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Get Stronger ............................... 40 REAL RUNNERS, THE YEAR IN RUNNING FAT CHANCE
Snack Smarter............................. 48
Beat Injuries ................................ 38 AMAZING STORIES!
Stay Motivated............................ 36 The headliners, trend- Low-carb, high-fat is
Love Your RBF ............................. 24 setters, history-makers, suddenly all the dietary
Be Awesome ................................61 This year’s fnalists made
and record-breakers rage. But will it work
9 Seasonal Superfoods ................ 46 us laugh, cry, and shake
whose achievements and for runners? Here’s the
Gear of the Year .......................... 56 our heads in awe. Meet the
Cover Search ...............................61 ideas rocked our favorite science, and the reality,
men and women runners
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WINTHROP,
WASHINGTON
RUNNER
Alyson Dimmitt Gnam
THE EXPERIENCE
The Lone Fir Trail, a
two-mile loop, weaves
through a valley within
the North Cascades
mountain range. The
path sits 3,640 feet
above sea level, so
winter arrives in Octo-
ber. The fresh snowfall
on the trail—it crosses
the aptly named Early
Winters Creek—is
transformative, says
Dimmitt Gnam. “The
white brings out the
shapes diferently, and
there’s a hush.”
WHILE IN TOWN
Refuel with a “per-
fectly flaky” fruit scone
while you peruse cast-
iron skillets, woolen
goods, and organic
produce at the Maza-
ma Store nearby.
SLOW DOWN
Take a short drive
south on State Route
20, and hike up Silver
Star Mountain. Stop
midway for views of
the Liberty Bell, an
iconic peak among
climbers. Feeling ad-
venturous? Continue
upward and traverse
a glacier to reach the
8,876-foot summit.
KEEP IN MIND
Snow often shuts
down the access road,
typically between
December and April.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Steven Gnam
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What were your meets like?
How did the club start? Because we were all “frou- What was life like after that?
My sister and I got my mother frou’ed” up, when we walked The thing is, I don’t remember
into this track thing when I was onto the track, the other teams there being much of a reaction
11 and my sister was 16. Abilene, would look at us like we were to it. I was 16, and I don’t know
Texas, used to have summer trying to show of. The boys if I ever mentioned it to any-
track programs. My mother de- loved us, but the girls were like, body at school.
cided the coach was not paying “They look good, but they can’t
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HUMAN( )RACE NEWS, TRENDS, and REGULAR RUNNERS doing AMAZING THINGS
p32
Lawrence did
some swims in
pools and tried to
choose routes that
were mostly flat.
EXECUTE
EPICNESS
A triathlete completes
50 Ironmans in 50 states in
50 consecutive days.
But how?
P H OTO G R A P H S B Y J E S S A KA E P H OTO G R A P H Y/ W W W. J E S S A K A E .C O M
121
miles
P H OTO G R A P H S B Y J E S S A KA E P H OTO G R A P H Y/ W W W. J E S S A K A E .C O M
money out of my own volunteered. ‘Local with me.”
pocket. Twenty-seven ambassadors’ helped 12. FINISH
companies helped plan routes and 9. EAT “I was overwhelmed
support me, including arranged doctor visits. “The hardest part with love and support
my title sponsor, Young I saw a chiropractor or about mealtime was as I finished in my
Living Essential Oils.” massage therapist staying awake. For home state of Utah.
on weekends.” dinner, I ate sand- The finish exceeded
3. TRAIN wiches, chicken Alfre- my expectations. It
“I hired coach David 6. SWIM do, burritos, and kale was electric. I high-
SPOUSE OF
Warden. We sat down “Twenty swims were in salads (below).” fived everyone coming
THE YEAR
over breakfast two open water. But after down the shoot,
Maintaining a dealing with freezing 10. SLEEP hugged my wife and
rigorous travel waters in Vermont “Getting four to five kids, and took pictures
schedule with [state #35], I did the hours of sleep a night and signed autographs
five kids in tow
rest in pools, where in an RV is not the best until 11 p.m.”
is an extra chal-
lenge. “My wife the water temperature way to recover from an —MEGAN DITROLIO
W
my first thought after glancing Running Bitch Face. the pavement while our minds
at myself in a reflective wall If faces are billboards display- run through grocery lists (cookie
during a recent run. The mon- ing our emotions, mine was pro- batter, kale) or existential crises
ster’s expression was classic jecting: “I’d rather be anywhere (meaning of life, kale). We’re
RBF. ¶ You’ve likely heard of but here.” This puzzled me. I love avoiding sidewalk divots and
Resting Bitch Face, a trending everything about running—from tuning into that little twinge.
Internet meme leveled primar- the thwack of my shoes on the We’re summoning every last
ily—and unfairly—at women pavement to the way it always drop of energy and are way too
(men with this look are typi- generates ideas and midrun busy to care whether we’re grin-
cally described as “serious”). cravings for coconut water. If I ning like a dope or looking ridic-
When literally “at rest,” wheth- feel like the gatekeeper to Cloud ulously photogenic. So what if we
er standing in the Target checkout line or zoning Nine when I run, why do I look look like monsters? We should.
out during a meeting, RBF sufferers project a severe like the Crypt Keeper? And am We’re scary strong.
look of: “Don’t even think about talking to me.” The I the only one?
phrase is pervasive; even the Oxford Dictionaries During my next race, I con- Writer Kara Cutruzzula planned to run her
added “bitch face” to their lexicon this year. ducted an experiment. While in second New York City Marathon this fall.
24 FOR MORE STORIES BY AND ABOUT WOMEN RUNNERS, VISIT ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR
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H R LEAN ON ME …AND IN BAD bad day, he
“Our first fight would get
IN GOOD TIMES… was over the me to go on a
WE R AN “Going to diet,” Angela run instead of
IT OFF! the gym was
easier than
says. “I wanted
BBQ and Willie
making a bad
food choice.”
changing our said, ‘No.’”
diet, because …AND IN HEALTH
which airline it’s on, you can get it using Venture miles. Just book any flight,
then use your miles to cover the cost. It’s that easy. So, ready to switch?
I
have an odd request,” I said. “I’m hoping to write a magazine article—” high.” I assume he meant that with
“ ¶ The saleswoman behind the counter cut me off. “Say no more. I know
exactly what you need. Sativa. Helps you get into deep focus, really get
in touch with your innermost thoughts.” ¶ “Sounds great,” I said. “But
indica, I’d end up sitting by the side
of the road, asking myself if I’d ever
looked…I mean really looked…at my
that’s not why I want to buy pot.” ¶ I had found out about runners using own feet. Oh, and before I left, I posed
marijuana as a performance-enhancing drug through that underground for a photo with Snell. Turns out, his
hot-sheet of the counterculture, The Wall Street Journal. All the runners grandmother is a big fan of mine.
quoted, by name and anonymously, were ultrarunners and talked about the
particular value of pot to someone who routinely runs 150 miles a week. The grand experiment took place
In the story, ultramarathoner Jenn Shelton said marijuana helps runners two days later. According to the Jour-
“manage…pain, not puke, and stay calm.” ¶ I’m no ultrarunner, but I was nal, marijuana is used primarily by
still surprised: I can’t run at all with even a little alcohol in my system, as long-distance trail runners, but the
the dizziness and nausea overwhelm me. Hell, I’ve had to cancel runs because I took last thing I wanted to do was to toke
too much Benadryl the night before. As for pot, like most people of my generation, up and head off into strange woods.
