Run News for April 24, 2025

77 year old marathon runner swears by 5 five foods

Jeannie Rice just turned 77 and ran the Boston Marathon on Monday. To maintain her fitness, Jeannie does not eat fried foods and sugar-heavy sweets.

The 5 key foods to her diet:

1. Salads

2. Fresh Vegetables

3. Rice

4. Fish

5. Nuts

Jeannie feels 20 years younger and has a goal to continue running well into her 80s.

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Boston Marathon recap

Sharon Lokedi from Kenya broke the women’s course record by more than 2 minutes by running the marathon in 2 hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds (5:14 minute per mile pace).

Sharon, the runner-up at last year's Boston Marathon, was neck-and-neck with 2-time defending champion Hellen Obiri during the final mile. As the finish line neared, Sharon picked up her pace to win the race by 19 seconds.

"It feels so good," Sharon shared in a televised interview after the win.

John Korir, also from Kenya, won for the mens race. John separated himself from the other leaders around Mile 20 to win with a time of 2:04:45 (4:46 minute per mile pace).

John joins his older brother, Wesley, as the first siblings to win the Boston Marathon. Wesley won the Boston Marathon in 2012.

Team USA's Conner Mantz finished in 2:05:08 to place fourth, which is the best showing by an American man since 2018. Last year's champion, Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia, dropped out after the halfway point.

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Why Lizzo quit Starbucks

Recently on TikTok, 36 year old singer Lizzo opened up about her weight loss journey. Since she started in 2023, Lizzo has lowered her body mass index by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat.

She keeps close tabs on what she eats and avoids "sugary stuff", while instead opting to eat savory foods. Lizzo shared that everybody's body is different, so encourages you to do what works for you.

The musician recalled a time in her life when she would drink "two to three" large Starbucks drinks a day with up to 1,200 calories. She stopped when she discovered the number of calories that she was consuming and has since stopped drinking coffee to help "regulate my nervous system."

Lizzo has started to apply a calorie deficit, because she was prone to binging. While she doesn't believe it's healthy to count calories, she uses it "as a tool to fight against the American food system."

Lizzo opened up about her anxiety and how it impacted her weight loss journey over the years. She has been working to get her anxiety under control for years and decided that she is ready to stop waiting to be happy.

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How to eat like a Boston Marathon runner

Running the Boston Marathon involves months of training and weeks of recovery. It’s not just about running — food matters, too, at every step of the way, according to elite runners.

Elite runners, like Meb Keflezighi and Tristin Colley, have a regimented diet when they train. Meb is a Boston Marathon champion who is now a retired professional runner, while Tristin finished her first Boston Marathon on Monday in 2:26:39 (a 5:36 minute per mile pace).

What are some of your favorite foods when preparing to run a marathon?

Meb: My go-to the night before is spaghetti with a meatball for protein. And salad and bread because you don’t know what’s available to you the next day. Try to delay it as long as you can, maybe 7:30 p.m. In the morning I have my homemade bread called himbasha or a bagel. Have one or two bagels next to your bed with almond butter and honey. If you get anxious and get up at 4 a.m., you can always eat. I’ll have a banana or electrolytes next to [my bed]. Then maybe at 6 a.m. I’ll try to have more food like bagels or oatmeal — easy carbohydrates.

Tristin: I do go heavy on the carbs. Most people know that long-distance runners need carbs. Pre-run I like to do oatmeal with peanut butter, a lot of bananas, and bagels. I really like cinnamon raisin bagels with peanut butter, honey, and banana. It’s an easily digestible breakfast with carbs in it and just a little bit of protein. Definitely pizza and pasta. We eat a lot of rice-based dishes with some kind of protein. We end up eating Indian food a lot with rice, naan, and whatever meat. I like spicy stuff, but I won’t do super spicy the night before a big run just to keep the stomach calm.

What do you eat during the week leading up to a race?

Meb: The week before, until Thursday, I try to have more protein. Then on Thursday I switch to carbohydrates. Like 60% protein, 40% carbohydrates before Thursday, and 80% carbohydrates and 20% protein after Thursday. You’ll get more energy. Before I go for a run, I’ll have half a bagel or himbasha with honey and almond butter while I stretch and get ready. Then I go for my serious workout, and I’ll have a shake and a banana to get me to the house. When I get home, I’ll have an omelet or scrambled eggs. Then dinner would be chicken or beef [with] pasta or rice. Having a salad on the side or broccoli or Brussels sprouts is pretty important. So it’s not too much pasta, pasta, pasta, alternate it with rice or potatoes. We always tell runners ‘don’t try something new on race day or the day before.’ Just because everybody does carbohydrate pasta the night before, don’t do that if the spice is not so friendly to you. Stick to what works from practice and training.

Tristin: You want to start a few days out. About four days out we’ll start adding more carbohydrates to our diet. We’re not going overboard with it, but it’ll be at dinner instead of an extra side of broccoli, we’ll add a dinner roll. We also try to get in stuff that is a little bit more familiar. We’re not going to go out and get a super exotic dish that we’ve never tried.

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A Kardashian launches protein popcorn

40 year old reality star, Khloé Kardashian, is launching Khloud Protein Popcorn, a snack that contains more than 3 times the amount of protein than regular popcorn.

Khloé is really trying to up her protein intake. She is all about muscle definition and being strong and healthy, not just skinny.

The self-proclaimed snacker is not someone who is going to sit down and have steak and eggs, so she needs another way to consume protein. Khloé does not think on the go protein from fitness stores tastes very good. Plus, many are filled with artificial stuff. So she selfishly wanted something that tasted great without a ton of ingredients to help [fulfill] her protein intake.

Khloud protein comes in three flavors — Olive Oil & Sea Salt, Sweet & Salty Kettle Corrn and White Cheddar — all of which are seed-oil free, non-GMO, gluten-free, kosher and contain 7 grams of protein per serving.

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