{"id":253946,"date":"2021-05-19T23:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/my-superpower-vegan-diet-helped-me-smash-running-record\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:30:25","slug":"my-superpower-vegan-diet-helped-me-smash-running-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/my-superpower-vegan-diet-helped-me-smash-running-record\/","title":{"rendered":"#My ‘superpower’ vegan diet helped me smash running record"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#My ‘superpower’ vegan diet helped me smash running record<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Ultrarunner Robbie Balenger doesn\u2019t stop \u2014 and eating green helps him go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The vegan athlete\u2019s 100% plant-based diet gave him the \u201csuperpower\u201d stamina to set a new record for running the most laps around Central Park in less than 24 hours \u2014 all without the meaty fuel many extreme athletes swear by. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe plant-based diet helps me to excel as an endurance runner,\u201d Balenger, 36, told The Post. \u201cBreaking down animal protein can be laborious on our [digestive] systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

His daily meal plan packs on the plants: For breakfast, he loads up on kale and fruit smoothies, a spinach salad with chickpeas and olive oil for lunch and a bowl of beans, brown rice and mixed veggies for dinner. Menus like this one powered Balenger to circle the 6.1-mile perimeter of New York City\u2019s premier park an unprecedented 16 times on March 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting at 6:05 a.m. on the chilly first day of spring, Balenger completed the 98-mile trot in a little over 18 hours. And just \u201cfor fun\u201d he hoofed it for another 2 miles, rounding out his trek to 100 miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Robbie Balenger says his vegan diet helped him break the record for running the most laps around New York City\u2019s iconic Central Park in less than 24 hours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No stranger to pounding the pavement,\u00a0in 2019, Balenger ran 3,175 miles across the US \u2014 beginning in Los Angeles and ending in New York \u2014 in just 75 days.\u00a0It was a triumph he initially thought was only accomplishable by fictional runner \u201cForrest Gump,\u201d he said with a laugh. <\/p>\n

Balenger and a buddy from London also did a 100-mile jaunt around their respective cities in the midst of the pandemic last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since swapp<\/a>ing out gooey cheeseburgers and sirloin steaks for his homegrown fruits and vegetables in 2018, Balenger \u2014 who first took up professional running in 2014 at 29 \u2014 has experienced a daily boost of energy that helps him accomplish his Herculean efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Balenger ran the perimeter of Central Park an unprecedented 16 times in 18 hours. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He and fianc\u00e9 Shelley Howard cultivate their own veggies in a 3-foot-tall self-watering, self-fertilizing lettuce grow tower. The stackable grow box allows home gardeners to raise up to 36 plants at a time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Balenger and Howard eat what they grow and drink tons of water to stay hydrated throughout the day. Then he runs about 60 to 70 miles per week to maintain his strength and endurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPlants are easier for our bodies to break down, and they give us more energy to complete challenging physical activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Balenger has been vegan since 2018, and says his diet of kale, spinach and legumes gives him energy to complete challenging physical activities. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lean, mean running machine\u2019s record-breaking zip around Central Park trampled the run of previous titleholder, Aaron Zellhoefer, who looped the landscape 11 times in 14 hours last June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody sets the bar for the next person to break,\u201d Balenger said, noting that Zellhoefer congratulated him on besting his time and distance. \u201cHe\u2019s plant-based too.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while Balenger doesn\u2019t have immedia<\/a>te designs on shattering his own record with a faster and further zoom around Central Park, he is planning to run the 500-mile Colorado Trail in the Colorado mountains this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also hoping to summit all 58 of the peaks over 14,000 feet in Colorado before Labor Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He encourages all runners, from beginners to professionals, to work toward doing their best each time they go for a run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But he encourages anyone that is interested in breaking his Central Park record to set their minds on giving it their all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about striving to do your absolute best,\u201d Balenger said.\u00a0\u201cAs long as you\u2019re out there giving it all you got in a healthy and safe way, you\u2019re already a champion in my eyes.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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