Day 4 - To cook or not to cook...

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68.2 Kg - 2 Kgs. down since Saturday. Still I think within the margin after Hastings, but we'll see how are we doing tomorrow. Otherwise I can patent a new slim-fast diet!

My kitchen is filling up with pans I wasn't using before. That means now I need to cook whether I want it or not. Plus the Tupperware to take my lunch to work...

Lesson 4 - Convenience is not cheap. So you pay with a piece of your time...

Oh, that is my mouse, but not the edible kind :)

Lesson 5 - If you are hungry you don't get bored of the same food so easily!

So yes, it is pasta again. A loads of water throughout the day. To fill up for the moments of coffee pleasure... with water. Omg...

Back home and a nice cheap cup of coffee. And I must admit that coffee is not bad at all! I may switch from strength 6 to 4 from now on.

And to dinner once again. I cooked two portions of rice not thinking of eating until later, but I coudn't wait...

I call this "Chicken drumstick binging on rice surrounded by a gang of bread slices". None of them survived for long...

I am starting to think how will I fill up the carb reserves for Sunday. Suggestions? :) I still have a few pences to spare, remember! only 3 more days for the next run! It seems my legs won't hurt any more by tomorrow, so it is all well underway to have a decent run. I am more worried about the levels of energy for the marathon, but we will get there when we get there. I could try to run on an overdose of coffee :)

Good night everyone!

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Living below the line with a Twist.

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I have been wanting to run my first Ultramarathon for the last couple of years but I can't really find the space for that in my life right now. I envy these crazy seekers of the human-self limits but running almost every single day of the week, including a couple of almost full marathons is something I'd love but there is just no way. Not saying it is still not happening sometime soon :)

So there needed to be something I could do in the meantime which wasn't just boring everyone with another marathon. It is just so yesterday :)

At some point last year I got an email from Unicef which was organizing an interesting campaign to bring awareness on the lives of all of those living below the poverty line. This has been defined somehow as living below £1 a day, which varies depending on the country for various reasons.

According to Unicef over 1,200 people across the UK took on the 2013 Live Below the Line challenge for UNICEF. They decided to live on £1 a day for a week to gain first-hand insight into the lives of people living below the poverty line. In the 2013 Campaign an amazing £153,170 was raised to make a lasting difference to the lives of children.

So you can see where I am going, can't you? :)

My Hunger Games will consist of 2 weeks living below the line, on a £1 a day ration, during which I will race a total of 84Km (or around 52 miles) divided into two half marathons and the Brighton marathon to finish this journey.

I am pretty sure this is going to be an interesting experience which I will be sharing with you, starting now which is when my after-Xmas training starts!!

Oh, and this is a picture of one my heroes this year, Valenti SanJuan, right after he finished his Cavalls del Vent 100Km across unforgiving mountains! I am sure I'll have the chance to introduce you to this inspiration of mine during this journey :)

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Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favour! :)
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The Challenge

2 Weeks on a £1 a day subsistence budget and 3 Races - 84Km

The Races - March/April 2014

23rd March - HASTINGS HALF

30th March - CROYDON HALF

6th April - BRIGHTON MARATHON

The Cause

Raise funds for UNICEF

How to be Awesome and be part of this? :)

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