Beet it: To exercise longer, try beetroot juice

[boston bean]

When Chris Carver ran an ultra-marathon in Scotland last year, which challenges athletes to run as far as possible within 24 hours, he ran 140 miles (225 kilometers).

Determined to do better in this year's race, Carver added something extra to his training regime: beetroot juice. For a week before the race, he drank the dark purple juice every day. Last month, Carver won it by running 148 miles (238 kilometers).

"The only thing I did differently this year was the beetroot juice," said Carver, 46, a professional runner based near Leeds, in northern England.

He said more exercise would have improved his endurance, but to get the same result he attributes to the juice — an extra eight miles — it would likely have taken an entire year.

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[aikoaiko]

1. Not exactly the scientific method where functional relations are assessed, but interesting

[Warren Stupidity]

2. This ad brought to you by the D. Shrute Beet Co.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Remember this too!

You'll appreciate that surge of energy when confronted by an angry bear while performing your normal outdoor activities. Beet root juice = stamina in case of bear attacks!

[underpants]

6. 4. I don’t believe you, continue.

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2.I am faster than 80% of all snakes.
3.I don’t care what Jim says, that is not Benjamin Franklin. I am 99% sure.
4.I don’t believe you, continue.
5.Reject a woman, and she will never let it go. One of the many defects of their kind. Also, weak arms.
6.When I die. I want to be frozen. And if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever, because I will have used that time, to figure out exactly why I died. And what moves I could have used to defend myself better now that I know what hold he had me in.
7.The eyes are the groin of the head.
8.My feelings regenerate at twice the speed of a normal man
9.Before I do anything I ask myself “Would an idiot do that?” And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing.
10.You know whats better than a triceratops. Only every other dinosaur that has ever existed.
11.Dolphins get a lot of good publicity for the drowning swimmers they push back to shore, but what you don’t hear about is the many people they push farther out to sea! Dolphins aren’t smart. They just like pushing things.
12.There are 40 rules all Schrute boys must learn by age 5. Rule #17- There are 3 things you never turn your back on- bears, men you have wronged, and a dominant male turkey during mating season
13.I train my major blood vessels to retract into my body on command. Also, I can retract my penis up into itself.
14.Question…
15.Would I ever leave this company? Look, I’m all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I’m being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I’m going wherever they value loyalty the most.
16.How would I describe myself? Three words: hard working, alpha male, jackhammer…merciless…insatiable…
17.I am fast. To give you a reference point I am somewhere between a snake and a mongoose…and a panther.
18.The problem, Jim, is that people who are really suffering from a medical condition won’t receive the care they need because someone in this office is coming up with ridiculous stuff. Count Choculitis….Why did you write that down, Jim? Is it because you know I love Count Chocula?
19.I grew up on a farm. I have seen animals having sex in every position imaginable. Goat on chicken. Chicken on goat. Couple of chickens doing a goat, couple of pigs watching.
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http://bevan.net/2009/06/10/top-20-dwight-schrute-posts/

[BrklynLiberal]

3. I LOVE beets and beet juice...Sometimes I drink Borsht.

Biotta beet juice is what I get at my local health food store

http://www.biottajuices.com/

[underpants]

5. Interesting- thanks. I have added fish oil to my diet and have lost weight

I am currently in a bit of a lull in training-- training to train if you will, spats of longer runs with down times (like now) in between. Trying to keep weight off and work on abs and such. I go full out training in November for (hopefully) my fourth complete marathon in March.

Hell I think some purple urine would be pretty cool :-)

I already down cherry juice every day for gout. I will give this a shot.

Thanks again.