite a bit. There's a few reasons really...

** I suffered a small heart attack in 2010. Found out my cholesterol was really high and so I thought I'd try cutting meat & dairy to see if it helped (which it did).
** Was interested to see if cutting meat out would negatively affect my workouts, strength & recovery like everybody told me it would. It didn't.
** Environmental, animal cruelty reasons etc

But each to their own and I certainly don't view meat eaters any differently than vegetarians/plant-based people. I'm the only one in my family that doesn't eat milk, animal products et al, my wife and children are all carnivores haha.

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Could you post a thread about what types of foods fit into the vegan category? And places to find recipes?

http://www.theironden.com/forum/threads/13294-Vegetarian-Vegan-recipes

 

[woodswise]

Welcome back Bro.

:aparty43:

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Cheers WW, good to be back :food-snacking:

 

[Turbolag]

Cheers WW, good to be back :food-snacking:

Missed you man. I hope you are having a great New Years!

Can't wait to follow.

 

[C T J]

Good luck, MF.

Marathon's are insane but you're insane, so...

I'll stick to the half's

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Has been a good quality week of training. Headed over to a thermal resort with the family for a few days, out for a 16km run later tonight which will bring my total for this week to around the 70km mark. Definitely getting both stronger & faster.

 

[ChrisLindsay9]

Nice.

And nice little write-up there. Keep us posted on how the business is doing from time to time.