Racing Weight

A little over a year ago I adopted a plant-based diet.  The previous year I had gone vegan for about 4 months and felt great, but gave it up primarily for convenience sake.  During my son’s extended hospital stay, I ended up eating at the very well stocked hospital cafeteria at least twice a day.  By the end of his stay I weighed 173 lbs., the most I have ever weighed.  I cleaned up my diet and started running again in the summer of 2013.  On August 1, 2013 I went totally plant-based.  I quickly lost about 25 lbs. and was again under 150.

My diet over the last 4 months had gotten a little sloppy.  With the race coming up I decided I owed it to myself to clean up my diet.  I am training more than ever in my life and it would be foolish to sabotage it with unhealthy eating.  The primary thing that I have done is eliminate food with added sugar and not “graze” after 7:00.

My goal weight for race day is 145, I have been weighing myself every Monday

Starting Weight 7/28:   156lbs.

8/4:  152 lbs.

8/11:  151 lbs.

8/18:  150 lbs..

8/25 : 148 lbs.

I have seen a couple different articles about the relationship to weight loss and increased speed.  I think conservatively that 1 lb. of weight loss is equivalent to 1 sec per mile.   We will see if my results substantiate my hypothesis.