I’ve tried it, and even enjoyed it. But I’ve never tried to do anything while under its Instead, I wanted a short, closed loop
influence more complicated than making microwave popcorn (which under those so I couldn’t get lost and could easily
circumstances is delicious). But put aside the question of whether pot helps a run- walk back to my starting place if the
ner—I couldn’t imagine successfully putting one foot in front of another while under run went as badly as I feared. The ob-
the influence. How in the world could it work? A trip to Washington State, where vious choice was the path at Capitol
recreational marijuana sales and use are now legal, gave me the opportunity to find Lake Park in Olympia, a 1.5-mile loop
out. ¶ I had once visited a medical marijuana clinic in California for a documentary, at the base of the state capitol—seeing
and that was all blond wood and soft lighting, with clerks trained to talk and act like as it was the vision of the legislature
pharmacists. Uncle Ike’s Pot Shop in Seattle, though, is a place out of Tommy Chong’s that had made the experiment pos-
wildest daydreams. It’s decorated like your stoner brother’s basement bedroom, with sible, it seemed an appropriate spot.
psychedelia and posters for pot-scare movies like Reefer Madness, and has a cheerful, My designated driver was my friend
happy staff that really knows their product. Imagine a liquor store staffed by a bunch Bob Haft, a professor at nearby Ev-
of really enthusiastic alcoholics—“Ah, looking to get drunk while staring at photos ergreen State College. Sitting on the
G O YO U !
For the past 13 years, Retired Senior Navy Chief Sid Busch has been running marathons
to memorialize fallen soldiers. He carries an American flag and pins a photograph of the St Laurent, 31, was the first
honoree to his shirt. Afterward, he sends his race medal to the soldier’s family. “When I runner to finish the 77.6-mile
first started, I would choose a name from the list of casualties,” he says. “But word got Canadian Death Race ultra-
out, and now I get emails from parents asking me to run for their son or daughter.” This marathon in Grande Cache,
January, Busch plans to run his 22nd Walt Disney World Marathon. —ALI NOLAN Alberta (13:51). It’s the first time
a female has won the event in
ONE
HUNDRED 4:50 26 RYAN
TARAPCHACK
D E A P I C T U R E L I B R A R Y/ D E AG O S T I N I /G E T T Y I M AG E S ( S U B M A R I N E ) ; C O U R T E S Y O F S T E V E BA K E R ( S T. L AU R E N T )
YEARS SERVED
Young man with
IN THE U.S. NAVY a big heart
Miles he Fastest Walt Disney
estimates World Marathon
22
he ran in place (2001)
MARATHONS BUSCH When 11-year-old Tarapchack
aboard a subma-
HAS RUN HOLDING A rine while training learned that his friend’s 7-year-
old sister, Isabella O’Brien, had
7:23
3-FOOT BY 5-FOOT for the 1988 NYC
AMERICAN FLAG THAT Marathon. “If I a rare form of cancer, he knew
wanted to get hill he wanted to help. “I was afraid
WEIGHS 4 POUNDS. training in, I would
Mile where because she is really little,” says
“IT GETS HEAVIER get my fellow SLOWEST DISNEY he broke his Tarapchack, who lives in Lang-
AROUND MILE 20.” crewmen to put
MARATHON—RUN ankle in the
an angle on the horne, Pennsylvania. “I have a
THE DAY AFTER THE 1985 Chicago little sister, too, and I would be
sub so I could be
Marathon. “I
DISNEY HALF (2015) nervous if she got cancer. I know
fifty 20,000
running uphill.”
screamed and
limp-hopped it costs a lot of money.” With his
until it loos- family’s help, Tarapchack set
ened up. With a goal of completing a 30-day
Fallen soldiers four miles to running streak to raise $10,000
he’s honored go, there was for Isabella. He exceeded his
by running with Leagues Under the Sea—the Disney movie that no way I was
their photograph inspired Busch to become a submariner dropping out.”
goal, raising more than $16,000
and averaging five miles a day.
“For a kid to do something like
this so selflessly, his parents
should be very proud of him,”
says Isabella’s dad, Scott, who
added that his daughter’s tumor
is shrinking. —M.H.
ASK MILES
He’s been around the block a few times—
and he’s got answers.
I ran a PR in a half
marathon, but the
course was a half
mile short. I feel a
little guilty being
congratulated.
—Shannon G., Aurora, IL
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his next 26.2-miler scouring stores. “It’s access to a
track? Do
around a local track a way to see your
it on a park
while raising money friends, feel less path or in
for a food bank. He bloated, and do good your neigh-
picked the day after things.” —KIT FOX borhood.”
Thanksgiving, not just
for the perfect pun,
Track Friday meet-
but because he knew ups have occurred in
all his friends and California, Florida,
family would be home Illinois, New Jersey
(right), New York,
to provide support. Ohio, Pennsylvania,
As people donated and Texas.
money, some offered
to pace him for a few
laps or even fundraise
for their own causes.
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Two beams
illuminate the
path at your feet
while a spotlight
shines ahead.
RUN, RUN,
cookies, even Runner’s World editors is use of the #RWRunStreak hashtag.)
can sufer from low motivation (or lack The list of reasons to streak is
of time, or both!). To combat the urge nearly as long as a 6-year-old’s letter
REPEAT
to shelve running until after “Auld Lang to Santa. For one thing, consistency
Syne,” senior editor Meghan Kita and improves endurance, efficiency, and
a friend devised the Runner’s World speed. Steady mileage can also ease
Holiday Run Streak in 2011, and it’s be- stress and burn off holiday treats, or
Stay motivated with one mile
come an annual event. The streak has help you avoid overindulging entirely.
a day during our Holiday Streak. just one rule: Log at least one mile per “There’s something about keeping a
By Cindy Kuzma day between Thanksgiving and New promise to yourself that can translate
it’s multitasking.”
THE WORKOUT
GO FOR MILES DO AN EXERCISE GET STRONG
Aim to log a STREAK Try a strength- “On 90-minute easy
Consider the cumulative 37 Clock 15 minutes move streak by runs, I do the last five
Alternatives miles—the equiv- of any type of car- doing a minute- to 10 minutes at 5K
alent to running dio activity each long plank, 25 goal pace. The idea
If you can’t (or one mile per day—cycling, pushups, or 25 is to run hard on tired
don’t want to) run day—between swimming, danc- squats every day.
legs; the last 10K at
every day, try a Thanksgiving and ing at a holiday
New Year’s. party—to build Cal International was
modified streak. fitness with less my 10K PR.”
impact. —BOB COOPER
LOG YOUR MILES WITH THE NEW RW GO APP, DECEMBER 2015 RUNNER’S WORLD 37
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TRAINING
You Asked Me
Jeff answers
your questions.
