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Maintaining a healthy Vegan Diet on Holiday

November 2nd, 2009

Holidays can prove a challenge for anyone following a diet. I’m currently in Florida for 2 weeks on a training course. Here the Americans are big meat eaters. They don’t seem to understand the concept of vegetarianism. Therefore to be a vegan requires you to be resourceful. Finding a good supermarket with fresh vegetables, nuts and seeds. When eating out you may have to be inventive don’t be afraid to change dishes, take meat out add things on. For example, last night there was a spinach salad on the menu with raspberry’s and cheese, therefore, I asked the waiter for the salad without cheese and to replace it with Avocado and olive instead.

My diet whilst in Florida, has consisted of fruit and vegetable smoothies for breakfast, brought from the supermarket, lunch is usually avocado, hummus, tomato, cucumber, celery and for dinner I eat out and usually have a salad. I brought supplements with me, my green drinks and oil capsules.

Triathlon training log – Week 4

September 29th, 2009
Exercise Log – Week Beginning September 21st 2009
  Event Distance Time
Mon Rest    
Tues Gym Cross trainer 15min

run outside

 

20min

Weds Rest    
Thurs Swim

Cycle

Floats (kicking & float between legs)

20miles

30mins

 

Fri Rest    
Sat Cycle

Swim

10 miles

54 lengths

40mins

40mins

Sun Run

Cycle

3.8miles

26miles

32mins 59

1 hour 55

Triathlon Training Log – Week 3

September 26th, 2009
Exercise Log – Week Beginning September 14th 2009

 

Mon Swim – 48 lengths (Pyramid session)
Tues Gym – Cross trainer 15 min

Treadmill – 15 min interval session (3min 10.5kmp, 2min 11.5kph)

Spin – 10 mins easy.

Stretches & core strength

Weds Rest

 

Thurs Rest

 

Fri Cycle – 10 miles

Run – 30 mins

Sat Cycle – 16 miles
Sun Run – 3.5 miles (31mins)

Swim  – 1 mile (53mins)

Triathlon Training Log – Week 2

September 26th, 2009
Exercise Log Week Beginning September 7th 2009

 

Mon Rest
Tues Gym – Cross trainer 15mins

Treadmill – 15min run (interval 10.5, 11.5)

Rower 12 mins

Stretches, core strength.

Weds Rest
Thurs Gym – Cross trainer 15mins

Treadmill – 15min run (interval 10.5, 11.5)

Spinning

Stretches, core strength

Fri Cycle 30 mins
Sat Rest
Sun Cycle – 30 miles

Triathlon Training Log – Week 1

September 26th, 2009
Exercise Log Week Beginning August 31st 2009

 

Mon  
Tues  
Weds  
Thurs Triathlon Training starts!!

Session 1 in the gym with a trainer who set me a training program

Fri Rest
Sat Gym – program 
Sun Swim – 48 Length pyramid

The reality sets in – Triathlon race targets

September 19th, 2009

I’ve been researching previous results for Olympic / Standard distance Triathlon.

I’ve compared my current times to the winning female times in 2 triathlons with sea swims;

Event

Current Times

(3 weeks into training)

Target

Difference!!

1500m Swim 1 hour 25 mins 35 mins
24 mile Bike 1 hour 40 1 hour 15 25 mins
10 km Run 1 hour 40 mins 20 mins
Total 3 hours 40 2 hours 20 1 hour 20

Over 12 months I need to knock off 10 mins per month! (Roughly 3 mins per event) I have no idea if that is realistic!

I’ve got a lot of work to do!

Vegan diet plan for Triathlon training

September 16th, 2009

Here’s an overview of my current daily diet. I’m feeling really good for avoiding wheat and sugar. I find the wheat free alternatives like spelt, quinoa and rice noodles much nicer than wheat.

Breakfast Snack Lunch Snack Dinner
3/4 litre of greens with baking sodaHerbal tea (redbush or peppermint) ¾ litre of water with baking soda

Peppermint tea

Peppermint tea ¾ litre water with baking soda

Peppermint tea

Herbal tea

¾ litre of greens with baking soda before bed

Toasted (yeast free) rye breadTomato or cucumber or avocado plus olive oil salt and pepper AlmondsBrazil nuts

Walnuts

Dried fruit:

Goji berries

Blue berries

Raisins

Figs

Salad:Lettuce

Cucumber

Tomato

Sugar snap peas

Pepper

Onion

Mixed Sprouts (chickpea, aduki beans, lentil)

Spelt pasta

Olive oil

Salt & pepper

Hummus

Banana or apple or raw food bar Vege curries, stir Fry’s, chilli’s,Quinoa

Rice

Brown Rice noo

Triathlon Training Program – Month 1

September 16th, 2009

Here’s how my training week is starting to take shape. For the first couple of weeks I have only swam once a week and have decided to up it as it’s m weakest discipline.

Monday

1 hr Swim – Pyramid session; 4-8-12-12-8-4Followed by sauna

Tuesday Gym – Set program;15 min warm up on cross trainer

(5 min level 5, 10 mins level 12, 7-8kph)

15 min interval training on treadmill

(3 min @ 10.5kph, 2min @ 11.5kph)

12 min on rower (trying to beat previous best)

Strength and core work

Stretches

Wednesday Rest Day
Thursday Gym – Set Program as before (might swap rower with spinning bike)
Friday Rest Day
Saturday 1 hour Swim Pyramid sessionFollowed by sauna

Sunday

Approx 2 hour bike ride

Vegan diet avoids DOMS (Delayed onset muscle soreness)

September 14th, 2009

Yesterday was my first training session on the road bike.

Instead of a nice, easy plod through the country we picked a hilly 30 mile route and kept the pace up (to as much as I could cope with).

By the end, I was physically and mentally exhausted! Legs wobbling!

I expected to wake up feeling really stiff, struggling to climb stairs but instead  don’t even feel like I’ve sat on a bike!

I put it down to the sauna last night and a healthy vegan diet, plenty of water and I went to bed with a pint of greensand baking soda to help repair my muscles and neutralise the lactic acid.

On the bike – Triathlon training on a Vegan sugar free diet!

September 13th, 2009

My first long cycle today. 30 miles in 2 legs – riding time 2 1/2 hours, I’ve got some work to do before the triathlon!

I still feel like I’m going through a detox after cutting out sugar and wheat a couple of weeks ago, following Brendan Braziers advice. In his book he asures me that once I’m through this fatigue, headaches, diarrhea and nausea, my energy levels will escalate. I can’t wait!

Today felt hard and I was really drained afterwards and even felt a little faint. I had a sauna session this evening to help the muscle recovery by eliminating the toxin build up.