The chef: Runner Rocco Dispirito also enjoys the challenge of triathlons. ‘I’m a person of extremes and it sounds like a sport that was invented on a dare,’ says the half-Ironman and author of Now Eat This! 100 Quick Calorie Cuts (£9.89, Grand Central Publishing). Active ingredie...
The chef : Pastry chef and five-time marathoner Gesine Bullock-Prado recently completed her third cookbook Bake It Like You Mean It (£18.99, Stewart, Tabori & Chang) – and then signed up for a half marathon. ‘By the time I finish any baking book, my weight takes a hefty surge, an...
The benefits:MushroomsThese delicious and versatile fungi may fight colds and flu. Compounds in the white button variety boost the activity of immune-system cells that help tackle infections. Mushrooms also contain vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), which helps in the production of e...
The chef: Author of How to Cook Without a Book (£15, Broadway Books) Pam Anderson’s marathon medal collection is in double figures. ‘I like to run two big races a year because it keeps me training constantly,’ she says (threemanycooks.com).Active ingredients: The protein in chick...
The chef: Pam AndersonActive ingredients: Despite harbouring less than 200kcal and a slender six grams of fat, this pudding provides you with a hit of muscle-repairing protein (from the chocolate milk). Plus there’s bone-boosting calcium and, via the cinnamon, antioxidants that ...
The chef: Patricia Wells has been a runner for four and a half decades, and prizes the boost in productivity she gets from lacing up six days a week. Which may explain how she’s managed to author over a dozen cookbooks (patriciawells.com).Active ingredientsx: A huge 59g of carbs,...
The benefitsPeppers Peppers are packed with vitamins A and C, two powerful antioxidants. They work together to battle free radicals, those unstable molecules that race around the body looking to inflict cell damage. Red peppers also contain lycopene, which may offer protection fr...
For most runners, doubles are a foreign concept, assumed to be the province only of those cranking out 100-mile weeks. I would like to convince you to think otherwise. Intelligently adding some double days to your programme can help advance your fitness, even if you wind up not s...
QuinoaWhy eat it? Often treated like wheat or oats, but actually a member of the spinach family, quinoa packs a bigger nutritional punch than standard grains. Identified as a food with ‘high nutritive value’ by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, its beneficial components...
family style recipes & ideas. I have 1 veggie son in the mix. Like everyone I am flat out doing training, family, & my job. Also I can't stomach the gels so whilst I try everything on the market what alternatives are there? Finally can you give us a few
