Comments on: WEEK 4 – Hills, Hills and More Hills http://run100miles.com/mountain-masochist/week-4-hills-hills-and-more-hills/ Race reports, gear reviews, and ultramarathon trail running stories simply for the love of it Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: christian griffith http://run100miles.com/mountain-masochist/week-4-hills-hills-and-more-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-313 christian griffith Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:23:20 +0000 http://run50miles.org/2007/07/30/week-4-hills-hills-and-more-hills/#comment-313 Ben: As of late, I have been eating a staple of brown rice, raw fruits and vegetables, red meat, chicken, fish, whole grains and tons of water. Occasionally, I will venture off the path and treat myself to ice cream or a cookie, but for the last five weeks, I have been very strict. Two of the most effective measures during this training cycle have been "not missing running workouts" and "clean eating". It makes a real difference. I have recently cut out all chemical sweeteners (Aspertame, Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc.) - I do not know whether or not they are necessarily bad for you, but they are bad for me. They give me stomach cramps. I would rather have honey in my coffee and sparkling water over soda anyway. Hope that answers your question. Cheers! Christian. Ben:

As of late, I have been eating a staple of brown rice, raw fruits and vegetables, red meat, chicken, fish, whole grains and tons of water. Occasionally, I will venture off the path and treat myself to ice cream or a cookie, but for the last five weeks, I have been very strict.

Two of the most effective measures during this training cycle have been “not missing running workouts” and “clean eating”. It makes a real difference.

I have recently cut out all chemical sweeteners (Aspertame, Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc.) – I do not know whether or not they are necessarily bad for you, but they are bad for me. They give me stomach cramps.

I would rather have honey in my coffee and sparkling water over soda anyway.

Hope that answers your question.

Cheers!

Christian.

]]> By: Ben Eubanks http://run100miles.com/mountain-masochist/week-4-hills-hills-and-more-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Ben Eubanks Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:21:59 +0000 http://run50miles.org/2007/07/30/week-4-hills-hills-and-more-hills/#comment-312 What type of "diet" are you following? You mentioned it several times so far... I know your run's very close, but if you can read "The Long Walk" by Stephen King/Richard Bachman, you'll find the strength to go on one more mile, and one more mile, and one more mile... Every lap, if and when you think about stopping, think of who you're there for. Just realized that the run is THIS Saturday! I'll make sure to pray "extra" hard! :-) Ben What type of “diet” are you following? You mentioned it several times so far… I know your run’s very close, but if you can read “The Long Walk” by Stephen King/Richard Bachman, you’ll find the strength to go on one more mile, and one more mile, and one more mile…

Every lap, if and when you think about stopping, think of who you’re there for. Just realized that the run is THIS Saturday! I’ll make sure to pray “extra” hard!
:-)

Ben

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