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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now.  I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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I am not getting enough protein.  I can feel it in my legs.  I have been so very cautious to run carefully, slowly and I think I'm successfully healing whatever was happening in my quad.  But my legs (and hips) feel weak. I think it's the lack of meat.  I didn't mean to start going meatless. But once I gave up chocolate and sugar, I felt like I might as well give up everything....I was raised for a lot of years vegetarian (my step mother was 7th Day-Adventist), but I whole-heartedly embraced my inner carnivore somewhere around 21.  Changing my diet last month, made me revert to my upbringing (when I had a 97 pound woman in charge of trying to feed me). So Marion, you will be proud of me, today I will be eating a lot of talapia with peach salsa for lunch an a t-bone steak with fried corn & roasted red pepper relish for dinner.  BTW, I hereby endorse the PROVO FARMER's MARKET (held every Saturday at Pioneer Park on 500 W & Center).  I bought a box of peaches, tomatoes, corn, beet greens and signed a petition to keep Italian nuclear waste out of Utah.  So it's nuclear free peach cobbler for everyone!  Come on by.

Comments
From Lucia on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 14:05:36

If you want to get protein without increasing your meat intake too much, you can try having more eggs, beans, tofu, and grains like barley. I've been a vegetarian for 10 years now and never felt it was harming my health, but I strongly believe that everyone is different and you have to listen to your body. If you crave meat and/or believe that increasing your meat intake can help you feel better, you're making the right decision!

Nice running, and save some peach cobbler for me! Yummm!

From luzylew on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 15:12:13

Thanks for the tip Lucia. Good to know. I am trying to eat tons of vedgetable protein: nuts, nut butters, mung/pinto/black/white garbanzo beans, hummus, brown rice & corn, eggs, etc. I really hate the IDEA of eating meat. But I think my muscles are breaking down and are fatigued for the sudden lack of it. I need to quickly find a better balance. I'm sure I'm detoxing too--which isn't all bad. I just need to do a better job with the protein and I know meat is a quick fix for now.

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