I’m no pro but I’m faster than her and have been running a long time, I find the “official” guidelines around carb loading and race fuelling completely unhinged. I think most would feel bloated and awful on the recommendation of carbs and fuel every half an hour might be ok if you’re an elite and running 10k in that time so it’s 4 gels in a marathon, but if you’re a slower runner and that’s a gel every two miles you’re just going to feel really sick
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Yes! 100% this! I’m faster than her too, and don’t fuel nearly as much - if I ate as much as she does I’d be so sluggish! Her carb loading for Boston was insane - if you’re well trained and eaten well generally, you don’t need to consume 10000s of calories to run a 4.15 marathon. She massively overdoes it! I’d be stopping in every portaloo en route!
Could understand if she was running a big mountain ultra, but for road races it seems mad! She has been complaining about needing to stop for the toilet a lot recently hasn’t she?
Yep she went on some 20 miler recently where I swear she took 6 odd gels, a pack of sweets and a bar. I completely get the risks of underfuelling but you do not need to take 1600 calories of pure sugar with you to run for what… 3hrs?
Why is she so proud of being a six star finisher? To me it's just a sign of privilege that you can afford to do them and travel, I hate that it's a thing.
Yep and she did a big brag about how young she was when she did them (20s?) that’s just wealth… especially as she didn’t qualify for the one you have to qualify for
Adidas I think. TCS this year.
I have 2 questions.
1. Why does she need a fueling table and those massage/recovery trouser things if she is just pootling around?
2. Why did she post “choose my shoe for me” if she was always going to run in adidas because she’s being paid to go there by them?
1. Why does she need a fueling table and those massage/recovery trouser things if she is just pootling around?
2. Why did she post “choose my shoe for me” if she was always going to run in adidas because she’s being paid to go there by them?
The majors only count in my eyes if you have FULLY QUALIFIED for the ones you have to qualify for - otherwise it’s 100% cheating. I wouldn’t be proud of that, I’d be embarrassed.
She really annoys me. I tried to get into Berlin and didn’t get a place. I wish they’d stop giving them away, especially to people like her who barely train, over-fuel, then make excuses for an average performance.
She really annoys me. I tried to get into Berlin and didn’t get a place. I wish they’d stop giving them away, especially to people like her who barely train, over-fuel, then make excuses for an average performance.
She posted porridge and loads of pastries which just made me feel 
. It’s like when bits ate all the rice pudding.
I mean, we all deal with food and nutrition differently and it’s totally personal in terms of what your body can deal with ( tbh I was a twit when I did long distance in that I ate nothing before or during- which makes me a bit sensitive about this
). Now porridge would feel awful but a bagel would be fine but that might be opposite to the next person on the start line.
However, I’m not sure that her current message is entirely healthy. Maybe she’s trying to push against the fasted running or under fuelling narrative that has been going on for so long. I don’t know. On one hand her mentioning grams of carbs gives the impression that she knows what she’s talking about but when those carbs are in the form of pain au chocolats, I’m not convinced.
. It’s like when bits ate all the rice pudding. I mean, we all deal with food and nutrition differently and it’s totally personal in terms of what your body can deal with ( tbh I was a twit when I did long distance in that I ate nothing before or during- which makes me a bit sensitive about this
). Now porridge would feel awful but a bagel would be fine but that might be opposite to the next person on the start line. However, I’m not sure that her current message is entirely healthy. Maybe she’s trying to push against the fasted running or under fuelling narrative that has been going on for so long. I don’t know. On one hand her mentioning grams of carbs gives the impression that she knows what she’s talking about but when those carbs are in the form of pain au chocolats, I’m not convinced.
What irritates me most is that this whole free place gifting to influencers has completely gotten out of hand. It drives up the prices for normal entry tickets because someone has to make up the difference. I would be more impressed if they gave a couple of free tickets to local runners who may not be able to afford the fee. If someone finishes the race having to juggle a full time job/ family etc I would be much happier for them.
I think what annoys me is she drones on about fuelling / carb loading using her job as some
Sort of authority on this and then half way through her long runs she’s been saying she had stomach issues and spent ages in a petrol station toilet… hint overdoing the fuelling
Sort of authority on this and then half way through her long runs she’s been saying she had stomach issues and spent ages in a petrol station toilet… hint overdoing the fuelling
I’m in a loo now within 20 minutes because my bladder can’t hold out
. God damn perimenopause.
Beans is about to finish, she was on for a 4:11
She ain’t ever getting that BQ 
Much quicker than I was expecting. I wonder who is sponsoring her 2025 Boston bib.
Wasn’t this meant to be a BQ attempt?
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