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Runner/Triathlete and Paleo… how does that work???
So i've been looking for a way to drop the last 15 lbs. I started running 2years ago and lost over 30 lbs, but I want to drop 15 more by my first half IronMan. I know the paleo i …
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Runner… Advice to minimize issues?
I am a runner who has completed 6 marathons. I LOVE running and I know that many on here have issues with constant cardio. I am currently putting together my next training plan and …
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Right shoes for long distance running
i wore the Reebok Zig-Tech shoes, i was wondering if this is the right shoes, or if there are better ones
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Experienced marathoners: Keto training to avoid the wall
The body stores about 1800 calories of glycogen, give or take. When marathoners hit "the wall" after 15-20 or so miles they have mostly depleted these stores and are having troubl …
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I didn’t “hit the wall” in my marathon
I typically feel horrible and have to stop and walk some by 15-20 miles into a marathon. Yesterday, for the first time this did not happen! The last 3 miles of my marathon were muc …
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Help: Hack my marathon fueling!
All,
I am going to go for my first full marathon ever this weekend. Being a paleo for the last 2 years, I have been thinking of doing an experiment on myself during my run: I want …
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Paleo & Running: New to the combo.
So I've been Paleo for 4 months. And I've been off running for 9 months, silly stress fracture and doctor's orders. But, now I'm looking at kicking it back up and doing another hal …
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Do you aspire to be an elite runner?
Kim Smith of NZ is an elite marathoner whose goal was to win the Boston marathon in record time. Would you ever want to have the physique of her?
She looks like a stick figure v …
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Is a low carb version of Paleo a good idea for a marathon or other endurance races?
Okay guys and girls I'll put it to you. I'm sort of planning to do a marathon later this year and I'm looking at the best way to fuel myself and as I eat quite a strict Paleo diet, …
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Phidippides Cardiomyopathy: Extreme Endurance Training Finally Being Recongized As Harmful by Mainstream Medicine & Media?
Looks like the mainstream media is finally turning with regard to extreme endurance events like marathons, triathlons, and distance training. Here, the UK Mail reports on the "hor …
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Anyone else seen this Bayer commercial?
The man in the commercial says, "I'm a marathon runner in absolutely perfect health, and I had a heart attack right out of the blue!"
Does anyone else cringe at those words?
Man …
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Why nearly every sport except long-distance running is fundamentally absurd…
....is the sub-header on the Slate article out today titled All Men Can’t Jump. It's making the rounds in my FB newsfeed.
Thoughts?
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Advice for mitigating the affects of ultrarunning
Hi
I'm new-paleo, training for an utramarathon, which I know is distinctly non-paleo, and I wondered what you would advise in terms of fuelling training, race nutrition, and eatin …
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Body type of paleo ancestors?
What was the "ideal" shape and body fat percentage?
I figure that in the past, heavy lifting, six-packs, running 26 miles in one setting at a constant pace etc. were not part of t …
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Adapting the paleo diet for endurance athletics
Ketogenic diets and physical performance describes some adaptations to a ketogenic diet that allow for unimpaired physical performance. The key recommendations are:
optimizing so …