Whether you drink green or black tea, you’d better drink both of them black. A new study published in Nutrition Research demonstrates that adding milk to a cup of tea decreases the health benefits of the tea.
So if you want to have your tea and drink it too… make sure that it’s still see-through.
Read a summary of the STUDY HERE.
Your friends still don’t believe that one can be a competitive athlete while eating a plant based diet? Make them watch this video
Tennis great Martina Navratilova is still one of the best in the sport in her 50’s. She credits her whole, fresh, plant-based diet for her continued success.
Can one be an active raw vegan without resorting to expensive supplements, and “superfoods”? How does one get enough calories, protein, calcium and iron on a raw diet? Is vitamin B-12 supplementation necessary? Can one become too thin? Does this diet work in colder weather? Is it better to transition slowly or go 100% overnight?
These and many other questions will be answered in a well informed discussion that will cover these main topics:
• The Survival Paradigm
• Why The Standard American Diet is the Standard
• The Body as a Dynamic Landscape
• Human Nutritional Needs
• Human Fuel Systems
• Carbohydrates, Fats & Proteins Explained
• The Benefits of a Simple Foods Diet
The most difficult aspect of choosing any diet is that of convincing yourself that it is indeed the right choice. Change is stress, even when the change is positive. The vast majority of Americans blindly eat the Standard American Diet without ever questioning it’s role in one’s health. But obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer are on the rise and considered epidemic. Meanwhile, scientific journals are constantly touting the benefits of whole, raw fruits and vegetables, and yet the mention of a raw diet raises fear and concern. Raw foodists are often referred to as extremists. Even vegans consider the raw vegan diet to be extreme. This belief is counter-intuitive. In this lecture we will lay the groundwork for not only thriving on a raw diet but for being confident that you are thriving on a raw diet.
Location: UMA Waltham Center, 240 Beaver St., Waltham, MA. 02453 For directions, see Calendar of Events www.optimumhealthsolution.org.
Investment: $15 if you bring organic unprocessed raw/vegan/living plant-based food ready to serve dish to feed 8 people. Include recipe and serving implements. Pay an extra $10 if you dn’t bring food. Children under 18 free but must bring a dish for each child.
To purchase a ticket please click here: http://optimumhealthsolution.wordpress.com/
I hope to see you many of you there.
The first potluck of the Berkshires of MA, Southern VT and the Capital Region of NY (BeVeNe) was a huge success. Fifteen great people attended our first event, which was hosted by Michael and Ginger Menard in Pittsfield, MA. There was plenty of great food and fun conversation. Raw picnics and hikes will be happening in the very near future. Click here to be a part of this group.
A Huge hello to all my friends and supporters of the Running Raw Project.
In This Issue:
• The Little Victories
• Food Networking
• The Running Raw Buzz
• The Race Report
• The Training Log
• Upcoming Events
• The Running Raw Experience
• Your Support
• In Conclusion
The Little Victories:
As a troubled teen, trying to find my place in the world, my father told me that “all glory is fleeting“. It was a quote from General George Patton, who was remarking on the lavish victory celebrations of ancient Rome. Standing in the shadow of the US Bank Tower Stair Climb, now two weeks behind me, I finally understand the value of my father’s words. This race was to be a defining moment of The Running Raw Project. A race that could change everything… or so I thought. The setup couldn’t have been more Rocky-like. My confidence was at an all time low. I had “choked” in the two previous televised events. My personal life was up for auction. I was tending to a recently broken heart. The Food Network needed a grand finale for the show and was expecting victory. The two best stair climb racers in the country were entered – one whom I’ve never beaten and another who has NEVER been beaten by anyone in the U.S. The pressure was on. Fortunately, in a stair climb race there is only one direction to go – UP.
My victory in this race was one of the most startling in the history of the sport of stair climbing. A raw vegan at the age of 40 had come out ahead of the country’s best in one of the World’s most grueling sports. I had beaten a man thought to be unbeatable and set a new course record in the process. It was more than I could have possibly imagined… And it was all captured on television. I was grateful, I was happy, I was celebrated by my friends, peers and fellow competitors. So why didn’t my life magically change in that moment? Why did everything feel the same? Why was I not as happy as those around me? It was my moment to shine… why didn’t I feel shiny?
