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- From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
- Subject: Re: Clinton mediocre runner?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.072746.4459@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:08:19 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- || ...I'm not impressed with anyone who jogs to McDonalds to
- || pork out on Curly Fries. He's trying to have it both ways...
-
- jcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (john.c.schwebel) writes:
- | Ever seen any proof that a "healthy diet" improves your running
- | performance?
-
- Yes. Of course. I thought this was pretty much accepted by most
- everyone who knows anything about fitness and athletics. I've
- seen a lot of people who have improved their running performances
- dramatically by improving their diets. This is not to say that
- all good runners have good diets. There are a few exceptions, but
- in general, most coaches, trainers and nutritionists, as well as
- most people who read this newsgroup regularly, would advocate a
- "healthy" diet to improve performance.
-
- I think this is another case where infatuation with a political
- figure has clouded the thinking process.
-
- | I've known plenty of very good runners who were junk food addicts.
- | I could say "I'm not impressed by the runners who run the 10
- | mile run every Sunday Morning and then pork out on fatty donuts",
- | but that's not true, they do it and I am impressed by their
- | racing performance.
-
- I know a lot of good runners who have lousy diets too. (But then,
- I know a smoker who does 10K's in the low 30's.) These are mostly
- younger people who have run competetively since their teens. Some of
- them might improve if they switched to a better diet; some of them
- have metabolisms that can handle it. These are exceptions -- very
- few people have that kind of metabolism.
-
- For a fat forty-something though, I would say that a healthy diet that
- went easy on the Cheesebugers and Curly Fries would probably improve
- running performance and all-around health.
- ==
-
- Bob Seattle, Washington
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