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Happy 2008!

 

Yvonne recently posted a question about vegan eating and Team Vegan. Yes…the training includes

information about what to eat. Each

week Marathon Matt sends out an e-mail

to team members with the weekly training schedule and tips about eating,

stretching, finding good shoes, etc.

He is also available by e-mail to answer individual questions. I will be including a recipe in each of

Marathon Matt’s e-mails. I’ll

be choosing recipes that are vegan, healthy, easy to make (super important

since we’ll be spending more time getting active and less time in the

kitchen!) and inexpensive.

 

In addition, keep in mind that Team Vegan is a fund-raiser

for Vegan Outreach. Vegan Outreach was founded by three truly fabulous

people, one of whom (Jack

Norris) is a registered dietician and an athlete himself. Here’s some of his information:

 

http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/athletes

 

http://veganhealth.org/

 

Last but not least, your team members will be a great source of

ideas. This was a part of the

training that I enjoyed the most last fall. Your team-mates may be brand new runners

and/or brand new veg*ns, and thus not experts on the subjects, but they WILL be

experts on sharing new recipes, restaurants, energy foods, and healthy snacks

that they find. I never would have

discovered the joy of Double Espresso Gu if not for my team-mate Mari, and for

that I am forever in her debt. I also learned about the best strap-on

water bottle, pre-run breakfast, place to buy cheap athletic socks, music to

run to and whether or not to wear underwear in an ice bath from my

team-mates. All that useful info

came from a non-veg team, so I can’t wait for the veg-focused Team Vegan!

 

Alex

 

Please sponsor me so I can win first prize: http://www.active.com/donate/teamvegan/alexbury