TAKE WALK BREAKS SHORTEN YOUR STRIDE BE OPEN TO CHANGE you are to get
Doing a mixture of running Taking short steps and Runners are stubborn, injured.
and walking gives me con- keeping your feet close to especially those who’ve
trol over how I feel on a run the ground reduces stress been at it for years. Many FICTION
and how quickly I recover. If on your feet, legs, joints, hesitate to slow down, add Research shows that
I start to experience aches muscles, and tendons. A walk breaks, or run fewer aging runners have
or fatigue, I can adjust short stride, when paired days, even as they stop en- healthier bones and
the amount of running with walk breaks, can keep joying their runs (and start joints than their non-
running peers. By tak-
and walking to heal while your legs feeling fresh and getting injured). But change
ing the right measures
I continue my daily runs. strong even as your body is good—the right strategy and listening to your
Run-walking in races helps loses flexibility and muscle can allow mature runners to body, you can run until
me bounce back quickly. mass as you age. feel good on every run. you’re 100.
38 JOIN OUR ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BEGINNERS AT ILLUSTRATION BY MARK MATCHO
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TRAINING
Lift to fatigue after hard runs for big rewards. Recent studies Runners should A hard run plus a
have shown that generally run strength session
According to purists, the best supplementary tiny dumbbells, before lifting might leave you
workout for runners is more running. There’s big barbells, or weights, because jelly-legged the
some truth to this, but many top athletes also body-weight trying to run next day. Make
strength-train. By working weak muscles and correcting exercises can after can change sure that you’re
imbalances, these runners hope to reduce their injury produce similar your mechanics, getting enough
risk, which will allow them to run even more. More subtly, gains as long as potentially in- protein to help
strength-training boosts running economy, allowing you you lift to mo- graining bad hab- your muscles
to hold the same pace while burning less oxygen. And all mentary failure, its. Lift weights repair—not just
of this becomes even more important once you reach your the point at either imme- right after the
mid-30s and start fighting age-related muscle loss. which you can’t diately after a workouts, but
The challenge is that endurance and strength-training complete an- hard workout or throughout the
place competing demands on your body. To get the most other rep with later the same day. Aim for four
out of your strength sessions without compromising your perfect form. day. That makes to five doses of
running, keep the following guidelines in mind. Include two or your hard days about 20 grams
three exercises extra-hard but of protein (e.g.,
each for the ensures that you two eggs and
upper and lower can recover on a cup of milk),
body, plus some easy days. including one
that target core You don’t have just before bed.
and hip strength; to lift hard all To deal with
Do as many reps aim for three sets year long. Stud- next-day sore-
as you can with of each exercise, ies have found ness, you can try
good form—which
may not be many twice a week. that a six-week aids like ice baths
after speedwork. To optimize block of focused and compression
running econ- strength-training garments, but it’s
omy, focus on during a race far better to pre-
lower-body exer- buildup is suf- vent soreness by
cises that recruit ficient to boost progressing your
large amounts performance. It’s strength routine
of muscle all still good to keep slowly. If you
at once, like up a low-key haven’t been lift-
weighted lunges maintenance pro- ing weights, take
and squats. Or, gram throughout a six-week block
include explo- the year, but to build up to
sive plyometric you can reserve lifting to failure.
exercises like lifting to failure Be similarly cau-
two-legged to coincide tious when trying
and one-legged with preparing new exercises.
jumps, and for goal races. You should be
eventually drop Scale back your tired when you
jumps, which lifting two weeks wake up the
involve stepping before race day, day after an
off a low box or and don’t lift at interval-weights
step and then all during the double—but if
jumping as high last week to you can’t get out
as you can as recover without of bed, you’re not
soon as you land. detraining. getting faster.
Adrenaline GTS 16
TRAINING
YOU JUST RAN you’ll have more time
A GOAL RACE to digest before bed.
If you’re drinking, limit
You can run a 5K a yourself to one or two
RACE PREP
week or two after a alcoholic beverages
half or full marathon, for best results. Holder
Corkum says, but don’t suggests avoiding soda
race it—your body and juice mixers, which
JINGLE ALL THE WAY needs time to recover. can cause spikes and
Do a few easy runs drops in blood sugar.
between your goal Sip water all evening
Make time for a festive 5K. and some sports drink
race and the 5K, keep-
By Caitlin Carlson ing them short (three before bed to wake
or four miles, max) and up feeling good, says
25 percent slower than Corkum.
your usual pace. And
FROM TURKEY TROTS to Resolution Runs, it’s a hopping time make time for dynamic YOU JUST HEARD
of year for short, family-friendly races. These fun runs stretching and foam ABOUT IT
offer a healthy way to bond with visiting relatives, to rolling, which will help
stay motivated after your goal race, and to keep feasting your muscles rebound When you get to your
in check, says New York City–based running coach before you race again, relatives’ house two
Elizabeth Corkum. “While the calorie burn for a 5K won’t says Nike+ Run Club days before Thanks-
cancel out the damage many of us do on Thanksgiving, coach Joe Holder. giving and discover ev-
for example, it’s easier to make better nutrition choices
eryone else has signed
on days we are active,” says Corkum, who’s certified in
YOU WENT TO A up for the Turkey Trot,
sports nutrition. Still, race calendars aren’t the only ones PARTY LAST NIGHT you’ll probably want to
jam-packed right now. Here’s how to play your festive
join in—even if you’ve
5K depending on when you fit it in.
A “fun” 5K shouldn’t been slacking. If you
stop you from enjoying can run 20 minutes
a festive fête the night without stopping,
before. “You don’t you’re cleared to do
want to feel ill the next the 5K, says Corkum.
morning, but you want If you want an idea of
to be part of the party,” how long the trot will
says Corkum. To do take, head outside a
that, eat a little bit of day or two prerace and
lots of things instead of run a mile at a pace
spending your evening that’s an 8 on an effort
next to the cheese scale of 10. Multiply
platter or dessert table. this time by 1.1 to get a
Mixing it up will prevent realistic 5K pace, says
you from OD’ing on Holder. Or, ditch the
foods that cause prob- time goal: “Forgetting
lems in large quantities. about the clock can be
And try to eat early— fun,” says Corkum.
THANKS, AGAIN!
Repurpose your holiday leftovers
into delicious, runner-friendly fare.
By Matthew Kadey, M.S., R.D.
F O O D S T Y L I N G B Y J O H N B J O S TA D
olive oil 3⁄4 cup (4 oz.) dried figs, zinc and iron.
1 Tbsp. cider vinegar stems removed
2 tsp. Dijon mustard 3⁄4 cup apple cider
1 tsp. fresh thyme 1 tsp. dried thyme
1 clove garlic, mashed Pinch of salt
¼ tsp. salt 8 slices whole-grain
1⁄4 tsp. black pepper bread
Fig and Brie
8 cups (8 oz.) baby kale 4 oz. brie cheese, rind
Grilled Cheese
2 medium carrots, peeled removed
and shredded 2 cups shredded turkey
2 medium parsnips, 2 cups baby spinach
peeled and shredded 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 cups (10 oz.) diced
cooked turkey meat Place figs, apple cider, thyme,
2 pears, thinly sliced and salt in a saucepan. Bring
4 oz. soft goat cheese, to a boil, reduce heat, and sim-
crumbled mer for 20 minutes. Remove
1⁄4 cup pecan halves, from heat and let cool for 15
chopped minutes. Blend mixture into a
chunky paste. Spread fig paste
Whisk together cranberry on each slice of bread. Among
sauce, olive oil, cider vinegar, 4 slices divide the cheese, tur-
mustard, thyme, garlic, salt, key, and spinach and top with
and pepper. In a large bowl, the other slices of bread.
toss the kale, carrots, parsnips, Heat ½ Tbsp. butter in a
and turkey with enough dress- skillet over medium heat.
ing to coat the greens. Divide Cook sandwich until cheese
among 4 plates and top with is melted and bread is golden
the pears, goat cheese, and brown, about 3 minutes per
pecans. Drizzle the remaining side. Repeat with the remain-
dressing over the salads. ing butter and sandwiches.
