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Well since I usually am very aware of what I'm intaking/doing figure I should track it finally. Currently I am training for my first marathon on feb. 17th but will also be doing a bit of cycling for my first racing season as well.

 

I usually shoot for 75 % raw, eating usually one cooked meal a day, although sometimes it more sometimes its less.

 

8:30 - Pear

 

10: 1/2 serving Chocolate vega w/ handful of pecans and 1 frozen bananna

 

1:30- 1 large head of bok choi with homemade hemp oil/date marinade

 

6- 1 Rebar Bar + 1 homemade thrive diet chocolate blueberry energy bar

 

9:30 small salad with balsamic, brown rice, red+ black beans, steamed spinach, rooibos tea

 

 

Training: Off

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I'd look for some Time Trials if I were you. That'll mix things up with the regular college road races you'll be doing. Plus the intensity is constant which is similar to marathon running(of course a marathon will take much longer).

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note: I use alot of Thrive diet recipes and I'll mark them as such...for now

 

7:45 Thrive diet performance pancakes + 1/2 bottle guayaki yerba mate

 

[Training-36 miles of mildly hilly road cycling....on a mtn bike]

 

11: 45 thrive diet ginger papaya recovery drink

 

12:45 1 serving natural vega w/1 frozen bananna, 1 grapefruit, 1 TB pumpking seeds, kale

 

3:55- 3/4 cup bok choi with hemp oil/date marinade, 3/4 cup arame/wakame with miso/tahini sauce

 

5:40 - 1 raw nori roll (spinach, burdock root, sprouts, almond-ginger pate) + 1/2 avacado + 1 bottle homebrewed kombucha

 

9:10 - a bowl of grapes, 1 carrot, 1/2 tablespoon raw cashew butter + 2 mugs of kukicha tea

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[15 minutes yoga]

 

8:45 - 1 pear, 1 Tangelo

 

10:20- Thrive diet performance pancakes (popped amaranth, buckwheat, bananna, dulse, yerba mate, hemp milk, dates) + 1 cup tulsi tea

 

1:20- Large salad w/ homemade macadamia dill dressing, 1 cup wild greens, 1 cup baby leaf lettuce,1 cup bok choi, red cabbage, black radish, purple pepper, sunflower seeds, broccoli, sprouts, nutritional yeast, 1 tsp chia seeds + 1 bottle homebrewed kombucha

 

4:20- 2 dates dipped in coconut oil

 

TRAINING- 45 minutes light hilly running around neighborhood

 

5:25 Thrive diet ginger papaya recovery drink (papaya, agave, ginger, dulse, hemp protein, hemp/flax/pumpkin oil+ 1 tsp maca)

 

6:25 Green smoothie with kale, 1 frozen bananna, 1 frozen persimmon, 1/2 serving natural Vega, 1/2 tsp spirulina, 1/2 tsp ground rooibos

 

9:00-1 raw nori roll (spinach, burdock root, carrot, almond-ginger pate) + 4 cups of kukicha tea

 

 

it was perfect for a run in the afternoon, great brisk weather to clear my head from working on finals all day

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8:45- 1 large apple, 1 kiwi

 

10:00- raw spirulina goji berry energy bar

 

1:15- Large salad w/ hemp oil/date dressing, 1 cup wild greens, 1 cup baby leaf lettuce,1 cup bok choi, red cabbage, black radish,red onion, pistachios, sprouts, 1 tsp chia seeds + 1 bottle homebrewed kombucha + 3 brazil nuts

 

4:30 - 1/2 Chocolate Vega w/ 1 frozen bananna, 1/4 cup soaked almonds, 1 tsp maca + 1 cup green tea

 

7:30- 1.5 cups sweet potato pie w/ maple pecan topping, 1.5 cups wild rice pilaf w/a little bit of tempeh + 1 tangerine

 

10:30- 2 cups Yerba Mate, 1 carrot dipped in ginger tahini miso sauce.

 

1:50 1/2 tsp maca in water, 1 cup kukicha tea

 

[Training: Off- studying for finals too much, hopefully tomorrow be able to squeeze in a 40 minute run or something]

 

I hate drinking caffine (or mateine....) so late in the day, but gotta stay up and work on music theory final more.

