PaleoAce Blog: April 2014

Paleo Convenience

Posted by Ace on Sun 20th Apr, 2014

Well, it has been sometime since I wrote on here but as you will see I am still improving with our Paleo lifestyle. Of course, I am training hard, have an excellent coach and most importantly a wholly supportive Monkey but the truth is I had all of those before we changed our diet and lifestyle. The massive improvements to my performance have really come about since.

I remember aiming to run a 3hr 15m marathon. Trying to find somewhere that would do breakfast early enough so that I did not end up with nasty stomach cramps 4 miles into the marathon was a logistical nightmare. Who would want to get up at 5am to serve me breakfast? The answer is not many… But if my breakfast was to consist of porridge I needed at least 3-4 hours to digest it (or get it out of my system). It doesn’t bare thinking how much energy I used in the process.

Anyway, this week I realised how much convenience the Paleo way of being introduced to our lives. Monkey and I went to Hull on Friday for a 10-mile time trial (6 hour drive).  Time trials generally start early in the morning in order to avoid busy traffic. My power breakfast was Paleo Quiche which I made just before leaving the house and once cooled down stored in a cool box until needed. Easy. Oh and another thing, I could eat this and set off on my bike straight away if I wanted to as nothing in it unsettles my stomach.

So for anyone out there who may be thinking that this Paleo lifestyle sounds good but hard work/inconvenient, I would say "give it a go"! With just a little bit of organisation and forward thinking it in fact introduces a whole new meaning to convenience, well it has for the Monkeys anyway...