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dried Mission figs (stems
CRUNCHY CURRY PEAS trimmed) in hot water BEEFED-UP TRAIL MIX
for 30 minutes. Drain,
Lots of fiber and protein dry, and put in a food Jerky adds protein,
curb cravings. processor with 1∕3 cup popcorn supplies fiber.
QUICK BITES MAKE IT Soak 2∕3 cup yel- protein powder, ¼ cup MAKE IT Toss together
low split peas in water cocoa powder, ¼ cup 4 cups air-popped
for 4 hours. Drain and nut butter, ½ tsp. cinna- popcorn, 3 oz. chopped
dry. Heat ¼ cup canola mon, zest of 1 orange, beef jerky, ¾ cup
oil in a skillet. Add peas juice of ½ orange, and pecans, ½ cup sliced
TAKE IT ON and stir often, until a pinch of salt. Form fruit leather, ½ cup dark
golden, about 15 min- into 1" balls and roll in chocolate chips, and 1∕3
utes. Transfer to a paper shredded coconut. cup roasted and salted
F O O D S T Y L I N G B Y J O H N B J O S TA D
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CHEESE WHIZ
Parmigiano- Aged Italian varieties add big flavor
Reggiano and Grana
Padano are made
to dishes created by marathoner and former
from cow’s milk; MasterChef host Joe Bastianich.
Pecorino Romano is
made from tangier
sheep’s milk.
ITALY’S AGED CHEESES pack a flavor punch. Grana Padano,
Parmigiano-Reggiano, and Pecorino Romano are ideal
for grating and shaving over dishes—adding richness
for relatively few calories. Cookbook author Joe
Bastianich chooses Grana Padano (for which he is a
spokesperson). “In my house, we put it on everything,
including desserts,” says Bastianich, who planned to
run his seventh New York City Marathon in November.
For more, see joebastianich.com. —YISHANE LEE
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BODY Refuel with a high- Now is the time to try Although you may be Your muscular and
carb drink containing light exercise. Active getting anxious about hormonal systems
a small amount of recovery expedites not training, fatigue are still returning
protein. “Muscles are the body’s natural is likely pulling you to baseline, so this
most permeable to repair process by de- to the couch. This is is a good time to
energy uptake in the livering more oxygen especially true for slowly introduce
30 minutes following and nutrients to the runners who raced some intensity into
a hard effort,” Hart muscles. Just keep it longer distances or workouts. “The main
says. For the next 23 easy—go for a walk. trained hard for an thing to remember
hours, your priority is Continue to wear extended period. Hart is that you can’t train
muscle repair—and compression cloth- calls this “central sys- if you are injured,”
that means protein. ing, and if you get a tem fatigue.” “While Joyner says. Thus, err
Hart recommends massage, make sure training, you are con- on the side of doing
frequent snacks that your therapist keeps stantly suppressing too little versus doing
are high in carbs but the pressure minimal. fatigue or downright too much, and “focus
also contain 25 to 30 “You want to let your ignoring it, which can on reading your body
grams of protein. muscles heal, and throw your hormonal and backing off if
Light foam rolling deep-tissue massage profile out of whack,” soreness and fatigue
and compression can cause muscle he says. When your don’t improve.”
clothing improve damage,” says Hart. body lets its guard Joyner and Hart agree
bloodflow to remove Popping ibuprofen down a few days after that cross-training
toxins from muscle. might be tempting, the event, all the built- is a good low-risk
Otherwise, it’s gen- but unless you sus- up fatigue sets in. “Do approach. Add inten-
erally best to “relax— tained an acute injury, not fight this fatigue,” sity into other sports
let the body initiate many experts advise Hart says. Instead, (a hard hike or swim).
its natural recovery against it. “The in- stick to light active re- By the end of this
processes,” Hart flammatory response covery and remember period, your central
says. Many runners is signaling recovery,” that the priority is to and muscular systems
literally “run around” Hart says, “and that rest so your body can should be back in
recovering, which is is not something we return to hormonal tune and you can ease
counterproductive. want to mask.” balance. back into running.
MIND “Celebrate!” says Kris- The immediate post- Enter, for some, the You probably will
tin Keim, M.A., Psy.D., race high is wearing postrace blues. “Stim- feel a healthy urge to
a sports psychologist off, but dopamine and ulating neurochemi- start running again.
in Raleigh, North Car- serotonin levels are cals are declining, and Now is a great time
olina. Many runners still elevated. “Simply at the same time you to develop a new set
have type-A tenden- moving past the race are reintegrating into of goals. This might
cies, always looking is tough,” Keim says. everyday life,” Keim mean running faster,
for the next challenge. So don’t feel bad says. An ensuing rut running farther,
Keim says pausing about the urge to can be compounded taking running more
to reward yourself write a race report by the fact that most seriously, or perhaps
and reflect on your and post pictures on runners’ antidepres- taking running less
accomplishment is social media. Even sant of choice—a seriously. But if you
important. If you find after a disappointing hard workout—isn’t are feeling burned
yourself struggling to race, Doug MacLean, an option. Keim urges out and the thought
sit still, let alone sleep, a running and triathlon runners to “main- of running evokes
worry not. According coach with QT2 Sys- tain their identity as dread, that’s okay,
to Michael Joyner, tems in Ithaca, New athletes.” To do this, too, Keim says. There
M.D., a physiologist York, encourages ath- analyze your race, is no rush to get back
at the Mayo Clinic in letes to fully process think about goals for into things, and if the
Rochester, Minne- the event rather than next year, and per- thought of structured
sota, a number of trying to block out haps most important, training refuses to
factors—ranging from negative feelings. “It’s reframe rest as a key catch on, you can
GI issues to elevated not until we internalize part of your training still run casually for
neurochemicals—can what happened at a plan. By viewing rest general health, stress
interfere with sleep. more subconscious as something you relief, and social fun.
When you do finally level that we can ob- are actively choosing “You shouldn’t have
feel drowsy, don’t cut jectively analyze what to do to improve as to search for the mo-
yourself short. Sleep went wrong, make an athlete, you are tivation to train hard,”
is vital to recovery, so adjustments, and truly less likely to feel like Keim says. “You’ll
don’t be afraid to hit release from the past,” you’ve lost the athletic know if and when it
the snooze button. he says. part of yourself. comes back.”
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#imwithcupid
ing with his dad in Beltsville, Mary-
land, and working on a bucket list. Hav-
ing never run more than five miles, he
registered for the National Marathon
in D.C., held at the end of March. He
finished the race in 3:48 and thought,
You know what else sounds fun? An ul-
tramarathon.
