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Ben to help you understand why videos like this may help people like me who are 92kg+, I myself am 113kg I'm a cross training athliete Ive been training for 16 years now, it allows us to see what you gravitate towards naturally being your size is ideal, and you are a cut above competitively. That allows us to contrast what we do and shows us what we need to possible consider doing on our own. From your own perspective its hard to probably see why people want to know because you yourself are trying to improve everyday, but realize where you are NOW is what others dream/aspire to be at themselves. It gives motivation, like how you look up to Kipchoge, people look up to you.

love the realness. showing the Coke Zero & saying you ate a piece of cake in the morning makes you more human. authenticity over everything!

I love how you handled this subject.

I’ve been waiting for this. Partly diet ideas, partly motivation, partly just want to see how many calories it takes you to hit your goals. Even though nutrition is highly individual, I just want all the data. Seeing what you do helps me potentially reach my goals. Thanks Ben

I appreciate how upfront you are disclosing sponsors. Great video!

Love this Man! It just helps us understand that we don’t have to over complicate eating heathy and fueling what we need for training! Just focusing on making things more healthy and fuel! Love it! Been back to training now while overcoming long time IT band issues! ❤thanks for your videos!

A great insight mate! Made for good watching on the way home from the toon!

I am more amazed with the latte art. Haha

new vids! Thanks for sharing Ben.

All these people commenting that he isn’t eating enough is kind of ridiculous. At the end of today, it doesn’t affect anyone else what/how much Ben eats. Yes, it may be less than you think he should eat; but it doesn’t take a registered dietitian to see that he has maintained weight (yes I know your metabolism can reduce in low energy availability so hold weight on low calories..) but he is hardly injured or ill and performing well - which is a better indicator. And ultimately, what Ben eats is his decision. He was kind enough to do this video for us, so don’t berate him for it, because you won’t get other ones! I think if he started getting injured/ill/tired all the time he would seek advice from a registered dietitian not random people on RU-vid! P.S. I have a BSc (Hons) Dietetics (from England) and currently studying a masters in human nutrition and sports nutrition electives in the US so probably more qualified than most people here but also understand it’s not my place to give advice where it isn’t wanted! Anyway, rant over and thanks Ben for the continued great content!

I can see that your editing skills are improving keep it up 👏

Hi Ben couldn't agree with @plusrunning more. For me its always good to hear what guys like you are doing as a yard stick to what we are trying to achieve. It's not what you think tastes good that people are interested in but how you tie it all together to get the very best out of yourself. And yes I'm sure in this wide and varied world there will be some people looking for the secret sauce, a short cut which we all know doesn't exist but most of us sometimes just want a bit of assurance from people we look up to and aspire to be like.

Yes, definitely more follow-along style videos will be great

Thanks for that great Video.

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for doing this. Your bemusement as to why folks want to see it was great. As someone who runs and has had eating disorders, I can understand why folks want to know. But we really are all different and what works for one does not work for others. I have found Renee McGregor's work very useful.

Loved the edit with the spaghetti slurp... Cheers Ben!

a tip with chocolate is to go dark, higher cocoa content the better and you definitely eat less and its good for you based on the antioxidant content. Bit of an acquired taste once you beyond 80% cacao, but I love it. I think the milk chocolate is made to make you want to eat more like most ultra processed food so tend to avoid it as like you I'm more likely to scoff the lot rather than a few chunks of proper dark. Also got my first Soar race singlet, the rainbow version and looks amazing, love the material and the lightness, but only thing for me based in the couple of super humid runs I've done the last couple of weeks is that I definitely get nipple chaffing issues and don't want to use a lubricant in case it stains so any recommendation on nipple guards would be great😂

People want to know your daily routine, your diet etc because you inspire and they aspire to be as good at running as you are. They may only make small improvements, but, every little helps.

Hey Ben, brand new runner here looking at 10:30 / mi goal pace at the half and just wanted to say I appreciate your videos, even if I’m 20 years past any sort of physical prime (which was nowhere near your ability). Anyway… the normies doing 20-25 miles a week appreciate you.

