Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 This was forwarded to another Veg group. I thought you might enjoy it: DawnWatch: New York Times on vegan ultramarathon champion 7/22/06 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:06:08 +0000 > The Saturday, July 22, New York Times sports section included a story about > vegan ultra-marathon champion Scott Jurek, headed, " After 70 Miles, Racer Just > Warming Up. " (Pg D6). > > It tells us: > " On Monday, Jurek will be back for the Badwater, which starts at the lowest > elevation in the Western Hemisphere, 280 feet below sea level, and ends at an > elevation of 8,300 feet. > > " Jurek is the pre-eminent American ultramarathoner. He won the Western States > race seven straight times between 1999 and 2005, and the back-to- back victories > at the Western States and Badwater last summer were unprecedented. > > We learn: > > " Jurek's training regimen is decidedly new age. He powers himself with only > vegan food, spending several hours a day preparing meals with Leah...During the > race, Jurek also consumes potatoes, bananas, energy gels and rice balls, while > cooling himself with icy bandanas and a silver thread-lined safari cap designed > to draw heat from his body. " > > You'll find the whole piece on line at > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/sports/othersports/22outdoors.html. It > presents a superb opportunity for letters singing the praises of plant-based > diets. The New York Times takes letters at letters > > Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a > letter to the editor. Shorter letters are more likely to be published. > > Yours and the animals', > Karen Dawn > > (DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the > media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can > learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. To > , go to > http://www.dawnwatch.com/cgi-bin/dada/dawnwatch_.cgi You are > encouraged to forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts but please do so unedited -- > leave DawnWatch in the title and include this tag line.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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