By the end of the year, he’d completed
a 50K and the JFK 50-miler. Despite his
self-described “big-boned” physique,
W H I T N E Y C U R T I S (G A R C I A ) ; L E X E Y S WA L L (G I L L ) ; DAV I D J O H N S O N (CAT E S ) ; G R E G G M C G O U G H ( R I N CÓ N); P R EVIOUS S P R EAD: P HOTOGRAPH BY L E XE Y S W A L L ; THI S PAG E: PHOTO GRA PH CO URT ESY O F BO BBY GI L L
Gill went on to complete more than Drew Leathers
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#genuinelyencouraged
an ointment to rub around her mid- When Walker goes for a run today, she says. “Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,
dle, but the band of her XXL under- pulls on a pair of black capris, a size L you name it. I’d lose weight and then
wear chafed. Her knees hurt, too. She sports bra, and one of a vast collection gain it all back and then some.”
felt trapped in a loveless marriage. She of stylish sports tops—teal, red, cowl- Her sister had gastric bypass surgery,
weighed 317 pounds at 5'3". The face she necked, hooded. “I do love my shirts,” and Walker briefly considered it. In-
examined was a mask of unhappiness. she says. She laces up one of eight pairs stead, with Peronel’s help (or demands)
This girl I see is not who I am inside, of running shoes lying by her front she cut portion sizes, traded soda and
she thought. I don’t want to be this door—New Balance Fresh Foam is her juice for infused water, gave up fried
girl anymore. On that darkest day, she current favorite. She also wears a waist fish sandwiches for veggie burgers. “We
thought about suicide. What was the band, a sort of modern-day corset, to looked at a photo of Michelle in January
point of going on like this? Then in the take pressure of her back and to hold in and said, ‘Who’s that?’” Peronel says. “I
corner of the mirror, Walker noticed the extra skin, one of the consequences told her, ‘It’s the new you!’”
the reflection of her two girls playing of dropping more than 100 pounds in It’s still hard for her to reconcile.
on her bed, her “beautiful babies,” as she less than a year. She has a black one for When Walker found out she was one of
calls them, Maya, now 9, and Moriah, running and a lacy one to wear under the finalists in the RW Cover Search, she
7, and knew her responsibility to them says, “I was like, ‘Lord, are you joking
outweighed her despair. God has spared with me?’” She posted the happy news
me this long. I have got to do something on Facebook and says her Messenger in-
to save my life. “I want people box was flooded with people she didn’t
Five days later she took those first dif- even know congratulating her, asking
ficult steps into a nearby gym to meet a
personal trainer and runner, James Per-
to look at me her how she lost weight. A half-brother
from her dad’s side whom she’s never
onel, whom a friend had recommended. met reached out to her and said, “I’m
“I was embarrassed, so I chose 7 p.m. and realize this so proud of you.”
because I thought the gym would be Walker aims to run at least four times
empty,” she says. “It was full. Of men.” a week, a minimum of an hour at a time.
She told Peronel that she no longer knew can be done.” Sometimes she goes to the gym to work
who Michelle was, and he replied, “Then out with Peronel and hit the treadmill.
we have to find her.” He put her on a Other times she jogs to Canarsie Park,
treadmill at a speed of 2.0 miles per hour street clothes. She pulls up her shirt to one block from her home, to run up to
and told her to start walking. show of the bruises she gets on her rib- six miles around the paved path. Always
Over the coming weeks, Peronel cage. The sufering is a small price to she gets looks and comments about her
would punch the numbers up to 3.0 and pay. “I like to look sexy,” she says. changing body. A true evangelist, she is
tell her “just jog,” and she would flail her As a child, Walker was known as happy to preach the gospel of running.
arms and huf and puf. “James is caring the “fat girl,” and by age 13, she’d hit “Running helped me be a better per-
but tough,” Walker says. By January she 300 pounds. She was outwardly exu- son not just for myself, not just for my
was dialing up the speed herself. Mad berant, impressing teachers with her daughters, but for all those people who
about the economic impracticalities of vocal skills at New York City’s presti- are struggling with feeling unworthy,”
divorcing her husband, she looked down gious High School of Performing Arts. she says. “I want people to look at me
one day to discover she was running—at But inwardly she was struggling, and and realize this can be done.”
5.0. “I could feel my heart in my head a depressive episode in her late teens
beating so fast,” she says. She remem- landed her in a psych wing at Kings Exactly one year after that life-changing
bers thinking, Omigod, I’m going to County Hospital. She tried Prozac, she day last October, all is bright in Brook-
have a heart attack! talked to therapists—nothing made her lyn. Golden autumn light bathes the
Peronel was so pleased with her prog- feel good. She soothed herself with food. sidewalk outside Walker’s neat red-brick
ress that he signed her up for a 10K in “Food was my best friend,” she says. “All rowhouse. Her sister and 16-year-old
Manhattan in June. By the time she I did was eat, sleep, eat, sleep. Food was nephew live on the first floor; Walker
lined up in Central Park, she had lost my life.” It would remain so for the next and her two daughters live on the top.
more than 100 pounds. Peronel thought two decades. She can run up the stairs now without
she could do the race in 1:40. Walker By age 45, Walker had to rock back having to sit down to catch her breath.
secretly thought she could break 1:30. and forth to get up off the couch. Or Inside, the home is undergoing the
Nervous about the event, she neglected call her girls to come pull her up by same kind of happy makeover as Walker
to eat breakfast. Peronel had told her her arms. Or scoot down to one end of has herself. Gifts from loving friends and
no matter what happened, she had to the couch, put both hands on the arm family are everywhere—expressions of
run across the finish line. When she rest, maneuver her feet to the floor, and their pride in her hard work: Four brown
approached it, she heard her niece, her press her body up. As a phlebotomist leatherette chairs sit neatly packed in
daughters, her trainer, all yelling for her. who makes house calls to draw blood, one corner of the kitchen, waiting for
“GO MICHELLE!” She completed the she could barely climb the stairs to pa- a matching table to arrive; Netflix and
10K in 1:20:08, and promptly passed out. tients’ apartments. Her knees groaned. Hulu await her girls on the flat-screen;
“I was fine,” she says. “I finished!” “You know how many diets I tried?” she there’s a new living room suite. The
living room floors have been stripped ery day. But it is not romantic. “I’m his lot of clothes.” She shows of a favorite
and are being refinished by a friend she ‘Biggest Loser,’” she says. “I’m a walking new purchase—a pair of size 12 dark
met in the past year of discovery. Near a advertisement. He’s gotten at least 12 wash Gap jeans. “I can almost fit in size
front window stands a shoe rack filled clients because of me.” 10, but I don’t want my stomach hanging
with girls’ boots and sneakers. Walker’s In her bedroom, next to her neatly over the top, no.”
running shoes are scattered near the made queen-size bed, is a child’s wood- “I try to smile every day,” Walker
front door. She and her husband have en chair that she used to have to stand says. “Before, I smiled here”—she puts
agreed to separate, though he still lives on to climb into bed. Now it holds an her hands up to her face and forces it
P H OTO G R A P H B Y N AT H A N P E R K E L
in the house while they negotiate the iPad and a copy of Runner’s World. The up in a smiling grimace. “Now, I smile
postmarital finances. (“He just sleeps full-length mirror on the closet door is from here,” she says, placing her hand
here,” she says. “We never interact.”) harder to peer into because the door’s over her heart.
Walker and Peronel’s relationship is, swing is blocked by one of four big piles Walker smiles at her reflection. “Now
she says, complex: intense, intimate, of clothes on the floor. “They don’t fit me I like her,” she says, and taps the mirror.
sometimes contentious. They talk ev- anymore!” she says. “I’m giving away a “She’s beautiful.”