Something I do is freeze the blueberries (keeps them from getting moldy)and then put them in my hot porridge . The heat defrost them perfectly. I'm totally with you on the I can't just eat one thing! Just like you I've had to learn not to indulge in those items or I'm gonna eat the whole thing!

Happy Belated Birthday Ben!!

Happy B-Day! 🥳🥳

Thx Ben,love all your videos,you forgot The Inspire to run ....bit at the end,6xmile in 30 degrees+,well done man

Would love some more follow along videos for stretching, rubbing yoga etc. before you’ve directed us to other channels but would be great to see one from yourself. Life follow alongs for S&C and runners leg day at the gym (not sped up), yoga and stretching really would be amazing. Please make! Love the content!

Hey Ben, do you adapt your intake for bigger mileage days and rest days, or do you keep things fairly level?

Impressive run the other day in Kenya Ben! lol

Hi Ben, great video. I’m always struggling to find a decent flat route in Chelmsford, where did you run? Cheers

Happy birthday 🎉

"Looked in the fridge and the blueberries are mouldy" We have all been there too often. 😂 Happy Belated Bornday. 🎂

Wow! This is quite eye opening for me to see how individual nutrition is..With that amount of kilometers, I think I would have a really hard time only having only three meals that size with limited snacking... I'd be so hungry... I'm currently training for my first full Ironman, and the sports nutritionist has me eating minimum 60g carbs + 30g protein every 2.5-3 hours.

Nice 👍 happy birthday 🎉

Hey Ben, have you tried Maurten 160 or 320? If yes, what is your opinion on it? (I'm using it on race days)

I only drink beer without alcohol now, so many great options so why not. 👍🏼

I personally need advice and ideas on what to eat without paying a personal nutritionist. Some things I have found out, but I am always open to ideas and suggestions. Thanks for the upload!

Ben is running 💨

Hi Ben, do you have any recovery shakes after your runs or strength sessions? Cheers!

Cooking with Benji!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

love the shirt

Ben, I'd like to answer (as a fellow runner) why I CARE what you eat in a day. You see a lot of runners, or at least a significant number of runners do indeed struggle with body weight and eating issues. I know that I do. I run 70-85mpw most weeks out of the year...sometimes more...sometimes slightly less. And I STRUGGLE to keep my bodyweight even below 145lbs at 5'9"...to the point that I need to skip breakfast and sometimes even lunch and only allow one feeding window AFTER all of my training is done at night. On top of that, I weigh and track everything that I consume. It seems there are two camps here: runners who were always sort of skinny and had a "runners body" and running perhaps FOUND THEM...and they didn't need to do anything really substantial to their diet to accommodate the sport---AND the other side who found running and had to make substantial effort to get their bodies down to a "runners body" through dietary restriction along with increased expenditure (high mileage)...which is a constant battle between expenditure and hunger. It seems so many other runners just don't deal with this...and watchign your videos it seems to be clear that food is a secondary thing for you. You don't train to eat and eat to train. I TRAIN TO EAT and eat to train...like if I'm not training I'm not eating. And if my bodyweight goes up a few lbs I freak out. It sucks.

16:00 spot on

So what is your average daily calorie intake? I run far less (70km) and it looks like i eat more.

Great video! May I ask where are your glasses from? Cheers!

I feel you on the Coke. And the donuts.

You gotta try some 0 or 0.5% beers. I love them! If you're a guiness fan, their 0.0 is like the real thing. Those ready meals look lush - great time saver. Only thing I'd say is vitamin C has actually been shown to reduce vo2max in high doses. But from real food it doesn't. So something like powdered Amla can be a supplement, but it's a real food with a ton of Vit C!

I like to know what others eat (and when). I’m getting into running but often find I either have no energy, or feel ‘heavy’ while running. Any insights feel very helpful!

From the US so not familiar with hot tea and milk. what type do you drink?

Ben, the ON bag at 3:45, is it available to purchase? Can’t seem to find it anywhere and keen to buy a race day / travel bag

Can you put the link in the chat of the soar singlet you were wearing in de first part of the video? I really like it but could not find it on the soar website. great video as always!