Today as I drove home from a limit stretching workout at the gym, it all became clear to me. We’ve been trained in this culture to believe in Hollywood endings and fantasy. That “someday” our lives are going to magically come together and everything will be perfect and we will live happily ever after. When we have “this”, or do “that” everything will be different. This race was one of those moments. I had set myself up. I had placed the responsibility of my “definition” on some outside force. Even in victory I had given my power away.
As I sat in my car contemplating this issue I was struck with a profound realization; it’s what I do when no one is watching that defines me. It’s the choices I make when I am accountable only to myself that defines me. It is everything that I do to PREPARE for a race that defines me. It is the mastery of the voices in my head that defines me. Ultimately, it is the choices I make in the every day average moments where nothing is seemingly at stake that defines who I am… the little victories, not the glorious victories that are celebrated in the streets with hugs, cheers, laughter and tears… Although, those moments do make for better photographs and Hollywood screenplays.
Food Networking:
As they say in Hollywood, “It’s in the can”. Meaning that after five months of filming, we are satisfied with the content on both sides of the camera and production of the show has wrapped. The editing process can be a laborious one, so please be patient as the brilliant production team at Al Roker Productions whips this show into shape. The rough cut that I have seen looks fantastic! I couldn’t ask for a more professional and compelling vehicle to spread the word of health and success to the masses and with a name like “The Fountain of Youth”, I’m certain it will get a lot of attention.
Air date to be announced.
The Running Raw Buzz:
XTERRA Planet Newsletter
The Race Report:
With the busy summer racing season behind me, I have moved into a more focused racing zone. It’s tower racing season now and if a race doesn’t include some serious vertical, I’m not interested.
US Bank Tower Stair Climb – Los Angeles, CA
The first of the three big U.S. tower races was a huge success for Running Raw. With a 29 second improvement over my winning time last year, I managed to edge out America’s top two stair climbers in this epic race and claim victory. Following the race, Terry Purcell, a man who had previously been unbeaten in stair climbing since 1996 voiced these words – “I think I’m going to have to go raw”. Read the full story here.
XTERRA Pt. Mugu Trail Race – Malibu, CA
Thirty-six hours after tackling the US Bank Tower, I competed in this challenging 18K (11 mile) mountain trail race. My legs and breakfast of fresh fruit served me well again as I blazed to victory in near course record time. Read the full story here.
Stark Mountain Hill Climb – Fayston, VT
The scenery was anything but stark in this test of uphill stamina. Fall foliage in peak display was the backdrop for this 2,000 vertical foot climb up the trails of Mad River Glen Ski Area in central Vermont. It was a choose your own course style of race – any which way you can to the top. I choose the 38% slope of the lift line as my path of beast resistance. It seemed to pay off, as I brought home my third straight victory. Read the full story here.
The Training Log – The Letdown and the Letup:
So you’ve just trained your butt off for a big event, and the event is now over. What do you do? How do you keep up the intensity? How do you train on the dark side of the moon? These are questions that I’ve had to answer on a daily basis as I ready myself for the Go Vertical Chicago Sears Tower Stair Climb on November 9th. The bar has been raised, the gauntlet has been thrown down and I enter this race with a target on my back.
Albeit beautiful, the fall weather in Vermont has tested my resolve. The wet, cold mornings are bone chilling. Deer hunting season has shut down most of my favorite trails leaving me to run on pavement or at the gym. Neither is very appealing to me. The result – a significant reduction in my training load. Some could look at this as needed recovery, and I often try on that perspective as well. Deep inside I know it to be otherwise… and that has lead me to introspection and growth… which is often more difficult than working out itself.
To compensate for my reduced mileage and training frequency, I’ve upped the intensity of my workouts. Throughout much of this journey, I have feared the hard workouts that must be completed in order to compete at an elite level. It’s easy to slack off and avoid the real tough stuff… the workouts that push me beyond my limits and WAY beyond my comfort zone. It’s easy to come up with excuses as to why I should take a day off or stop halfway through a workout. But as I’m sure you know, taking the easy route never leads you to anything extraordinary.
