Meat and dairy were other matters. I didn’t want to consume either—because of stress to my kidneys, possible loss of calcium, increased chances of prostate cancer, stroke, and heart disease, not to mention the chemicals and hormones injected into the country’s food supply and the environmental degradation caused by cattle farms—but I was racing now, not just running with Dusty for kicks, so I was even more conscious that I still needed fuel to burn. I knew I had to figure out a way to get enough protein, to marry my healthy eating with my long-distance running.
