Announcing a new publication dedicated to running — in partnership with the world marathon champion in 55+ age group

So, the guy eats once a day, usually late in the evening.

He runs up to 200km a week but eats once a day. His marathon time, at the age of 56, is 2 hours 38 minutes (London). But he eats once a day…

At first, I thought Yuri was exaggerating. Surely he has some kind of a snack during the day! I run, I know a thing or two about running. Even the question of fuel aside, it’s not a nice feeling to be hungry, when you are training.

When I posted my first story (read here) about Yuri Strofilov on one of Facebook’s groups (sub-3-hour marathon), some commentators also — expectedly — expressed their surprise at Yuri’s eating philosophy.

So I checked back with Yuri. “It’s incredible”, I said, referring to the interview I watched. “It sounds like you eat once a day, and that’s it. If that’s so, I want the details!”

We communicate in Russian. Here’s the translated reply Yuri sent.

“It’s 5pm now. We haven’t eaten once yet. Last night at 9pm we walked into a restaurant. Before that — only a bottle of beer after my training.”

He continued a little later.

“Now we’re in Athens. Sitting on a bench, browsing Tripadvisor, deciding what restaurant to go to. When you eat once a day, you can spend time picking what you want and you can afford to make it not to…