Over recent months I have observed the newer perhaps more 'hipster' forum posters spouting out about the latest carbo supplements and the garmin watch that calibrates the calorie burn when they flinch and as a result of a chat with fellow forumite Fleeter, I feel that it is important to give you folks some key tips to divert you from the path of pretentious magazines and onto the walkway of victory.
Firstly, pre race nutrition: I have found in my esteemed career that there are two main misconceptions amongst 'stylish' athletes, namely light meals and small portions. Prior to the Moel Eilio race in 2009, I consumed a Double Whopper meal from a service station a mere hour before the race, and I have to say I certainly felt the effects as my incessant farting surely gave me a few boosts along the way propelling me to a position just in front of the first v70, were it not for the gherkiny goodness then surely this coffin dodger would have had me. So ditch this Quinoa and Nut Roast shite and get a proper meal down you pre race.
Secondly, gels and energy drinks: You are healthy individuals why on earth would you want to digest stuff that wouldn't look out of place in the baby aisle or for really old people who can no longer chew. Andy and myself suggest that beer on a regular basis and perhaps the odd bit of muddy bog water will more than provide the essential vitamins you need to run that 3 mile race that you are only doing so you can go back to your office job and make all the fatties think you are a new age Rambo. Its just wrong, sort it out.
Kit: I myself once fell victim to the myth that is compression gear, its a fad and an expensive one at that, if you want to try it and be all metrosexual then you might as well just put two stretchy condoms on a pull them up your calves. Ideally as the 'environmentally aware' and 'cool' people you claim to be then surely you should choose to run naked, through fields of brambles whilst self-flagellating in a bid to appease mother nature and apologise for global warming.
That will do for now, but if any of you fear that you are straying from the path of true enlightenment of the former forum elders, please post and I will rehabilitate you.
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A picture of me in training the day before I ran a triple BG fuelled only on fried chicken and San Miguel
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