Pollan's food agenda

Michael Pollan's food agenda was recently published in NYT. It says we need to put the food system 'back on sunlight'.

The obvious question how to achieve this individually right now is conveniently answered in his latest book, In Defense of Food:

• Eat food.
• Not too much.
• Mostly plants.

From whom does real, well-grown and unprocessed food need defending? According to Pollan, from the industry and science. Both stand to gain much from widespread confusion about what to eat. 

Fortunately, we can easily relearn which foods are healthy for us and the environment. We can get back on a 'diet of sunshine' and stop wasting fossil fuel.
 

43 down, 9 to go

Fine fall weather today.

It's time for my 43rd self-supported weekly ultramarathon.

I ran 43.5K in 5 hours 27 minutes.

43 down, only 9 to go.

Beet it

beet it
Originally uploaded by Darwin Bell

Beet is in(expensive). Beet is healthy. But ashtonishingly, I haven't ever eaten a raw one. That's going to change today, I decided. But how exactly?

Wake up, little smoothie: a beet, a carrot, a cucumber, an orange, a little piece of ginger, a cup of sprouted quinoa, a couple of handfuls of green leafy vegs, some cold water and salt flakes. My Dualit blender did the job quick and easy.

Hmm, not too sweet, but 'bitter is better' as the saying goes. This stuff sure gives tons of immediate raw energy!

42 down, 10 to go

It was time for my weekly self-supported ultramarathon training run.

I totalled 43.4K in 5 hours 18 minutes.

40 down, 10 to go!

Crowie conquers Kona

Craig Alexander (35) won the Hawaii Ironman World Championship 2008 in 8 hours 17 minutes.

He showed everyone how to do it right: first swim 3.8K and bike 180K moderately hard, but not too hard, and take in all the nutrition you can. Then run a 2:45 marathon. It's as simple as that.   

Here's a pre-race interview, showing how relaxed Alexander the Great was.

By the way, Crowie is sponsored by Newton running shoes. I haven't seen the shoes available anywhere yet, but this video seems interesting. 

Also The Competitors Radio Show featured Alexander just before the race in their podcast.