I’ve had to develop some “mental” strategies to make this endeavor less frightening. Among them is an exaggerated short-sightedness. I choose to focus only on the smallest task in front of me, e.g. getting out my shoes, laying my running clothes on the bed, getting dressed in said attire, and then simply walking out the door. When I focus on the small steps so intently, I don’t see what lies ahead, but in a matter of minutes I find myself in the midst of the workout cheering to myself “I’m doing it! I’m doing it!”
The second tool that I employ is a rundown of my present physical and emotional state, quickly followed by alternative states to “try on”. If I find myself squinching my face and grimacing, I relax my facial muscles and make note of the new feeling when I do this. I work all the way down my body… neck, shoulders, arms, chest, stomach, hips, thighs, calves, feet, changing the state of each as I go. Then I start over and run down my emotional state and offer upgrades where needed. I choose how I feel during these intense workouts. I create my experience. Today while breaking through to new levels on the stepmill at the gym I chose to call my right leg “joy” and my left leg “ease”. As each leg fired I would call out it’s name in my mind and embody those two thoughts in my body and mind.
This has had a significant impact on my training experience. I won’t tell you that the fear and dread of a painful workout to come has completely disappeared, but I will tell you that I’m FAR more likely to do the workout as scheduled and actually enjoy the process. It’s somewhat of a spiritual experience to choose to push beyond my limits and choose to be present to what I am feeling at the same time and then author that experience. It’s not about choosing the pain, it’s about choosing the experience. When you choose the experience, the pain transforms… into what? That’s up to you.
With these tools in my toolbox and the celebration of my little victories each day, I move towards the Sears Tower race with a smile on my face.
Upcoming Events:
October 18th – Bisbee 1000 Stair climb – Bisbee, AZ
October 25th – Palm Springs Tram Road Challenge – Palm Springs, CA
October 25th – Raw Meetup/Potluck – Altadena, CA
November 2nd – Presentation – Tulsa, OK
November 3rd – Presentation – Wichita, KS
November 5th – Presentation – Kansas City, MO
November 9th – Sears Tower Stair Climb – Chicago, IL
November 9th – Presentation – Chicago, IL
The RunningRaw.com Experience:
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In Conclusion:
The Running Raw Project is taking off like never before. The stories you share of how Running Raw has made a difference in your lives inspires me to continually expand this project. If you’re excited about what we do and would like to be a part of the team, please get in touch with us. We’re always looking for new contributors, sponsorship and enthusiastic athletes to help make this project all it can be.
Please pass this newsletter along to anyone that you think might be interested in this journey. If you have any suggestions on how to make runningraw.com better, please pass them along. If there is anything you’d like me to try or blog about, send it my way, it may become a part of this journey.
Thank you for your continued support.
With Love and gratitude
Tim VanOrden
The world is taking notice of Tim VanOrden, elite athlete and creator of the Running Raw Project. Tim is a raw vegan athlete who has an international reputation for excelling in some of the world’s most grueling sports. He’s recently been crowned the New England Master’s Trail Running Champion and his achievements in Stair climbing, or Tower Racing, have just been featured in GQ Magazine and the London Guardian.
On September 26th, Tim will be competing against the best stair climbers in the country at the US Bank Tower Stair Climb in Los Angeles. This race climbs the 1,500 steps of the 76 storey US Bank Tower in downtown L.A., which is the tallest office building west of Chicago. Last year Tim won this race and put the world of stair climbing on notice, that Raw Food has arrived. The Food Network is sending a camera crew to film Tim in this epic race as part of a documentary style show on Tim and the Running Raw Project which will air later this fall.
Tim will be giving two dynamic presentations on “Thriving on Raw Foods” in the Los Angeles area while he is in town. In these lectures Tim puts forth a new definition of Health; beyond the absence of disease and into the realm of THRIVING. In this discussion he’ll touch upon the power of a raw vegan diet and how transitioning to this lifestyle will open new possibilities for your life. Tim’s talks have touched thousands of people throughout the country and we’re thrilled to have the chance to offer you these presentations.
The first presentation takes place Thursday September 25th at 7PM at Leaf Cuisine (www.leafcuisine.com) 11938 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA. There is a fee of $10 payable at the door. All proceeds go to supporting the Running Raw project and enabling Tim, as a sponsored athlete to continue to get the message of Raw Foods out to the mainstream population. The presentation will begin at 7:00pm sharp, so come early if you’d like to purchase a fantastic raw meal in the restaurant. Please contact Leaf Cuisine at 310-390-6005 or email info@runningraw.com , if you have any questions.
