January

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

More muddy mayhem... etc etc etc .... or fun – than this.

I do think Sweder, you should be a little more considerate when extolling the virtues of Guinness to the newbies. After all, you've had years and years and years and years of training - to attempt your standard of 50 - 60 pints per week without a long and carefully constructed training schedule would be tricky at best - after all, they might be lager drinkers or worse - shandy lovers

I think the best approach for the beginner is to start with one pint of black and tan (or portagaff*) per mile run, and build from there. After ten weeks they should be doing a comfortable 30 - 40 pints per week, and they can then begin switching over to full strength Guinness as their constitution allows.

Of course one needs to be wary of any injuries, such as liver failure or ketoacidotic coma, and have a step back day or two as appropriate.

For those feeling the strain of such an arduous schedule, applications of pizza and cheesecake are a useful tonic.

Dr MLCM



*[SIZE="1"]a stout shandy, i.e. stout and lemonade[/SIZE]