#SHEnanigans
mud runs and road races. At first,
unsure what the animal could handle,
Rincón left her at home or at the start-
ing line with a friend, but when Roxie
broke her leash on the sidelines of a
mud run in early 2014 and followed
Rincón under, over, and through the
obstacles, the little dog with the giant
heart made it clear: I go where you go.
To date, Rincón has completed so
many events—she estimates she did
54, including marathons, Ragnar
Relays, and Spartan races, in 2014
alone, and says she’s planned to run
about 50 this year—that her medals
could easily cover most of the wall
space in her apartment (Roxie has
done about half of her events with her,
says Rincón). Instead, she tosses her
coveted bling in a box under her bed,
or onto the heaping pile of metal and
ribbon inside her nightstand.
“Running is almost an afrmation
for me,” she says. “I have to tell myself
Roxie is also a very important I’m capable, and good enough, and
DESIRÉE RINCÓN buddy. Rincón, an Army veteran, strong enough, and I’ve been blessed
sufered a series of devastating events to [be able to] move my legs. There’s
34, Graduate student
beginning in December 2010 that going to come a day when I can’t get
Tampa, FL included a diagnosis of gastric cancer, over a wall at a Spartan race, when I
“There’s going to come a day when I can’t a broken engagement, two surgeries, can’t run a 5K, when I can’t run any-
run. Running is my afrmation that today severe depression, a suicide attempt, thing at all. Running is my afrmation
is not that day.” and seizures related to the diabetes that today is not that day.”
Rincón developed after her oper- For Rincón, a naturalized citizen
Desirée Rincón starts most races ations. In the middle of it all came whose parents have moved back to the
way too fast. She doesn’t really have Roxie—a nonjudgmental companion Dominican Republic, the races them-
a choice because when the starting with a highly sensitive nose capable of selves are a family reunion of sorts.
gun goes of, her service dog Roxie alerting Rincón to her dropping blood Where once she “lived vicariously”
temporarily loses her mind and turns sugar. For Rincón, the dog’s presence through the adventures of runners
into a sled dog. The normally quiet, became a “safety blanket” that gave around the country, she now gets to
extremely well-mannered, five-foot- her the courage and confidence to meet those people nearly every week-
wall-jumping, ice-cold-pit-swimming, slowly wade out into the world. end. So it’s the rare event where she
belly-to-the-ground-crawling Aus- How she reintegrated herself was doesn’t see someone she knows. Still,
tralian shepherd unleashes a string of determined long before she was it happens, and when it does, she just
high-pitched barks, lunges against the healthy. When Rincón was laid up makes new friends. Like before the
leash attached to Rincón’s waist, and in bed, living for weeks on a diet final turn at a recent 5K in Clearwater,
literally pulls her human across the that slowly transitioned from clear Florida. A little blond girl with pink
starting line. Other runners laugh in liquids to liquids to baby food and running shoes and a yellow hairband
delight at the mostly black, 50-pound, mashed potatoes, she lived on social who’d been running near Rincón and
4-year-old mutt on a mission. media, following the racing exploits Roxie for at least a half mile suddenly
“I spend the first mile slaloming of fellow service members and Face- started walking.
and weaving through people,” says book friends. She’d run in the Army “No, no, don’t stop!” said Rincón.
Rincón, 34, of Tampa, Florida. Even- because she’d had to, but before she’d “Come on, girl, you’re like right there!
P H OTO G R A P H B Y G R E G G M C G O U G H
tually, Roxie chills out and settles gotten sick, she’d run/walked/shuf- I’m not gonna cross without you. Fin-
into a rhythmic stride that allows fled the Disney Wine and Dine Half ish strong—it’s right there!”
Rincón to establish a more sane nine- Marathon and got hooked on the idea The little girl looked at the woman
to 10-minute pace. Whether the pair that running and racing could actual- and her dog, changed her mind about
is running a 5K mud run, a Spartan ly be fun, what with all the costumes, walking, and the three athletes sprint-
Sprint, or a trail half marathon, says clowning around, and finisher bling. ed across the finish line together.
Rincón, “She’s a very good pacer.” So after Rincón recovered, she –CHRISTINE FENNESSY
for anyone, let alone a 31-year-old helps survivors who want to get back
teal zip-up, and topped her hijab
with a matching Nike hat to block
father with an expectant wife. into training, as well as people who
the sun. If the heat bothered her, Four months of chemo ensued—a have never run before. “The disease
you’d never guess—she crossed time frame he could wrap his mind doesn’t have to define you,” he says.
the fnish line with a smile and a around. “I looked at it like another “I want others to know that cancer is
25-minute PR of 4:51:40. marathon,” says Cates. “I knew I had only part of their greater story.” —T.H.
—CINDY KUZMA
#runtoovercome
whom she would marry in
2010. Increasing her mileage
and doing workouts with her
husband, she watched her
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11 Usain Bolt / 12 Foamy Fuel / 13 Derek Mitchell / 14 Fruity Fuel / 15 Mirna Valerio DECEMBER 2015 RUNNER’S WORLD 77
STORY
of the Year 1
DECEPTION POINTS The Better Business Bureau issued a warning against fake themed races for the second straight
year when it flagged the scam Color 5 Mile series in May. Elsewhere, a woman was briefly cele-
brated as the winner of the St. Louis Marathon after cutting the course, though the error was discovered within minutes. A
runner named Mike Rossi went viral after posting a letter to his kids’ principal explaining why he pulled them from school
to watch him run Boston, but his qualifying time at the 2014 Via Marathon became the center of Zapruder-film scrutiny by
LetsRun.com, which offered him $100,000 to match the time on a legitimate course. Rossi has maintained his innocence
and his BQ hasn’t been invalidated, though he’s yet to take up LetsRun.com’s offer.
lead author Dr. Benno in history. In the last 2015 National Runner Survey said that they post race results
Nigg admits, but he three years, CrossFit and photos on social media. The running world, it appears, isn’t immune to selfie fever.
hypothesizes that, has nearly tripled its Anybody who ran a road race in 2015 could corroborate the prevalence of people pausing
broadly, runners who number of gyms— midstride for a quick snap—particularly in noncompetitive events like color runs. You
select shoes they feel they prefer the term can even find video of an entire 10K run with a selfie stick on YouTube. The trend may irk
are most comfortable “boxes” for the spartan some, but it’s not without its benefits if you happen to be in the right place at the right
are more efficient and setup—to 12,000, and time: Troy Wayrynen won a National Press Photographers Association award this spring
get hurt less. Forbes estimates that for—wait for it—snapping a photo of a high school runner snapping a photo of himself.
