Run Britain – News – McRunner breaks his marathon time after burger diet

The Los Angeles Marathon took place last Sunday and out of a field of nearly 20000 Joe D'Amico finished an admirable 28th in under 2 hours 30 minutes. His training was probably typical of many marathon runners but his diet was anything but.

The 36-year-old munched 23 hamburgers, 24 chicken snack wraps, 63 cookies, three filet-o-fishes, 91 hotcakes and an Aberdeen Angus burger among the 99 McDonald’s meals he ate in the 30 days leading up to the race. His only deviation from the McDonald’s menu was tap water, an occasional runner’s gel supplement and a daily multivitamin.