crazyj Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hello from Arizona! I've been vegetarian for two years, and vegan for one and a half (mostly for health reasons, although compassion for animals and a concern for the environment are also very important to me). Around the time I went vegan, I started running to get in shape. Unfortunately, even though I was a swimmer in high school, and worked out in college, I had let my diet and lifestyle slide into unhealthy territory. I lost about 40 pounds in the process of running and going vegan, and I'm back to my high school weight (lean and mean)! My long term fitness goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon (3:10 for my age). I ran my first half marathon recently in 1:34, so I think I'm on my way to this goal. I was never a runner before, but like I said, I was a pretty good swimmer when I was younger (even set a couple club records in the butterfly). I also ride my bike to work, so maybe triathlons are in my future as well? Thank you Robert for your fine example to all athletes and for this forum. I look forward to meeting all you other athletes and vegans, especially runners. Thanks for reading. Peace to all. --J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Welcome to the forumI'm jealous...I wanna lose 40lbs...what did you do:) Well 20 but its hell getting every pound off now...anyway your gonna have a great time here at the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Welcome aboard! More and more runners here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Welcome ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispyQ Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Welcome crazyj! Cool screen name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hello & Welcome J! What part of Arizona are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyj Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hello loveliberate, I'm in Phoenix... not so great weather now, but awesome in the winter! Hey veganpotter, for the weight to come off, just trained hard and ate a lot more healthy food -- cut out the meat, dairy, eggs, and refined carbs... no secrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I've been doing that...I've lost over 120lbs but the last 20 is killing me...plus I've given up that stuff a long time ago. Now I eat about 2500 calories a day and ride my bike about 4 hrs every day and its coming off way to slow for my sanity. Now its down to lypo...any donations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thank for joining our group! We do have a great collection of athletes here from all over and from all sports backgrounds. We now have an endurance sports section, afterall we're Vegan Bodybuilding & FITNESS, so we want to include ALL athletes. I've been doing a fair bit of running myself recently...well, I've run once in the past couple of years but it was a great race! All the best with your goals. I'm sure you will attain them. I lived in Phoenix for a while and loved it....but I am so totally in love with Portland at the moment so that is where I'll be for a while. Have fun and welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hey J! Lived in Phx and other parts of AZ myself. I prefer to get up into the mountains towns when in the SW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaSiren Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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