In 5 weeks of Banting Alfred has managed to lose 7kg! He’s now back at the weight he was for last year’s Comrades, 74kg. If he continues at this rate he will be down to his goal of 70kg by race day…
Alfred Gets Some New Shoes!
This week we received a very generous donation from a supporter of Alfred from Switzerland! Thanks once again Opal. Your donation went a long way towards helping Alfred purchase some snazzy, new Nike Vomero running shoes.
Thanks also to Sindee at The Sweat Shop, Southdowns who was super helpful about which shoes would work best for Alfred’s running gait!
The Diet Plan
It’s the halfway mark! Can you guys believe it’s already been a month since Alfred introduced Banting into his Comrades training?! This afternoon Kim and I met with Alf to find out the ins and outs of his daily diet, now that he’s settled into the eating plan. Read more about his daily food routine here.
Why Banting?
Of all the diets, in all the world, Alfred had to commit to this one… but what makes this one so special?
Kim takes the class on an Educational Field Trip and explains (as he so loves to do) what the principles and promises of the Banting Diet are. Why has this diet taken the world by storm, and what exactly is it doing to your body?
Haters gonna hate, but Banters gonna Bant… get some knowledge here
First Ultra Marathon Completed on the Banting Diet
This weekend Alfred ran the Loskop 50km Ultra Marathon. He was hoping to get a time of 5h30min…His final time – 5h16min!
Not bad for his first ultra on the Banting diet.
How did he fuel himself for the race? The night before he had a meal of fried eggs and boerewors. He then started the race on Saturday without having anything to eat. He made sure to drink a lot of water at all the fuelling stations then at the 25km he was craving something to eat. He got one of the guys at the station to give him a piece of boerwors and that kept him going until the end!
Water and boerwors for 50km. Great going Alfred!
Here are Alfred’s logs so far. You’ll see he’s dropped 4.5kg since he started the diet 3 weeks ago…
Logbook
Why change?
Revolutionising your personal diet seems like a curious thing to do when you’re two months away from the biggest race in the world. We tried to get to the bottom of what convinced Alfred to convert to Banting, and what dissatisfied him about his previous eating regime. As usual, his answers were both practical and, as always, a little bit philosophical.
If you’re reading this and you’re on Banting, tell us what inspired you here…
Meet Alfred
Alfred Motaung is a fascinating man. He has run the world famous Comrades Marathon 13 times and is training to do it again on the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet popularised by Tim Noakes as the Banting diet.
How does a quiet and polite man, born and raised in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa go from being a herd-boy, to a practiser of martial arts, to a veteran runner of the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon?
What inner strength got him to run the 90km between Durban and Pietermaritzburg having had no formal training and wearing the wrong shoes?
Read on here to discover the remarkable story of our colleague and friend.
About this blog
When someone decides 2 months before the world’s oldest and largest marathon that they are going to completely flip around the way they eat it’s not something to be scoffed at.
Watch the story unfold as we blog about Alfred Motaung’s journey to the Comrades Marathon 2015 fueled by the low-carbohydrate, high-fat, Banting diet.
For a sneak preview of what’s to come, read on here
Alfred's Banting Comrades 