Matt (No Meat Athlete)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Applied Math Ph.D. Student |
| Location | Maryland, United States |
| Introduction | Welcome to NoMeatAthlete.com, where I'm fueling my Boston Marathon mission with food so fine, you won't miss the meat! When I ran my first marathon back in college, I made it my goal to qualify for the Boston Marathon, with a time of three hours, 10 minutes. Well, I missed it…by a "mere" one hour and 43 minutes. Sure, the goal was crazy, but that's what made me want to go get it! Seven years and five marathons later, I haven't given up. Now, I know what you're thinking— Vegetarian marathoner? This guy must eat a pile of oats and veggies every night and call it dinner. Well, think again. Sure, I eat healthily, but on a trip to Italy a few years back, I truly fell in love with food and taught myself to cook when I got home. Since then, I've discovered immeasurable joy in making real, simple food and in never shying away from a new challenge in the kitchen. And in March of this year, I took on my biggest culinary challenge yet: I ditched the meat, and my blog (http://www.NoMeatAthlete.com) was born. |
| Interests | Running, cooking, gambling, math, economics, consciousness and artificial intelligence, brewing beer, reading, blogging. |
| Favorite movies | Office Space, anything in the National Lampoon's Vacation series |
| Favorite music | The Police, Weezer, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, J.S. Bach |
| Favorite books | Godel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Fooled by Randomness |