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McVay
Wins Utah Prison Race
Grass and Endurance--- The Athletes' Use of Wheatgrass
By Bruce McVay
The newspapers have recently
published several articles on recent animal studies that have
proven that very low calorie-highly nutritional diets enhance
strength, endurance, and life longevity. Wheatgrass has by
lab analysis proven to be very close to the, if not the, foremost
plant in the category of nutritive value per ounce. Being an
ultradistance runner for 5 years (races from 30 to 100 miles or
more), I tried nearly every physically enhancing supplement and
natural food source to improve my health, stamina, and oxygenation
process. One and one-half years ago, I began juicing 1 to 6
ounces of grass daily. After 1 to 2 months of cleansing
(which consisted of a few headaches and itching) I began to notice
tremendous changes in my performance, energy, stamina, etc..
Always in the past I was a middle to rear of the pack racer.
Wheatgrass changed that.
This year I ran a 26 mile race in the
Teton Mountains and won by half an hour. The race was in top
of the Tetons, 12,000 to 13,000 feet high, and down to Jackson
Hole Wyoming. Ultra distance runners from all over the
United States participated. At the 18 mile checkpoint some
people with twice the amount of training as I, quit the race.
Two or three finished. Something I noticed was that I never
hit the wall (nausea, etc.) like I had sometimes in previous
races. I was exhilarated all the way to the end of the race.
On June 5th, of this year I participated
in 11.5 hour run-a-thon at the Utah State Prison. I ran over 62
miles eating primarily wheat-barley grass juice mixed into fresh
apple juice. During this time I expended over 6500 calories. My
nearest competitor was over 10 miles behind. These are
factual examples, but the best result is the way I feel all the
time, as well as during the race...i.e. very comfortable under
physical and mental stress.
Some people would think that I increased
my training or trained long and hard for these races, but in
reality, I cut my training in half during this period of time.
I had cut my milage from 60-90 miles per week to 30-40 miles per
week. Imagine, less training, but better performances in training
and in races! I have broken most of my own personal records.
Another thing that amazed me about the prison race, was that my
laps at the last or the race were as fast as the laps at the
beginning.
Wheatgrass helps numerous processes in the
body, but improved oxygenation (enhanced oxygen absorption) is the
best one, I believe.
Do you have an interest in a major change
in strength, endurance, and energy? Then give wheatgrass a 6
months try. It will work! Don't believe me? Let's go for a
run in the mountains.
Copyright
© 2009 by Living Whole Foods, Inc.
All rights reserved. Permission granted up to 100
words in a review when proper credit is
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and article citation.
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