of a Kelloggs’ breakfast cereal provided more nutrition than the ingredients of your typical mess of brown rice, lysergic acid and boiled- to-buggery courgettes.Or the Raw Pork Sushi Diet of Thatcher’s heartless Eighties, which involved slicing rump

.Energy efficiencyThe fundamental problem with a lunchtime ride is that it occurs five or six hours after breakfast. Even with a midmorning snack, you may not feel like riding because your energy is low.First, you should fuel up with a real breakfast, such as one

iron will increase the amount of iron you absorb.Maximise your iron intake by avoiding tea with meals, having a glass of orange juice with a bowl of fortified breakfast cereal, and consuming iron-containing vegetables such as peas, kale, broccoli

afterburn) for a 12-stone man.Evening/ Morning RunsA few hours after your evening meal, go for an easy run of 20-30 minutes and don’t eat any more before going to bed. This will deplete your glycogen stores. The next morning, before breakfast, run 45 minutes

at breakfastIt’s cold and wet outsideIt’s hot outsideDuring the raceYou don’t get a clear start It still takes longer than you planned to get over the start or to cover the first few milesYou start to get a blister at mile threeYou feel great at mile six

’ve finished the race by then!) can also be booked. Breakfasts on Saturday or Sunday cost an additional €5. Showers and massages available.Getting there By road – take the D936 from Bordeaux to the east; after Bergerac it’s the D660 then the D29, D51 and Belvès

of the longest UK road races, but one of the smallest in number of competitors 2002 date: October 66 Kingston Breakfast Run (10)A fast growing pre-London event around a course by the Thames2002 date: March 237 St Valentines 30K An unusual distance

, dark-green leafy vegetables, grain products and iron-fortified cereals.2. Consume vitamin C along with iron, as it enhances iron absorption (eg drink orange juice with an iron-fortified breakfast cereal).3. Prepare food in cast-iron cookware

10-mile jaunts – before breakfast, before lunch, before tea and before supper. Why not walk two miles and jog the rest. Follow each session with a drink, a shower and some food. A daily massage would also be a big help. From Christmas to mid-April you

that supplements are beneficial to performanceIron Involved in red blood cell formation and oxygen transport and utilisation Red meat and liver; fortified breakfast cereals; shellfish; wholegrain bread; green leafy vegetables Can improve aerobic performance