The second presentation will be held on Saturday September 27th at 6PM in Altadena, CA. This event is part of Great LA Raw and Living Food Meetup group. This is a potluck, so please bring a raw vegan dish to share. This event will be held at a private home in Altadena, Ca. and the address will be sent out to registrants a few days before the event. There is a $12.00 cash fee at the door. To register for this event go to: http://rawfood.meetup.com/462/calendar/8708538/
We look forward to seeing you there.
To see what’s possible. To be what’s possible.
The Running Raw Team
“Everyone should have people that inspire them. For some people it’s world leaders, for others it’s baseball, basketball or football players. For me, it’s elite mountain runners.”
- Paul Kirsch (Race Director)
Last week’s race at Mt. Washington left me reeling in more ways than one. Not only did it turn the tables on my pre-race eating strategy, but it shattered my confidence as a mountain runner – AND it was filmed on national television. The stress of everything coming to a head at once was more than I could handle. The Food Network show, the constant growth of Running Raw, the training, and the twice weekly races had taken their toll on me. Tuesday was hot, humid, rainy and gloomy. It was not a day for new beginnings, it was a day that left me with some very troubling questions – Should I quit? Should I terminate the Running Raw Project? Should I stop running? Should I run and hide? It’s hard to have a healthy perspective when you feel like your world has been turned upside down. It was impossible for me to see that I had just finished shooting a prime-time (8pm Saturday night) national television show on a network that saw raw food as a four letter word and wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. It was impossible for me to see that I was still ranked as the number 1 master’s mountain runner in the New England Mountain Running Series, and it was impossible to see that most people that follow this project don’t care if I win, they are just amazed that I’m doing it at all. Two days before the Cranmore race my friends and family finally convinced me to give it one more try, to make some adjustments, to continue the experiment.
Pre-race nerves have always been a problem for me, and they begin the day before the race. It is very rare that I get a good night’s sleep the night before an event. Knowing this, I have purposefully eaten a light meal early in the evening on race night. The following morning I would continue with light fare (fruit) and hope that I could avoid nausea in the race. My fueling strategy was based not on my knowledge of diet and performance, but on fear and nerves. This has been working great in my tower races and in 5k races where the events don’t last long enough for one to run out of fuel, but for longer races and especially for mountain races where the physical stress endured per minute is far greater than running on flat ground, my fueling strategy was a recipe for disaster.
Saturday night I ate as much as I could till 10pm – fruit and sprouted whole grains. I awoke 6am Sunday morning and continued with fruit and sprouted whole grains – MUCH more than I have ever eaten before a race – perhaps 4 times as much. An hour before the event started, I still felt full, but this was all part of the experiment.
In 2007, mountain running legend Dave Dunham stated that the Cranmore Hill Climb was the toughest race he’s ever done. That’s no small statement considering that Dave has done nearly 100 mountain races around the world and been on the US Mtn. Running Team 7 times. The name of this race is somewhat of a misnomer, as it’s hardly a “hill” climb. Running up 1,100 vertical feet in 1 3/4 miles on dirt access roads and black diamond ski slopes, then running at break-neck speed down the other side AND then repeating the course one more time on wobbly legs just doesn’t invoke the image of a “hill” in my mind. A hill is something that you drive over on the way to Grandma’s house. This is by all definitions, a mountain, and the only thing that was consistently climbing throughout the race was my heart rate. It climbed to new heights as I struggled to keep the pace up the 30% incline of the black diamond ski slope that loomed like an impenetrable wall for the last 1/4 mile of the ascent. It climbed still higher as I began the tortoruous descent on exhausted wet noodle legs. The fear of being completely out of control and moving at speeds in excess of 20 miles an hour through rocks, roots, wet grass and mud is intense. You are nothing more than a puppet to gravity’s will. There is no choice but to surrender your body to the momentum of the mountain and hope that you don’t fall.