the brand is now worth
…Buy It? $4 billion. Its annual
In its 2015 runner
survey, Running USA
CrossFit Games, which
showcase the compet-
itive end of this fitness
CUP HALF FULL
Running USA’s
reported fit/comfort as
the top determining fac- phenomenon, continue 2015 U.S. Road
tor in shoe purchases, to be a massive draw as Race Trends re-
with cushioning second. a spectator sport both port brought with
The trend has helped live and on ESPN. it news that the
drive the maximalist number of events
shoe movement, where Forever Young and finishers in
Hoka One One ( 1 ) is no In September, a Mayo U.S. road races
longer alone—2015 saw Clinic review of a range the year before
every major shoe maker of runner studies had decreased
release an oversized reported that running slightly for the
shoe while also adding as little as six miles a first time since it
foam underfoot across week can improve began tracking
their lines. The other longevity by three to data in 1990. The RISE OF THE MACHINE What’s that in the sky? In the last year,
dip was small, at runners weren’t just spying birds and
major trend: bounce. six years. This news planes—but also drones. The applications for unmanned aeri-
Associated with the was accompanied in one percent, and
told only part of al vehicles are varied for running. Some races, like the Big Sur
Adidas Boost line, it’s 2015 by an array of International Marathon and Zane Grey 50-miler, use them to
now in the Puma Ignite, inspirational stories the story. The
number of half provide unique perspectives of the proceedings—though others,
soon-to-be Saucony about older runners re- like the Boston and NYC marathons, have banned them. There’s
Everun, and others. defining human limits. In and full marathon
finishers actually also potential for individuals: Australian researchers have exper-
September, Bill Benson imented with using quadcopters to assist runners interested in
( 3 ), 96, became the increased by four
and two percent, allowing a robot to guide and pace them. There are safety con-
oldest finisher at the cerns; in 2014 a triathlete was struck in the head and injured by a
A N D R E W E R R I N G TO N /G E T T Y I M AG E S (C R O S S F I T ); M I TC H M A N D E L ( S H O E )
BOOKS
Gunhild Swanson Olympic pole-vaulting
became the oldest legend Sergey Bubka
woman to complete the in the election, and
Western States 100-Mile is charged first and
Endurance Run. foremost with repairing of the Year
the reputation of a
sport beset by doping
scandals. His election
Funny Runs
Binary
WHO’S THE DOPE? The steady stream of doping headlines this In the same year that
year provided cause to both celebrate the decathlon icon Bruce
strides made by clean-sport crusaders and bemoan the tarnished Jenner transitioned
integrity of elite running. In January, then-reigning Boston and to a transgender
Chicago champ Rita Jeptoo ( 1 ) received a two-year ban after woman, Indian sprinter
testing positive for EPO. In June, former Nike Oregon Project Dutee Chand levied a
members alleged that coach Alberto Salazar ( 2 ) and runner Galen blow against sport’s
Rupp ( 3 ) had broken drug rules (both have denied it, and USADA biological gender binary
is investigating). And in August, a German journalist alleged (the concept that gender
rampant doping in Russia and Kenya; Liliya Shobukhova ( 4 ) of is restricted to male
Russia, the second-fastest female marathoner ever, was stripped or female, based on
of numerous titles for doping; the IAAF suspended 28 athletes biological diferences,
FAST GIRL
after using new technology to retest past blood samples; and the not a person’s sense or
Court of Arbitration for Sport took away Asli Cakir Alptekin’s ( 5 ) experience of gender). Nearly three years after The Smoking
2012 Olympic gold in the 1500 after her second doping violation. Chand had challenged Gun reported that former Olympic
“hyperandrogenism reg- middle-distance runner Suzy Favor
ulations” that had kept Hamilton had worked as a high-end
her out of competition Las Vegas escort, she released her
4 against other women side of the story in the memoir Fast
3 since last summer for Girl: A Life Spent Running from Mad-
having naturally elevated ness. In it, Hamilton goes in depth
2
5 testosterone levels. The about struggles that followed her re-
Court of Arbitration for tirement from pro running, including
Sport ruled in her favor, depression, her bipolar disorder, and
allowing Chand to return suicidal thoughts. She details her pas-
to racing, and suspend- sion for running but also the anxiety
ed the regulations for it brought her, admitting that she in-
two years to let the IAAF tentionally fell during the 1500-meter
1 gather evidence on the final at the 2000 Olympics. Anyone
advantage hyperandro- looking for an honest look at mental
genic women may health will find it a worthwhile read.
5
CO U R T E SY O F KAT I E S U T TO N ( F I S H E R ); U N I V E R S A L P I C T U R E S / E V E R E T T C O L L E C T I O N ( U N B R O K E N ); G A RY M O R R I S O N /G E T T Y I M AG E S ( M A R I J UA N A L E A F ); DY L A N M A R T I N E Z / R E U T E R S /CO R B I S ( I N F E L D);
One was challenged by his health and a fierce rival, the other by the doping drama surrounding his
RUNNERS
coach. But after the world championships in Beijing, any doubt that Usain Bolt and Mo Farah were the
unquestioned masters of their disciplines had been roundly quashed. Bolt had spent much of the past
year dealing with injuries and watching American Justin Gatlin emerge as one of the fastest 100- and
200-meter runners in the world, but under the bright lights, the Jamaican superstar won gold in both
of the Year distances. Farah, meanwhile, spent months defending himself as his coach, Alberto Salazar, was accused
of breaking doping rules. The British great distanced himself from the scandal en route to double golds
STILL THE BEST of his own in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, matching his haul at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 worlds.
a minute,” I
“I JUST WANT TO STAND HERE
say, pausing in front of a gleaming
bakery case. I’m three weeks into
training for a marathon. I’m also on
a controversial low-carb, high-fat
diet, and despite the fact that every
proponent has assured me I’d lose
my desire for sweets after a week or
two, I am enraptured by the carrot Low carbs means no
cakes on display at our local Costco. bread—not even the
“Do we need Brussels sprouts?” nutty, whole-grain
my husband asks. kind—no pasta, and
very little fruit. The
I can’t hear him over the depraved author especially
screams of my sweet tooth. I stare missed peaches.
lustfully at the puck-shaped pillow of
cake and wonder how the hell I’m go-
ing to make it through 13 more weeks
of this. Stupid marathon, I think as
I woefully push my cart toward the
produce section. Stupid diet.
Fat-adapted running is an emerg-
ing philosophy in the long-distance
running community. Some runners—
By AC Shilton
Photographs by Grant Cornett
Illustrations by Serge Seidlitz
especially ultradistance athletes—
are trying low-carb, high-fat (LCHF)
diets in an attempt to teach their
bodies to use fat for fuel. The theory
is that since the human body can
store more fat than carbohydrates,
by becoming “fat adapted,” you’ll be
able to go farther faster. A few pro
runners, like 2:31:29 marathoner
Zach Bitter, have switched to LCHF
diets. Others modify the approach to
run low on carbs only occasional-
ly: Ryan Bolton, who coaches elites
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has his
athletes doing fasted long runs up
to 20 miles with the idea that this
will help them boost their ability to
metabolize fat.
The LCHF diet calls for 50 to 70
percent of calories to come from fat,
up to 20 percent from protein, up to
20 percent from vegetables, and just
five percent from fruits and starches.