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8:20 - 1 pear, 1 kiwi

 

10- 1/2 serving natural Vega w/ 1/2 frozen bananna, 1/4 C soaked almonds, 3 tbs carob

 

12:20- raw homemade cinammon apple energy bar

 

2:10 - 3 dates, 1 dipped in coconut oil

 

TRAINING- 40 minutes light hilly running

 

3:00 thrive diet recovery pudding + 2 pieces dulse

 

4:15 Green Smoothie w/ 1/2 serving natural vega, 1 grapefruit, spinach, pumpkin seeds, goji berries, 1/2 tsp matcha, 1 tsp spirulina. 1 frozen persimmon

 

7:30 - Medium salad w/ date + hemp oil dressing, 1 cup baby leaf lettuce, 1 cup bok choi, red onion, black radish, brocoli, carrot + a few grapes + 1/2 Tb tahini w/ 1/2 tsp chia seeds + 3 brazil nuts

 

9:30- 3 slices sprouted spelt pizza w/ steamed greens and garlic + 1/2 dark chocolate vegan "reese's" (both made by local restaurant) + 1/2 bottle homebrewed kombucha

 

11:00 - 1 cup yerba mate/green tea (need to stay up again..ugh)

 

 

1:00 AM- bowl of grapes

 

2AM- cup of kukicha tea

 

 

last day of finals tomorrow! afterwards might do a tempo run if I end up gettting more than 3 hours of sleep. (I have to wake up early and drive my gf to the bus stop as well) EDIT: got mabye two and half hours of sleep, so well see how I feel after I'm done with finals.

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7:30- bowl of grapes

 

8:15- 1 kiwi + 1 cup tulsi tea

 

9:50 - 5 dates, 2 handfuls of dulse

 

11:00 - 1/2 serving natural Vega w/ 1/2 frozen bananna, 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries, 1/2 cup frozen greens, 1 tsp maca, 1 tsp ground rooibos, 4 tsp chia seed gel

 

2:50- large salad w/ 2 cups wild greens, 1 cup spinach, black radish, red onion, sprouts, homemade cesear dressing, pistachios, sunflower seeds, dulse

 

5:50- Oatscreme Choclate MIlkshake from local vegan coffeeshop/bakery/cafe

 

http://www.americanoats.com/faq.html

 

7:50- attempted semi-raw broccoli cheddar soup, lentils w/ spicy red ethopian sauce, buckwheat, steamed kale with tahini/miso sauce, couple handfuls of carob chips

 

11:00 2 cups kukicha tea

 

 

Ugh didn't get around to doing any training and probably only got 2.5 hours sleep last night, BUT I DID GET MY ROAD BIKE! (I ended up going with the '05 allez elite cr-mo triple with all 105's) and I';m going home tomorrow for break so there will be lots of time for training then.

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Congrats on the bike. That'll be a great bike for crits and sprint tris once you put clip on bars onto it. Also if you take care of the bike the compenents will last you a long time. I've got over 15000 on my 105 stuff.

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10 :15- thrive diet direct fuel bite

 

TRAINING- 1 HOUR LAP SWIMMING

 

11:40- thrive diet recovery pudding

 

12:50- Green Smoothie w/ 1/2 serving natural Vega ,spinach, 2 tangerines, 1/3 cup soaked almonds, pumpkin seeds,

 

3:40- almost raw broccoli cheddar soup ( spicy nutritional yeast sauce, avocado, broccoli) w/ sprouts on top, buckwheat + 2 dates

 

7:15- brown rice, "Moroccan sweet potatoes and vegetables" (sweet potatoes, chickpeas, onion, carrots, raisans, cinammon)

 

9- 1 apple, 1 clementine, 1 cup egyptian licorice tea.

 

 

 

It was really nice after doing the 3 hour drive to come home and have my mom of made the rice and sweet potato stuff which was way delish (and apparently really simple as well).

