A few weeks ago I was staying at an inn that was near the Appalachian trail in Pennsylvania. About a dozen of us did 4-5 hour day hikes along the trail, returning to the inn for meals and sleep. The inn was also a golf resort and hosted large groups of avid golfers, mostly men, who spent the day playing 18 hours of golf. We all ate an early breakfast choosing from a large variety of foods on the  buffet tables. An observer of the food choices of the golfing and hiking groups ( me) could have told the two groups apart even if one was not wearing golf shirts and the other hiking boots. The hikers all gathered around the oatmeal, high fiber cereals, low fat yogurt and fruit side of the table. The golfers were packed together around the warming trays filled with scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, sausage, hash brown potatoes, and butter drenched waffles.  I overheard one golfer say to another “You know, bacon is nature’s perfect food” as he helped himself to several strips.

There is a wealth of data that shows weight-training has a wide-range of positive effects on distance running performance, with Running Economy at the top of the list of running-related improvements.  But before I get into the nuts and bolts of a weight-training program for distance runners, I need you to be able to wrap your minds around the concept of Running Economy, and that it can be improved as a result of neural and muscular adaptations.

Basing a diet on the glycemic index sounds good, but is it?

It's interesting to see how many diet books have come out in recent years taking portions of the wildly popular Atkins diet and tried to transform them into nicely packaged "new" diets. Sadly, most of these so-called diets greatly miss the mark of the masterpiece of the original.

Such is the case with Rick Gallop and his series of books on The G.I.Diet. It's an interesting concept that Gallop has capitalized on selling millions of his little books. But is the information he provides useful to people who are livin' la vida low-carb? Let's examine his latest book to find out.

It’s not exactly eggs benedict at the Waldorf or anything, but Paris racked up quite a food bill at the prison canteen during her three-week stay. Even though she complained to Larry King about eating bologna for lunch and “jail slop” for dinner, she dropped $145.32 on jail snacks during her stay, according to a document at tmz.com. That would barely cover lunch for two at the Ivy, but it goes a loooong way in Lynwood , apparently.