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MARATHON DRINKING SESSION IN FRANCE
Six hours, 42km, 23 glasses of wine and a fancy dress costume. Not your typical marathon, but one that’s perfectly suited to the Médoc wine region, north of Bordeaux. Entries have just opened for the 27th Marathon
du Médoc on 10 September, and this year’s obligatory fancy dress code is ‘animals’. It’s held alongside Médoc’s festival of wine and the route is set in a beautiful circuit of 50 chateaux – with wine tasting at every food and drink station and some 100,000 cheering spectators. While this is a real race – it is offi cially timed
and measured and attracts up to 8,500 runners – entrants obsessed with speed are discouraged and winners are not rewarded with medals but with their bodyweight in Médoc wine. On the following day, there’s also a recovery
walk – a nine to 10km route through the Moulis wine region that’s open to 4,000 walkers, runners, companions and volunteers. Details:
www.marathondumedoc.com
FAVOURITE (AND SECRET) SWIM SPOTS REVEALED
A survey of 36,000 swimmers has shown that Ponds Forge in Sheffi eld is the UK’s most popular place to swim. Sixty-two per cent of people
preferred swimming indoors, yet alfresco favourites included the London Fields Lido, as well as Windsor’s Dorney Lake as the top open water (non-pool) venue. Respondents also revealed their ‘once in a lifetime’ swim spots, from Ystradfellte Waterfalls in Powys to the sea around Torness Nuclear Power Station in East Lothian. The poll was commissioned by
Pond’s Forge: Most popular pool
Swimathon, the US fundraising event (see HCM Feb 11, p26). Details: www.
swimathon.org
one more reason to love marmite
Most people are said to either love or hate Marmite, but the extract looks set to win over more followers if new research is to be believed. It’s been discovered that a form of
vitamin B1 known as benfotiamine, found in yeast-based foods, could help protect heart cells from damage. While the study, by scientists at Bristol University, has only been carried out on mice, it’s hoped that similar effects will be seen in humans.
march 2011 © cybertrek 2011 Diabetes UK, the charity that funded
the research, says it could help the UK’s three million diabetes sufferers whose delicate heart cells are believed to be weakened by the high levels of glucose found in their blood. However, the charity warns that it is
still too early to draw fi rm conclusions and says that regular physical activity, medication and a healthy diet are still key to good diabetes management.
Not your usual marathon: Fancy dress and wine in the Marathon du Médoc
Time for a snack: Just thinking about exercise can make us eat more
PEOPLE EAT MORE WHEN THINKING OF EXERCISE
Researchers at Cornell University in the US have found that just thinking about working out can make people eat up to 50 per cent more. Two groups of people read a description about a
30-minute walk. One group simultaneously listened to music while the other concentrated on the written scenario about exercising. A control group did neither. After the test, the groups were offered bowls of snacks. Those who read about exercise ate 58.9 per cent more sweet snacks and 51.9 per cent more salty foods compared to the control group. The worst group was the one that focused just on reading with no music – its subjects consumed 701 calories more than the control group. Those who listened to music ate 616 more calories.
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