As much as I wanted to hop on my bike and ride it around, I'm not going to have access to a lap pool for the 3 1/2 weeks that I'm home so I figured I should get a good swim in before then. Tomorrow I wanna get in the running tempo workout I missed on wednesday and also just go on a joy ride : )

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11:15- 1 bananna

 

TRAINING- 5K TEMPO RUN (21:12)

 

12:45 - 1 bananna, handful of dulse

 

1:00- Smoothie w/ 1/2 serving natural vega, romaine lettuce, pear, blackberries, pomegranete juice

 

4:55- 1 apple, handful of walnuts

 

5:50 "Thai Dynamite" from Pei Wei w/ broccoli, carrots, tofu, snap peas, red pepper, scallions + brown rice

 

10:15- medium salad w/ 2 cups spinach, snap peas, celery, carrots, cucumber

 

11:55- 1 cup kukicha tea

 

I also took my new road bike out for a joy ride in the late afternoon. : ) I was explaining to my mom how the clip-in shoes work (this was my first time riding with clip-in) on the driveway and then she said "well be safe" and I went down to the end of the driveway, remembered that I did n't have my helmet on and went to put my foot down and in the moment of confusion the bike fell over onto the side with me included haha. Didn't happen again but thought it was kinda funny.

 

haha My dad is in love with Pei Wei (i don't think its all over so for those who don't have one near by buts its a "fast-casual" asian diner chain owned by P.F. Changs) Not the worse thing to be in love with, especially since there are things on the item I find suitable, and I acutally really like how they prepare their tofu.

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10:30- 1 bananna

 

TRAINING- 30 minutes joy ride on road bike (haven't put computer on road bike yet but maybe around 8 miles?)

 

11:30 - 1 pear

 

12:35 - Smoothie w/ half serving natural Vega, romaine lettuce, frozen bananna, 2 blackberries, 1/4 c frozen cranberries, pomegrante juice

 

4:00- Large Salad w/ 2 cups spinach, 1 cup mixed greens, shreded beets and cucumber, snap peas, celery, avocado + handful of walnuts

 

7:00- 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 kiwi, 1 grapefruit, 2 dates

 

10:45 - 1 cup rooibos tea

 

 

pretty much all raw today. I've got my biggest training run yet tomorrow morning (19m) and I'm trying out carb-loading on fruit to see if that works well. gonna try to simulate marathon day and get up early and do the run, but we'll see how that works out heh.

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8:35 - thrive diet energy pudding, coconut water + 1 cup yerba mate

 

TRAINING- Long Run moderate pace- 19 miles (2:45: 35) slurped on thrive diet energy gel every 25 minutes or so

 

12: 35 - thrive diet recovery pudding

 

2:00- Green Smoothie w/ 1 serving natural Vega, kale, frozen bananna, orange, pumpkin seeds, pomegranate juice

 

5:20- Freebird ( think a non-corporate and better chipolte) burrito with black beans, cilantro, guac, pico, grilled veggies on wheat.

 

10:00- Salad w/ 2 cups spinach, 1 cup butter lettuce, carrots, celery, cucumber

 

12:00- 1 cup "Egyptian licorice" tea

 

Run went pretty well today, it was perfect outside today, about 36 with no wind or anything felt great in my shorts and a long sleeved technical shirt and took (sp?....this was for all the canadians hehe...i learned this word from a canadian...no one says it down here in tejas) This was my first time using a energy gel of any sort (thrive diet or commercial) and iwas pretty pleased with it. I didn't bonk out on energy ( as I had tended too on the last 2 long run...17 and 18) at the end and it tasted awesome. Knee didn't give me too much trouble, some more iceing tonight and taking the next two days off (of running) should take care of any lingering inflamation.

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20 minute Winsor Pilates DVD w/ Mommy

 

9:30- 1 pear, 1 kiwi, 1 clementine

 

30 minute recovery Ride (probably 9 miles or so)

 

12:30 - 1 apple

 

1:30 - Green Smoothie w/ 1/2 serving natural Vega, kale, cilantro, grapefruit, frozen bananna, soaked pumpkin seeds, pomegrate juice

 

4:45- Large salad w/ 2 cups spinach, 1 cup butter lettuce, radish, celery, 3/4 avacado, sunflower seeds, carrots, dulse, brocolli + a few small pieces of papaya

 

7:45- steamed beet greens and radish greens, millet and cauliflower "mashed potatoes","fakin bacon" tempeh onions and asparagus stir-fry all w/ tahini mustard sauce.

 

8;45- 1 cup kukicha tea

 

10:05- 1 bananna

 

 

I made quite a macro feast tonight too bad my dad was the only one that was home to share it with. At least he seemed to of really liked it and insisted that I def give some of the leftovers to my mom to taste later.

