Author Archives: James Payton

FROM SOFA TO START LINE

Five years ago, 28-stone Mike Hare escaped from a car crash to realise he had a chance to turn his life around. Just over two years later, he’d halved his weight and become a runner.   I ‘m in a place that I like enormously. It’s a fabulous place.” Like many runners, