What is Running Raw?
The Running Raw Project is a grand experiment in diet
and athletic performance. It was started by Tim VanOrden in November
of 2005 as a simple question: Can one be an athlete while eating a 100%
raw vegan diet. That curiosity was quickly answered with a resounding
YES!
What Tim has discovered could change the world of sport
forever.
But why stop there? Why not try to change the world
along the way? This is the journey that is Running Raw.
Questions
- What happens when you combine a raw vegan diet and althletics?
- Would this diet give you greater endurance
and strength?
- Would it allow you to recover faster?
- Would it remove age as a factor?
- Would it be possible to break a world record
and make the US Olympic Team at 40?
- If all of this was possible, would other athletes take note?
- Would they consider fruits and veggies over
steroids and doping?
Mission
- To unite people in a global effort to create a better
world through sport.
- To promote health and ecological stewardship among
athletes of all ages and abilities.
- To scientifically prove that an organic, plant-based diet,
consisting of uncooked, unrefined, and unprocessed whole foods yields
the highest performance for the human body.
- To get other high level athletes to consider the advantages
of this diet.
- To get those athletes to endorse and promote the idea
of whole food nutrition to the youth of America, who are in desperate
need of dietary transformation.
Athletic
Objectives
- 2008 - US Tower Racing Champion at the Empire State
Building
- 2008 - US Mountain Running Team - World Championships
- 2008 - World Record - Mile on outdoor track - First 40 year old to
break 4 minutes.
- 2008 - US Olympic Track & Field Team - 40 years of
age
- 2010 - US Olympic Nordic Ski Team - 42 years of age
Motivations
- Americans still have not made the connection that Diet equals Health
- Childhood obesity and type II diabetes are epidemic in America
- Americans are dependent on harmful drugs and pharmaceuticals, and
yet...
- In 2006, 1.5 million Americans died from dietary related diseases,
at a cost of $800 billion
- Agri-business and food processing account for 60% of US oil consumption
- Conscious eating = reduced oil dependency and a decrease in greenhouse
gas emissions
- To dispel the belief that this diet is for non-achievers and non-performers
