Zambrotta Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hi, My name's Jürgen, I live in Belgium and I've been a vegetarian for the last 6,5 years. I've decided to go vegan. I'm a sprinter (100m & 200m). I started running quite late, but I'm making good progress in spite of some the problems I encountered. For instance: I spend 3 hours a day on a train to go to work and back, they don't offer proper meals at work, ... I've got one goal in athletics: to do everything that's in my reach and then see where I'll end up. The sky is the limit. I know I can make a lot of progress if the conditions are better than they are know, therefore I'm about to quit my job and become a freelance translator so I don't need to be in an uncomfortable position anymore on a train. I also want to improve my diet, cuz it's not optimal yet. I train 5 to 6 times a week, 1 or 2 power training sessions (one in a gym, one at home). I sometimes write articles for a vegetarian magazine and for the magazine of my athletics club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc7 Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Welcome to the forums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Awesome Intro welcome to the growning family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Welcome to the forum What are your times??? Track and Field was a big part of my life for a long time and its nice to have another trackie on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Welcome and thanks for the great intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odidnetne Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Welcome to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hello & Welcome Jürgen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I forgot to say something about your training...unless you are heavy in the racing season right now you should really be spending more time in the gym. 400 runners can get away with 2 days a week but a 100-200 runner should spend as much time lifting as running(unless you are 16 or younger of course). A lot of sprinters/jumpers even lift as much as throwers lift...they just don't eat the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Welcome! Great to have you here. I'm glad you joined our forum and it will be great to hear more from you. Enjoy this place and all the best! Welcome aboard my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 hi zambrotta, is that an italian name? good to see an other runner!! there are not so many vegan sprinters, but carl lewis was vegan.. so that's a big compensation!! do you speak dutch? greethings, Emile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylalu Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Welcome! Good to have you here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 HI! Good to have you with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambrotta Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 Thanks for the welcome messages!!! @ runner: I speak Dutch, I live in Flanders. My nickname refers to Gianluca Zambrotta, an Italian soccer player, one of the few players I follow. I used to love soccer, nowadays I don't like it any more. @ Veganpotter: The main problem about training is that I don't have much time left for extra training sessions in the gym, due to my work. When I go to the gym there's always plenty of people so I have to wait to do the exercices. Anyway, I'll try to find a solution for this problem. My times... Hmmm, there not great at all (yet). Due to work and a medical problem (large intestine causing fatigue due to iron deficit) I haven't done many good trainings for several months. My summer season's finished, next Wednesday I'll have a surgery, so afterwards that medical problem should be solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 It'll be good to get all those issues out of the way. Especially in the off season. You should be doing a small amount of speed work. A good amount of base mileage and lots and lots of heavy explosive lifting sessions. Good luck with the surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 @ runner: I speak Dutch, I live in Flanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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