In M. Night Shyamalan’s film “Unbreakable“, a diabolical character by the name of Mr. Glass engineers disasters on planes, trains and buildings, hoping that some one special person will rise unharmed from the ashes. A hero, or better yet, a super hero. After competing twice now at the Cranmore Hill Climb, I have to wonder if race director Paul Kirsch has a similar (but less evil) intent – to create “killer” courses, and to make legends of those that conquer them with ease…. to push people beyond their limits in hope that a hero will rise.
When the race was over, that hero would be Justin Fyffe from Dummerston, VT, who dismissed the beast 1:41 faster than runner up and hometown favorite Kevin Tilton, of North Conway, NH. Jim Johnson turned in another heroic performance, finishing in 3rd place only 4 seconds behind Kevin and after badly spraining his ankle at the top the of the last descent. After the race he offered this – “I ran in some pain, but I just had to suck it up”. I too have come to admire and greatly respect elite mountain runners. They are a different breed. They don’t shy away from an extreme challenge or from hardship, they run headfirst straight into it, fight their best fight and come out smiling on the other end. What would the world be like if everyone took this approach?
For me it was also a day to shine. My new fueling experiment had worked and I had plenty of gas in my tank to duke it out with top master’s runner Dave Dunham to the finish. We drove each other hard on the monster climbs, with Dave leaving me beaten and drooling a few meters behind him on the second ascent. But I put it all on the table for the final descent and beat him to the finish line. Oddly enough it was a combination of the most pain and the most fun I’ve had in a race. As the New England Mountain Running Series comes down to it’s final 2 races, Dave and I are neck and neck for the top master’s spot, with me edging him by just a point and a half. In the overall series I’ve managed to move into the number 3 spot, with Dave again just a point and a half back in 4th. The last two races are going to be really exciting.
To see a Video of the race, Click HERE
For the last twelve months my training has been focused on one goal; doing well at the Mount Washington Road Race. This year, the 7.6 mile race, climbing Mt. Washington’s Auto Road to the 6,288 foot summit, was serving as the National Mtn. Running Championships. The top 4 finishers in the race would make the US Mtn. Running Team and travel to Switzerland for the World Trophy Race.
After lengthy talks with the producers of the Food Network show, they decided to shoot the Mt. Washington race as the big finale to the show. Their romantic vision included me winning the race and being crowned National Champion. Despite my best efforts to inform them that I was in NO such shape, and that I was hoping for a top 15 performance, they would counter with “stop being so modest”, or “don’t sell yourself short”. Needless to say, the pressure for me to perform was HIGH.
To keep the production of the show within budget, they wanted to group much of the filming into one weekend. This action packed adventure was to include filming me training in Central Park Friday morning, a lecture in NYC on Friday night (my first talk in New York, and we had 9 days to find a place and fill it with people – thanks Tera and Guy Goldmeer), filming on my family’s farm in Vermont on Saturday morning, a five hour drive to New Hampshire Saturday afternoon, then up at 6am Sunday morning to begin filming for the race… oh, and then I had to run up a mountain 6,288 feet high.
By the time I got to New Hampshire I was run ragged. My nerves were shot, so I had a small salad for dinner, thinking that it would help me to sleep better with less food in my stomach. Upon waking Sunday morning, I dragged myself out of bed at 6am and had a small smoothie. I hadn’t slept much and my stomach was in knots.
The camera crew attracted quite a lot of attention as I walked around the registration tent and said hello to other racers that I knew. There were pointed fingers, whispers, and the usual comments about the “raw food guy” as I passed. Many people had seen my video of last year’s race online, and quite a few had even browsed around my site. The race director, Bob Teschek had given permission to the camera crew to film the race, and he had spilled the beans to many of the participants that they might be on TV. A few people that I knew only as acquaintances, greeted me like old friends in front of the cameras, offering hugs and well wishes. It was all quite unsettling.
Dave Dunham invited me to do a warmup with the Central Mass. Striders, 45 minutes before the start, but we were in the middle of filming, so I declined. I was hoping that we’d be done in a minute so I could get a good warmup. Before I knew it, there were only 10 minutes remaining till the start and I was still blabbing away on camera.
I hurried to the start line and worked my way into position near the front. The cameraman approached me and told me to get on the front line. I informed him that I didn’t plan to start that fast and was going to let the rabbits get out quickly. He told me that it will look much better on camera if I’m in the front line. So I worked my way up and took position. A few of the other racers shot me looks. Yeah, yeah… not only I am the freaky raw food guy, but now I think I’m somebody special.