 

Slowly trying to get better habits on my loved ones, today made more progress than most. Got my mom to do pilates with me (she used to do it fairly often 2 years ago but now doesn't really do anything physical) and instead of her morning and afternoon coffee she agreed to have yerba mate, though she didn't like the taste that much (sorta aquired i think anyway...s mabye shell grow to love...likel...tolerate it? heeh) Also got my girlfriend to run a mile and start thinking about picking up some commited training with the intent of her racing a 5k in the spring and us doing a couples tri in the summer (though this is very very hypothetical and probably unlikley..depends on how well she likes training/racing.)

 

O yea I went pee half an hour ago and was like "holy moly that is some stinky pee":shock: and then rememeberd that I had asparagus for dinner.

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9:35- 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 kiwi

 

12:10 - thrive diet recovery pudding

 

45 minutes upper body circuit training on Total Gym 1000 (yes the thing that Chuck Norris did the informercials for) + 15 minutes abs workout

 

1:35- Green Smoothie with kale, grapefruit, frozen bannana, pumpkin seeds, cilantro, 1/2 serving natural Vega + handful soaked almonds

 

6- large salad w/ 2 cups butter lettuce, 1 cup mixed greens, celery, carrots, avocado, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, dulse, brocolli, beets, radish

 

7:45- Acai Sorbet w/ bananna and handful of Ezekiel cereal + 1 cup herbal tea

 

 

 

Got my mom to drink a green smoothie today. Well it was more blue/purpleish because it had a orange, bananna, and 1/2 cup frozen blueberries to hide the taste/color of 1 leaf of kale, which probably wasn't the best green to start out with. Probably spinach because it is less bitter and more sweet in the first place.

 

I miss lifting weights and doing upper body stuff. I had been trying to get in a upper body workout once a week, but the few it didn't happen and I only have so much free time and needed to run. The total gym isan't nearly the same, but its the best I have at home without shelling out money for a month long gym membership that I will only use 2 weeks of.

 

I also had a dentist appointment this morning, ZERO CAVITIES!. The doctor just walked in and said "jee thats a great mouth" and walked out basically. The oral hygenist said it was probably attributed to my diet. I love going to the dentist, such an ego boost haha Tomorrow going to the doctors and gonna get blood work done- hopefully my iron levels are through the roof haha (pumpkin seeds don't fail me now!)

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I also usually do 15 minutes or so of Viniyoga right when I wake up and/or after my workout but its usually pretty light so I don't really count it as training just part of my daily routine

 

9:30 - 1 bananna

 

10:30 - 1 date dipped in coconut butter

 

Training- 5k tempo run (21:10:32...slightly faster than last friday...only slightly)

 

11:10- thrive diet recovery drink

 

12:30- green smoothie w/ collard green, Acai sorbet, frozen bananna, 1/2 serving natural vega

 

3:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, beets, radish, cucumber, avocado, tomato, sunflower seeds

 

6:30 - brussell sprouts, millet and cauliflower "mashed potatoes","fakin bacon" tempeh onions and asparagus stir-fry all w/ tahini mustard sauce. (last two were leftovers) + 1 cup kukicha tea

 

8:45- 1 apple, 1 clementine

 

Got my mom to have another green smoothie today. This time with two cups of baby spinach, a bananna, and 1/2 cup frozen strawberries plus ground flax and hemp seeds. Think im gonna make her one tomorrow and then teach her how to do it afterwards.

 

Run was pretty good today, would of like to of gone a little faster, want to get it under 21, which shouldn't be too hard, maybe next week.

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8:45- thrive diet energy bar

 

Training- 1 hour light intensity ride, probably about 18m

 

10:45- 1 apple, handful of dulse, 3 soaked almonds

 

12- Green Smoothie with collard greens, 1/2 serving natural vega, avocado, kiwi, pear, frozen bananna.

 

3:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, fennel (!!), radish, brocoli, beets, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, carrots + handful pecans

 

7:15- homemade Seitan meatballs and marinara on ezekiel sprouted grain pasta.