Happy late birthday!!!🎉

Happy late 🎂!

Thanks for sharing! I just don’t understand how this amount of food would even be 2k calories. And you probably need at least 3k calories with your activity level. Are you sure you’re getting in enough?

12:48 Because you're slim and athletic, some people struggle losing weight and look to others for inspiration. At least that's my take.

What were the 🕶️ on the easy run my dude?

Anybody know which OnClouds he is wearing in this video?

love ur videos

Is that breakfast routine you do, an every day thing. If so, how do you manage all this with a full time job ?

the reason why I like watching what people eat is because I've always struggled with weight and interests me to know what other people can eat to compare. Never been able to maintain anything lower than 90kg and I've accepted my body just isn't ever going to be a light runners body. Anyway, glad you don't have food and weight issues like me, they suck the life out of you and kill performance gains

If you compare it to Phillys "What i eat in a day", its like half the amount 😄

WHERE IS MEG ?? Haven't seen her BEN since you got her to do her first Parkrun. Hope you haven't scared her away ?

Hello ben

Nice videos as usual Ben! Hope you will reach sub 30:30 ;) But please, that "tiny amount" of food you´re eating while running 100miles/week is not near enough what you really should consume! Add more protein to your breakfast, more fat to your lunch and more snacks between meals and you are going to see even more benefits to your training results! Trust me on this one, you will not gaining more weight, rather be more "energetic" through out the day. Otherwise, the risk of ending in RED-S is something that could happen. Just saying because I care :) PS. Because I´m from Sweden: Big cred you have a "Swedish map tattoo" on your thigh (Y)

My mango man 🥭🥭🥭

if you increased your daily calories do you think you would have more productive sessions? do elite athletes count their macros?

Dem socks ❤

can you get good mangos at coop? 🤔 you should visit an indian or pakistani supermarket for good mangos. they're called "honey mangos"

pls make the follow along video :)

Oatmeal at 830.. and a session at 10am? Won't you just puke the breakfast out? Also what is your portion size for breakfast (porridge)?

I get injured running so much walking will have to do

Beniseating

Looking at this, for someone who runs the amount of mileage you run Ben.. my guess this is under 2000 calories! I would expect you to eating 3000+.. That’s not a lot there. You mentioned with the Simmer meal it’s good to get in because of the calories etc however it’s only 470! Post session you’d surely want to be eat double that

I’m craving Diet Coke again now lol I cut it out last year because a few people told me it’s bad for bone health

First

Whats your weight at

😂❤🎉

£150 for a pair of shorts? I’m guessing they do the running for you?

Coke Zero its life!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So you’re running at 4:18 per mile

I'm sorry Ben but £150 for a pair of marathon shorts in a cost of living crisis,costs more than a pair of alphalfys I got in sale

how to lose weight through running... easy, do a 200 mile race.

I struggle soooooooo much with nutrition Because I'm such a fussy eater 😫

Are ya working something? You know, fore the money. ;)

Think some of us wonder if we eat too much

So many supplements in the morning 😐🤔 / the pharmacist

110 miles a WEEEEEEEEEK????

More fruits is my recommendation. N of course get rid of the coke of u can. Water is best.

why would you eat a lamb, when you could have some beans with the rice instead,. lambs are cute, lovely creatures, and they feel pleasure and pain, and get very scared going to a slaughter house.

That doesn’t seem like enough calories at all, maybe the donuts are trying to tell you something

No company logo tattoos as you just dont know what they might do in the future that you may not like. Keep tattoos for personal memories...I dont have any :-)

Wow you really don’t eat a lot for someone running 100+ miles a week!

You don't really drink coke right?! :)

Now I’m not a nutritionist or a doctor but there’s not a chance in hell this is anywhere near enough food for someone running over 100 miles a week, not even enough food for someone running half that distance

Two cokes in a day? I think the only thing that saves you are the young age and the very high mileage that you do. Let's see if you can get away with daily coke when you're in your 40s or 50s...😂

Oatmeal at 830.. and a session at 10am? Won't you just puke the breakfast out? Also what is your portion size for breakfast (porridge)?