Daniel Mananta Becomes Vegetarian, For the sake of Running Marathon in Two Countries

[Fimela] Daniel Mananta — Daniel Mananta. (Daniel Kampua / Fimela.com)

https://xoops.ec-cube.net/userinfo.php?uid=257802 Liputan6.com, Jakarta Daniel Mananta is pursuing marathon sports. The artist who was born in Jakarta, August 14, 1981, will take part in marathons in two countries, namely Japan and Germany.

In order to get to the finish line well, Daniel Mananta made preparations early on. One of them is to maintain diet by being vegetarian.

"So there is a comparison between athletes who are vegetarians and those who eat meat. And it turns out that the performance of vegan athletes is better," said Daniel Mananta at the Commander of Polim, South Jakarta, Wednesday (12/4/2019).

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Not easy

"The vegan even broke the athlete's record of eating meat. And I 'm really trying for the March marathon later by becoming vegan," he continued.

Daniel Mananta has been a vegetarian for two weeks for a better physical condition. He admitted, it is not easy to be vegetarian.

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Running Routine

"Yes, honestly it is rather difficult because finding vegetarian food is not that easy. But fortunately I have catering and incidentally this catering supports my (as) vegetarian food," he explained.

Besides being a vegetarian, Daniel Mananta does fitness activities. One of them, running routine.http:// https://moikrug.ru/walet1122

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Target in March

"Because the marathon is not like, okay next week I am a marathon, after that I run 42 km, you will definitely fail. So the marathon is the target in March but the training is from now on," said the former VJ MTV told Liputan6.com Showbiz .

Daniel Mananta then revealed his initial interest in joining the marathon.

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Inspiration

Apparently Daniel Mananta was inspired by one athlete with a disability.

"They joined the marathon too. Some were guided, some were in wheelchairs, some were using sticks. Very inspiring for me. They finished the marathon (as far as 42 km). So I mean, as cool as they are," he ended the conversation. https://amara.org/en/profiles/profile/988sportnet/