Why the blog?

First, the V stands for veggie. I've been vegan for 17 months now. Even though I live in the Northwest, home of all kinds of diets and lifestyles, there are still people who don't understand exactly what is vegan. And when I return home to the midwest? Trying to explain it to some is nearly impossible.

That said, it follows that I've found some of those people don't think you can be a runner while eating this way. That got me thinking that as I'm about to start training for my first half-marathon, it would be interesting to chronicle my experience as a vegan runner. Well, jogger. I was not an athlete as a teenager, and am still not an athlete--or at least what I picture in my head as an athlete. I don't run very fast, but my goal for this race is not to run fast, its to finish.