Eliud Kipchoge's Daily Diet

This below graphic shows Eliud Kipchoge's estimated calorie consumption per day. It was produced by Net World Sports for an article comparing the diets of swimmer Michael Phelps, heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury, weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze, and Kipchoge, a two-time Olympic marathon champion.

However, on its webpage, Net World Sports didn't included the full Kipchoge day, so I've reproduced it below.

According to the article, calorie counts ranged from Phelps' high of 11,000 calories to Kipchoge's low of 3,000. Those are widely divergent figures, basically impossible to accept on face value.

Phelps DID no doubt train more hours a day than Kipchoge--4 to 6 hours vs about 2 hours--since swimming is a non gravity-shock-producing exercise. But Tour de France riders go at it as many hours/day as Phelps, and their measured calorie consumption is more like 5000 to 8000/day.

Also, Kipchoge's diet shows only 4 cups of liquid-calorie replacement per day. That's conceivable if he only drank water for his additional fluids. But it's likely he had quite a bit more of the heavy-sugar-and-milk tea that Kenyan runners enjoy.






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