Runner: My ‘superpower’ vegan diet helped me smash record

Ultrarunner Robbie Balenger doesn’t stop — and eating green helps him go. 

The vegan athlete’s 100% plant-based diet gave him the “superpower” stamina to set a new record for running the most laps around Central Park in less than 24 hours — all without the meaty fuel many extreme athletes swear by. “The plant-based diet helps me to excel as an endurance runner,” Balenger, 36, told The Post. “Breaking down animal protein can be laborious on our [digestive] systems.”