Loon Mtn. Race – The Race

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: The toughest runners in New England test their will against Loon Mtn.’s unforgiving slopes in the USATF New England Mtn. Running Championships.

Cranmore Hill Climb

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: The toughest trail race east of the rockies gets a face-lift for 2008 and still strikes fear into the hearts of anyone brave enough to challenge it’s steep ups and downs.

Read the race director’s blog of the event here: http://whitemountainmilers.blogspot.com/

Tim VanOrden Pro Vegan Raw Mountain Runner

Tim VanOrden was a Triathlete as a teenager and had to give up his sport and passion when he was 18, due to injuries and exercise induced asthma. Tim sits down with G Living’s host, Boise Thomas, for an exclusive interview explaining how at the age of 38 he healed all of his past injuries and his asthma and is back running, now up mountains beating his own past records. With more energy and endurance then he’s ever had in his life, Tim is racing against people half his age and training for the U.S. Olympic team in 2008. His secret? Raw food.

Snow Running In Cleats Demonstrated By Green Juice Guzzling Super G Athlete Tim VanOrden

Story by G Monkie

Our super G athlete friend Tim VanOrden (the running raw guy) could be described as obsessive, energetic, and extremely dedicated. But I would say the best description would be “Giver”. Yes Tim can’t help himself, he gives and then goes out and gives some more. Here’s an example, Tim doesn’t just worry about getting himself psyched about tackling a difficult run in the fridgid snowy woods of Vermont. Nooo, not Tim, he is also worried about your two fat storage tubes you call legs. Yes, I mean you, sitting there in front of your computer. He wants to help you become a snow running, raw food chomping, super “G” athlete too. So, what does Tim do? He figured out how to bring all of us along with him. Yes, some how packing all of us into his pocket ($10 Jacket), he heads out to the snow packed trails and begins to entertain and teach us a thing or two about how fun and good for us, running really is. Even in a snow covered wonderland like Vermont.

So, I want to thank Tim, personally for hauling all of us along, I have been enjoying the rides.

In this Running Raw video, Tim teaches us the value of a good pair of cheap ($4) snow cleats which fit on your running shoes. Plus, he clues us in on just how beneficial cross country skiing really is. So, get your right hand on your mouse and your left hand around a green smoothy and click play. Tim is about to whip us out and teach us a lesson.

Dressing on the Cheap for Cold Weather Workouts

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: Do you find it hard to keep up your exercise regimen in the cold winter months? In this video, Tim VanOrden shows you how to dress properly to take on the coldest of winter days.

Tim shows us how to put together a winter running workout outfit for under $100 bucks.

Tim Talks About Healing Naturally In Chicago

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: Tim VanOrden discusses how our lives might be different if we viewed ourselves as miracles rather than victims.

Running Raw | Talking With My Friend Skinny Bitch

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: Tim VanOrden sits down for an interview with friend and breakout author of “Skinny Bitch”, Rory Freedman. Rory shares her thoughts on veganism, raw foods and success.

Running Raw Florida Foraging Adventures

Tim VanOrden hits the road with his digital camera and heads down to Florida. In this adventure he finds free baby coconuts falling the trees and ending up in the trash. He shows us how rescue the coconuts how to easily get to the fresh juice inside. Plus he takes us to the Veggie Magic Cafe and checks out the Tampa Grass Roots vegan cafe.

Training

Weekly Training – 12/17/07 – 12/23/07 – 71.6 miles – NEW RECORD!

Training in the Vermont winter is quite challenging, so I’m developing a new plan to deal with the cold temperatures and short daylight hours.

All snowshoeing workouts are run on the flats, downs and gradual ups, and walked at a fast pace on the steep ups.

Monday: DEEP SNOW RUN – 5.5 miles

Tuesday: AM – DEEP SNOW RUN – 5 miles

PM – SNOWSHOE 5.5 miles

ELIPTICAL – 2.5 miles

Wednesday: SNOWSHOE – 12 miles (up Mt. Equinox – 3,200′ climb – 1 to 3 feet of snow)

Thursday: AM – SNOWSHOE – 7.5 miles

PM – EASY run – 4.3 miles at 7:30 pace

Friday: EASY run – 7.7 miles at 7:30 pace

Saturday: AM – RACE – Snowstorm Classic 10k – 2nd place – 12 miles total running with warmup and warmdown.

PM – LEGS – Eliptical 3.5 miles HARD + 150 chair squats

Sunday: RECOVERY – 8.5 miles at 7:40 pace

Training Log Table – 12/23/07

I’ve created an Excel spreadsheet that maps my training from day one of the Running Raw Project on November 28th of 2005 to the present.

Click HERE to see the table. It will be updated every week.

Gear

Check out all the gear that I’ve used, tested and recommend.

Trail training shoes: Inov8 – RocLite 285, Asics Trabuco

Trail racing shoes: Inov8 – RocLite 285, Saucony Kilkenny II

Road training shoes: Nike Skylon, Nike Free 3.0

Road racing shoes: Adidas Adizero PR

Training Resources

Nike Running – Online Training Log and Training Schedules.

MacMillan Running – Great training resource. Best online training calculator.

Running in the USA – Best list of races around the country

Map My Run – Oline pedometer, calculates your run distances.

Exercise Physiology – Very informative yet technical site

Results

Future post