Back to nutrition today – As most of you know I am following the Paleo eating plan as best as a I can.
I say, as best as I can as I have still been drinking milk which I know was not really around when prehistoric man was alive. I figure though as long as it is organic and not loaded with additives and sugars then it is fine by me.
Big changes for me have occured around what I eat at different times of day. Traditional breakfast has been turned on its head as I now have been trying fresh salads and nuts for brekkie. This is something that I also remember reading in ‘Born to Run’ and is something that the Turahumara people advocate.
Friends have looked at me as though I am weird, but in reality what I am doing is not disimilar to what they are doing. They eat their cornflakes or toast and vegemite and I have my salad – both have carbs and fibre, except that my carbs are slow burning. This helps me to stay wide awake through out the day.
Afternoon snacks – nuts or seeds with a glass of milk in place of choccie biscuits.
Another element that has not changed is Chia, Chia, Chia. Life changing stuff.
Give it a try and stay light all day and after all lighter goes faster and further.
Paleo eating - change your life – give yourself the need for speed. – Sean Muller
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Comrades 2011
For any of you who liked my Comrades tales and for any of you who would like to complete to take part in the journey in 2011, then please note that the entries open this Wednesday. Go to www.comrades.com and you can enter.
For me this event has become so much more than a race. It has changed my life forever and no longer will I go back to being the person that I was prior to my first one.
Something very special happens on that road each year between Durban and Maritzburg and it is in those hours that you get to experience the true spirit of humanity.
Go there not exepecting to find the hardest or the longest ultra – go there instead to find yourself and what you thought was important in life soon seems so trivial.
It is justly called the ‘Ultimate Human Race’.
Go there to find the true spirit of Korima. It is the day when everything seems to work in South Africa and a true celebration of the power of sport and a single goal to unite. – Sean Muller
For me this event has become so much more than a race. It has changed my life forever and no longer will I go back to being the person that I was prior to my first one.
Something very special happens on that road each year between Durban and Maritzburg and it is in those hours that you get to experience the true spirit of humanity.
Go there not exepecting to find the hardest or the longest ultra – go there instead to find yourself and what you thought was important in life soon seems so trivial.
It is justly called the ‘Ultimate Human Race’.
Go there to find the true spirit of Korima. It is the day when everything seems to work in South Africa and a true celebration of the power of sport and a single goal to unite. – Sean Muller
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The toughest and most bizarre ultra marathon
Consensus amongst most people is that it takes a fair bit to run a marathon. Not that many people around the world can claim to have completed one. If you don’t believe me then feel free to do a straw poll around your family, friends or workplace and I am sure you will find not many hands being raised.
Ultras and Ironman events are another story and fewer hands will stay up once you quiz people on events around the 100km or 100 mile mark or longer.
What is the toughest event around then you may ask?
I had always thought that the Badwater 135 mile run through Death Valley in temperatures of 40c plus would have to take the cake. That was until I heard about the Barclay Ultra marathons.
The Barkley Marathons are run in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee (there is a 100 mile run and a 60 mile Fun Run) and was started in 1986 as a 50 mile race, but there were no finishers until 1988.
It is considered one of the toughest 100 mile races in the world. It has 59,100 feet of climb (and 59,100 feet of descent); more than any other 100 mile race.
Since the race began, only 9 runners out of about 700 have finished within the 60 hour cut-off. The runners who have entered are very tough ultra marathoners so this is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Mark Williams of the UK finished first in 1995 in 59:28. Here is his race report.
Just how tough is this event you may be asking yourself?
The Barkley consists of five 20-mile loops with no aid except for water at two points. The cut-offs for the 100 mile race are 12 hours per loop. The 60 mile "fun run" has a cut-off of 40 hours, or 13:20 per loop. To prove you completed each loop, you must find 9 to 11 books (varies) at various points along the course and return a page from each book.
At most about 35 people enter each year and it is largely invitation only, although you have to write an essay to see if you are worthy. If you want to read more then look at the official website, although like many involved in this sort of stuff, they are more involved in the actual doing than the maintenance of the site.
Have not ascertained yet what you get for finishing, but by the sounds of it it is a pat on the back.
Keep running for the pats on the back. – Sean Muller
Ultras and Ironman events are another story and fewer hands will stay up once you quiz people on events around the 100km or 100 mile mark or longer.
What is the toughest event around then you may ask?
I had always thought that the Badwater 135 mile run through Death Valley in temperatures of 40c plus would have to take the cake. That was until I heard about the Barclay Ultra marathons.
The Barkley Marathons are run in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee (there is a 100 mile run and a 60 mile Fun Run) and was started in 1986 as a 50 mile race, but there were no finishers until 1988.
It is considered one of the toughest 100 mile races in the world. It has 59,100 feet of climb (and 59,100 feet of descent); more than any other 100 mile race.
Since the race began, only 9 runners out of about 700 have finished within the 60 hour cut-off. The runners who have entered are very tough ultra marathoners so this is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Mark Williams of the UK finished first in 1995 in 59:28. Here is his race report.
Just how tough is this event you may be asking yourself?
The Barkley consists of five 20-mile loops with no aid except for water at two points. The cut-offs for the 100 mile race are 12 hours per loop. The 60 mile "fun run" has a cut-off of 40 hours, or 13:20 per loop. To prove you completed each loop, you must find 9 to 11 books (varies) at various points along the course and return a page from each book.
At most about 35 people enter each year and it is largely invitation only, although you have to write an essay to see if you are worthy. If you want to read more then look at the official website, although like many involved in this sort of stuff, they are more involved in the actual doing than the maintenance of the site.
Have not ascertained yet what you get for finishing, but by the sounds of it it is a pat on the back.
Keep running for the pats on the back. – Sean Muller
Friday, August 27, 2010
How to run really long distances
A very simplistic video of how to run long distances.
Love him or hate him, Dean Karnazes has done plenty to promote our beautiful passion.
Keep running and spreading the passion. – Sean Muller
Love him or hate him, Dean Karnazes has done plenty to promote our beautiful passion.
Keep running and spreading the passion. – Sean Muller
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