While they also
That ratio is in stark contrast to the
encourage “healthy” kind of traditional diet favored
fats in avocados and by most runners (and this mag-
nuts, high-fat diets azine). Registered dietitian and
allow saturated
fats found in butter, sports nutritionist Nancy Clark
cheese, and bacon. recommends that athletes get 55
to 65 percent of their calories from
carbs, 25 to 30 percent of their cal-
ories from fat, and 10 to 15 percent
of their calories from protein. The
LCHF diet is similar to the better-
known Paleo Diet in a few ways. For
example, grains, sugar, and legumes
are all out. Both plans allow ample
amounts of eggs, grass-fed meats,
nuts, and low-starch veggies. But
the Paleo Diet allows dates, among
other fruits (in moderation), which
would bust the carb bank on LCHF
(which does allow coconut and fruits
like berries). And Paleo has more of
an emphasis on protein (up to 35
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SAY “CHEERS” ft for the big game—or in the case of the Rocky movies, the title fght. Since 2013,
intrepid runners have spent the frst Saturday in December retracing the steps of the
After you’ve gone the distance, Italian Stallion as he prepped for his rematch with Apollo Creed. Beftting a character
kick back with a craft cocktail
who socked it to slabs of raw meat, this is no frilly, Liberty-Bell-and-Betsy-Ross take on
(or three) at Center City’s
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basement space says “speak- a free “fat ass run,” organizers provide only a website with a map—no water, potties, or
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let some clients eat more carbs during cer-
The Race tain times of the year, he doesn’t advise they
“YOU’RE RUNNING SO WELL,” was the consensus yo-yo back and forth between a high-carb
from my local running team. “You’re totally and a low-carb diet. “Let’s find something
going to run that sub-four.” that works for you long-term,” he says.
Three weeks before my marathon, I be- I loved the steady supply of energy that
gan reintroducing some carbs to my long fat adaptation gave me, and I’m the leanest
runs. I did a trial half marathon and took I’ve been in several years. But I missed
a gel at mile 10. I hadn’t felt like I’d need- drinking beers with friends and polish-
ed it—that’s the beauty of this system, you ing of midnight pizzas with my husband.
• CONTINUED FROM PAGE 86 never feel low on energy—but I slurped it I hated feeling guilty about grapes. And I
down anyway. pined for cake. A lot.
and it’s good to challenge science and to Reedy had said eating carbs after going As I lay in the grass just beyond the fin-
challenge dogma, but I don’t think he has without would make me feel superhuman. ish line, my husband asked if I was ready
the science to back it up,” says John Hawley, I waited. And waited. I ran to the finish to start heading home.
Ph.D., the head of the Centre for Exercise feeling no better or worse for having had “Home?” I replied. “Take me to Costco.
and Nutrition at the Mary MacKillop In- the maltodextrin boost. Perhaps my body I have a carrot cake to buy.”
stitute for Health Research at Australian was already losing its ability to process gly-
Catholic University. He used to be Noakes’s cogen, as Hawley had warned. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND
CIRCULATION OF Runner’s World
student and collaborator. On marathon morning—exactly 16 REQUIRED BY ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 1962:
SECTION 4369, TITLE 39, UNITED STATES CODE,
Hawley points to research that shows weeks after leaving carbs behind, and 13 FILED, October 1, 2015
that after a long period of fat adaptation, pounds lighter—I drank coffee blended Publication Number: 0 8 9 7 - 1 7 0 6 Annual Subscription Price: 24.00
Contact Person: Joyce Shirer Telephone: 610-967-8610
an athlete doesn’t really spare glycogen the with butter and ate whole-milk yogurt Runner’s World is published 11 times a year at 400 South 10th Street,
way she hopes to. Instead, long-term fuel- on my way to the starting line. I lined up Emmaus PA, 18098, publication and general business offices.
9. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor and managing
ing of of fat can impair the body’s ability with a packet of almonds and a flask of gel editor are: Publisher: Molly O’Keefe Corcoran, 733 Third Avenue, New
York, NY 10017 Editor: David Willey, 400 South 10th Street, Emmaus,
to process glycogen, he says. tucked into my shorts. I was the thinnest PA 18098 Managing Editor: Suzanne Perreault, 400 South 10th Street,
Emmaus, PA 18098
And the research on glycogen is pretty I’d been since college and I was sure a 3:58 10. The owner is: Rodale, Inc., 400 South 10th Street, Emmaus, PA,
clear: It is the far superior fuel for short, marathon was in my reach. 18098. The stockholders thereof being, Rodale Family Trusts – JP
Morgan Trust Company as Trustee
fast, speed-focused eforts. “Anytime you The faster I run, the faster I can get to 11. The known bond holders, mortgagees, and other security holders
owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds,
ask the muscles to fire rapidly, the power the postrace pizza, I thought. mortgages, or other securities: None
is going to be dramatically reduced if your We took of, with Florida’s sweaty morn- 15. EXTENT AND NATURE
Average no. of copies
each issue during
SEP 2015 Single
issue nearest to
OF CIRCULATION preceding 12 mos. filing date
glycogen stores are depleted,” says Hawley. ing air hanging heavy on our shoulders. At
A. TOTAL NO. COPIES (Net Press Run) 786,680 776,846
“At the end of the day, the muscles prefer mile six I sipped at my gel, as instructed. B. PAID CIRCULATION
using carbohydrates.” But he adds: “The At mile 12 things were still looking good, 1. Mailed Paid Subscriptions 528,229 526,929
3. Sales through dealers and carriers, 56,751 50,340
longer the event, the more fat adaptation and though I felt no diference whether I street vendors, counter sales,
and other paid
is an advantage.” The 54-mile Comrades took in gel or not, I swigged anyway. The C. TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION 584,980 577,269
Marathon in South Africa is an example miles ticked by, and I was right on pace. (Sum of B1 and B3)
D1,E. FREE OR NOMINAL 35,177 38,649
of where fat adaptation might make sense. And then, at mile 16, I fell apart. RATE DISTRIBUTION
Sports nutritionist Nancy Clark isn’t sold It was a total mental meltdown. My iPod F. TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (Sum of C and E) 620,157 615,918
on the Noakes approach either. “How long broke. My asthma flared. I had to make a G. COPIES NOT DISTRIBUTED
SINGLE COPY NOT DISTRIBUTED 155,618 154,012
do you really want to not eat carbs?” she pit stop. There were two sun-seared miles OTHER NOT DISTRIBUTED 10,905 6,916
asks, adding, “I always wonder what the without a water stop. I found every excuse H. TOTAL (Sum of F and G) 786,680 776,846
[postdiet] backlash will be.” For people who why I couldn’t run 3:58 and milked it, de- I. PERCENT PAID 94.33% 93.72%
try a low-carb diet, adding carbs back in can scending into that deep, dark brain cre- 16. ELECTRONIC COPY CIRCULATION
A. PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES 69,721 69,137
be particularly discouraging. Clark says that vasse that every runner knows and fears. B. TOTAL PAID PRINT COPIES 654,701 646,406
for every ounce of carbohydrate you eat, The one thing missing from my list of + PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES
C. TOTAL PRINT DISTRIBUTION 689,878 685,055
your body stores three ounces of water. “So reasons I wouldn’t hit 3:58 was a lack of + PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES
their weight shoots up and they go back to fuel. I felt topped of the entire race. There D. PERCENT PAID
(both Print & Electronic Copies)
94.90% 94.36%
the low-carb diet.” was no physical bonk—not even the threat 50% of all distributed copies (electronic and print) are paid above a nominal price.
There are more moderate approaches to of one. My meltdown was purely mental. Publication of the Statement of Ownership is required. Will be printed in the
December issue of this publication.
fat adaptation. Seebohar advocates a 1-to-1 In the end, I ran a 4:07. It wasn’t the Tom Pogash, EVP/CFO 9/26/2015
carb-to-protein or -fat ratio, but discourages time I wanted, but it was a 16-minute PR.
his clients from actually counting grams or And after five years of being stuck at the RUNNER’S WORLD (ISSN 0897-1706) IS PUBLISHED 11 TIMES A
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