Friday, March 29, 2013

What does Rich Roll eats?

I just listened to an interview of vegan ultra-athlete Rich Roll by DocHeater on blogtalkradio and one of the question was related to what his every-day meals looked like (he appears to be training most days). Here are the notes I took from it (the sound quality was pretty bad so I may have missed or mistaken a few things ...):
  • breakfast
    • pre-workout
      • smoothie (kale, chard, spinach, pineapple, chia seeds, macca powder, beets)
      • almond butter toast (if really hungry)
    • post-workout
      • smoothie (almond milk, banana, macca powder, kale, avocado, walnuts)
  • lunch (usually light)
    • salad
    • veggie burrito or rice&beans or rice with stir-fry vegetables (if really hungry)
  • dinner (large)
    • sweet potatoes, yams, potatoes
    • brown rice
    • stir-fry veggies
    • kale chips
    • pasta dishes
  • snack(s)
    • almonds
    • almond butter sandwich

Monday, March 25, 2013

Spring is here!

Hullo! I'm back ... Okay well, I didn't really left but there wasn't much to report since last November. Here's a brief TL;DR of what happened until today:

  • As the weather got crappier I had to wind down my usual cycling commute to work (and week-end rides)
  • I increased my running to compensate, running to and from work at least once a week (at one point, my total odometer for the week was 70km, I had run to/from work twice that week)
  • Since winter was kind of mild this year, I resumed commuting to work on my bicycle early February (that is a good month earlier than usual)
  • In March, I restarted cycling longer distance on the week-end (and/or on the way to work)
During the off-season, my weight went up a little (+1.5kg), but it's back down to my race weight (55kg) since last week :)

This year, I was planning (if you recall) to enter two Duathlon in my area (Vancouver, BC), but I kinda dropped the ball and missed the first one and won't be in town at the time of the second one :( So no racing for me this year ... Which isn't that much of a bummer really, considering both events had ridiculously small distances. I wish Duathlons were as popular as Triathlons and had longer distances ...

My goal for 2013 is to do a couple of century rides (mile ones, so +160km) as well as maybe a half-marathon in the fall and I'm participating to this year Vancouver Sun Run (late April), but it's only a 10k so not much of an endurance challenge ...