 

10:10- 16oz of Silk Soy Nog

 

In general I try to stay away from gluten but I really wanted to make this recipe for seitan meatballs that I had at a potluck a while back and also stumbled across the ezekiel pasta when in the grocery store with my mom and thought I'd suck it up and make something that hopefully the whole family would enjoy- and they did! I was glad it turned out well, this was my first time making homemade seitan and I was a little apprehesive, but gosh darn its easy! here's the recipe if anyone wants to check it out

 

http://vegan-vanguard.blogspot.com/2007/11/veganmofo-and-vegan-meatballs.html

 

 

 

later that night me and my friends watched one of the best christmas movies ever.... "Die Hard" and celebrated the season...hence the soy nog haha. Just got back from midnight screening of sweeny todd, which was a pretty good adaptation if i say so.

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10:45 - 1 date, 1 bananna,

 

Training - 1 hour trail run with 8 mild hill repeats + 10 minutes of lowerbody bodyweight (3 x 30 lunges, squats, calf raises)

 

12:45- thrive diet recovery pudding

 

1:45 - Green Smoothie w/ 3 leaves collard greens, orange, frozen bananna, pumpkin seeds, 3/4 serving natural Vega

 

5:45- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, beet, fennel, carrots and guacamole (2 avocados, tomaote, onion, lime juice, cilantro, sea salt, cayenne pepper) + 1 kiwi

 

8- leftover homemade seitan wheatballs and ezekiel spaghetti from last night.

 

felt good to do some lower body stuff, even if it was just a few bodyweight things. There's only one hill around her and its nothing, just a mild hill in a park. But I forgot about the high school stadium bleachers. Next time i wanna do a run with some hill work I think I'm gonna run to the stadium and every lap of so do a bleacher sprint as well.

 

 

I think my girlfriend has mentally committed to doing a 5k race in 13 and she is starting a 12 week training program this week which is awesome but tonight we were at a party and she was telling someone that she was gonna run it, so that means that she's acutally down.Hopefully she sticks with it because I know that sticking with regular training would just make her feel so much better, not to mention understand me more.

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20 minute Winsor Pilates DVD w/ Mommy

 

9:30- 3 kiwi, 2 cups of papaya

 

12- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, celery, fennel, radish, cilantro, carrots, beets,sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds,sprouts + 3 brazil nuts

 

3- smoothie w Acai sorbet, 1/2 serving natural vega, 2 TB carob powder, 1/4 c soaked almonds, frozen bananna

 

7:15- okra in spicy curry sance and skillet cooked whole wheat bread (ate at an indian restaurant)

 

9:10- 1 apple, 1 orange.

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10:45- 1 pear + peppermint tea

 

11:45- thrive diet energy bar

 

1:00- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

 

40m bike ride medium intensity

 

5:30- thrive diet recovery pudding

 

6:30 - 1/2 serving natural Vega in water + 2 bowls of spicy cabbage/chickpea/tempeh stew

 

9:30- raw blended salad soup (spinach, celery, lemon juice, cucumber, tomato) + 1 spoonful steamed kabocha squash

 

 

It was cold outside today on the ride-ack~! my little teeth we're chattering, I had on my bib shorts, top and sleeves but I think think I'll wear a jacket or get a baselayer or something for nextime. Otherwise felt good to get out on a (relativly) longish ride.

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Today I made a pecan pie for christmas dessert tomorrow, It was my first time make a non-raw pie, so I hope it turns out good. Here was the recipe

 

http://vegan-vanguard.blogspot.com/2006/11/perfect-vegan-pecan-pie-part-2-pie.html

 

I ran out of brown rice syrup and threw in some barley malt syrup, but in post cooking should of used agave because it might give it too much of a malted taste but well find out tomorrow. speaking of which, think I'm gonna do another 5K tomorrow and try to get it under 21:00

 

 

9:45- 2 dates, 1 TB coconut butter

 

1 hour upper body circuit training on Total Gym + 15 minutes ab workout

 

11:30- recovery pudding

 

12:45- Green smoothie w/ 3 leaves romaine lettuce, 1/2 serving natural vega, 1 TB pumpkin seeds, orange, frozen bananna

 

3:30- large salad w/ 3 cups mixed greens, carrots, celery, sprouts, parsley, sunflower seeds, nutrtional yeast, cucumber, beet

 

6:30- 2 bowls of spicy cabbage/chickpea/tempeh stew + a buncha oven baked sweet potato wedges

 

7:30-8:30ish- more baked sweet potato wedges + strawberries, pineapple and a buttload of cherries.

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