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Friday 25 May 2007

Abel & Cole

By Julien, Friday 25 May 2007 at 12:25 :: Food

Nutrition is obviously very important in ultrarunning... Reading here and there about what you need to eat and what to avoid while training is quite a mission though: you can find everything and its opposite, except maybe about carbohydrates loading ... That's why I decided to eat a lot of everything, rather than focussing on pasta and cheese as in the past... I've already increased my red meat and fish intake, as well as fruits and vegetables (having a vegetarian girlfrieng might have helped). In order to be more consistent about fruits and vegetables, I then decided to subscribe to Abels & Cole. They deliver a weekly basket of fresh fruits and vegetables on your doorstep. Of course, it's all organic, mostly from UK and Europe and not air-freighted. I've got the first one yesterday, we'll see if it improves my diet.

Ultraveg.

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Tuesday 10 April 2007

Where can I find some Crème de Marrons ?

By Julien, Tuesday 10 April 2007 at 18:12 :: Food

As detailed in an earlier post, I found out that the Crème de Marrons (chestnut spread) is one of my favourite running fuel. Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore in small pouches. They now sell them online (*), but apparently they don't ship abroad. That's annoying... Does anyone know where to find these in London or online?

Ultra embarrassing.

(*) for 0.73€ each = £0.50 - half price compared to Partridges...

Update (14/04/2007):
They're available again at Partridges ! I mean they were available, as I bought all 12 of them :) At £1.10 each now, that's more than twice as much as in France ...

Update (18/04/2007):
They're definitively not available anymore at Partridges. I must have bought their whole stock at once :)

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Wednesday 2 August 2006

Crème de marrons

By Julien, Wednesday 2 August 2006 at 16:36 :: Food

Today I was glad to find the excellent old fashion Clément Faugier's crème de marrons (chestnut spread) at Partridges. They don't have the new soft packaging version, only the tins and the tubes, but the latter are perfect for me. They're slightly sticky and rather sweet (although less than the PowerGels) but I feel like I'm going to take some with me at the UTMB, because I hope that pleasure will help to eat and digest properly :) .

Following last post, hereafter a short comparison table:

Price (£)Energy (KCal)Weight (g)Energy/Weight (KCal/g)
Crême de marrons 1200802.5
SiS Go gel 190253.6
PowerGel 1.25110402.75

Ultra yummy.

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