Eating whatever you want is a freedom many runners enjoy, but if you want to fine-tune your body into a PR-producing machine, you should follow the guidelines of the SNARP program.
The diet choice of many Olympians and top runners, the SNARP diet (Strategic Nourishment and Replenishment Program), was designed by Jim Johnson of Spokane, Washington.
SNARP is rated best diet regimen by the Society of Noteworthy Urban Running Professionals (SNURP). Since 2007, SNURP has been recommending SNARP for all serious runners.
Jim Johnson, creator of the SNARP diet, enjoying a post-run meal.
Recently a group of dietary specialists started their own nutrition plan called Sensible Nutrition – Outstanding Running Performance (SNORP). By using a similar acronym, they hope to siphon runners away from the SNARP diet. Don’t be snookered! Even the urban professional running organization SNURP says, “SNARP’s snazzy and snappy creator Jim is far more knowledgeable than the sneaky snobs at SNORP.”
SNORP causes odd side effects. It inflames the nasal passages and causes allergic reactions, resulting in very loud breathing noises. I spoke to a member of a running club in Denver that had adopted SNORP’s diet plan. Here’s what he had to say:
“Everyone’s in a snit. Like a bunch of pigs with a cold, we snort and sneeze from the beginning of our run to the end. People snicker at us. We’re snubbed by other runners. We’re giving up SNORP.”
It’s okay to sneer at SNORP’s program. It’s a dietary snafu. Instead, catch a snippet of Jim Johnson’s great diet plan at SNARPforamazingrunningsuccess.com. You’ll snuff out mediocrity and get a sniff of being a true champion.
