Calorie Counting

Well, another tough week - the same as last week except that I seem to have done nothing but eat. I've had fish and chips twice plus an eight ounce burger - not all on the same day mind. Whilst wiping the grease from my chops, I thought about the calories I'd need to consume on the run. You burn about 100 calories per mile which means that I'll have to eat 10,000 of them on the run in July. The three lard-fests I had this week would only account for 4,500 of them. Not that you'll find a fish supper as recommended carb loading in Runners' World. For my training I use sachets of gel. They're gloopy, gooey, sickly sweet mouthfuls providing 100 calories each. This means that I'd have to eat 100 of them just to get round. Not. The organisers will be asking us soon for suggestions for the food at the checkpoints. Popular are things like rice pudding, honey sandwhiches, soup and pretzels (for the salt). Anything low residue (so All Bran is out).