The race director approached the crowd to give us our instructions, which were quite sparse. “Relax, there is only one hill”, he said and the crowd laughed. Next he informed us that we were to begin at the sound of the cannon. I thought nothing of it. Then moments later a CANNON went off and I jumped backwards instead of forward. I think I might have let out a little squeak at the same time, which was caught on the mic wired to my chest. As it turns out, the cameraman was standing right next to the cannon when it went off and he jumped farther than I did… I can’t wait to see that footage.
With Dave Dunham as my pacer, I set off to a comfortable pace. We were about 30 seconds behind the lead pack at the mile and feeling comfortable, but I was going quite a bit faster than I had intended. This race is not won in the first few miles, but in the last few, where it feels like the whole World is crashing down on you. My goal time for the race was an hour and nine minutes, which was an average pace of 9 minute miles. We were under 8 minutes for the first mile, which was too fast. All the guys I had hoped to be close to in the race were either right in front of or right behind me, so I kept the pace. Mile 2 was an 8:16, still too fast. When I hit mile 3, something didn’t feel right. I couldn’t place the feeling, but I knew that something was wrong. At the half way point, I had slowed down, hoping to regain my strength, but it didn’t work. Mile 4 was even slower than 3. Thirteen people passed me. I slowed down even more, hoping for a second wind in the later stages of the race. Mile 5 took forever. My legs were extremely weak, and I was becoming light headed and nauseous. Over 25 people had passed me. Mile 6 had me seriously considering dropping out of the race. I could barely move my legs. I was now walking 50% of the time, and my run looked more like a shuffle. 40 more people passed. My head was swimming as I worked toward my seventh mile. The pain in my legs was so severe that I could barely take 5 steps without needing to stop. It was difficult to focus my eyes, and my mind’s eye didn’t feel like it was attached to my body anymore. I was floating. There were points where I’d stop and just stand in the middle of the road, not knowing how I was going to take another step. Mile 7 clicked by like a dream. A bad dream. Spectators were beginning to appear along the road. There was only six tenths of a mile to go. To me that seemed like a thousand miles. I honestly didn’t think I could make it. Then I remembered something. I was being filmed. This race was going to be on national TV.
DNF next to someone’s name on a result sheet usually signifies Did Not Finish. But America was watching and if there was going to be any DNF next to my name it was going to stand for Did Not Fail.
I somehow managed to turn my wobbly walk into a hurried hobble. Somewhere in this dream state, my name was being called. Over and over again it rang out “go tim!”. It took me a while to realize that a man was standing on the side of the road cheering for me. I stared at him as I slowly moved by, I wasn’t sure who he was until I was about 5 feet away. My brain suddenly awoke to the realization that this was Sean, one of my friends and former students. I wondered what he was doing there as I stumbled past. The next four tenths of a mile are a blank. I became conscious again on a very steep section lined with screaming people. Someone had spanked me in the butt as they went by. It was another friend and former student of mine Mike. He said “come on Tim!” and tried to pull me along. I looked up and realized that I was only 50 meters away from the finish line. I could see the camera ahead filming me. I was embarrassed, mortified, defeated. I dragged myself as quickly as possible to the finish line where I collapsed into the arms of two EMT’s who had seen me coming and jumped into action. They kept asking me questions, like “What’s your name?”, over and over again. Then they injected me with glucose. My eyes rolled back into my head and I collapsed into their arms. The camera caught it all, and there was nothing I could do about it. I looked like a fool. A shining example to America that raw food does NOT work for extreme athletic endeavor. At least that’s what I thought they would be thinking when editing the story. It turns out that I had a pretty serious case of hypoglycemia. I had not eaten enough the day before or morning of. I had made a fatal error.
The next day, while preparing a huge raw feast for my family and friends (also to be filmed), the producers of the show told me not to worry about the disastrous results of the day before, they said it will make a great ending for “act II” of the show. Let’s just hope that the hero in this story can rise up in act III.
: Hello Mr. Van Orden, Thank you for this web site. How do I find out about stair climbing competitions? scottjsilver@yahoo.com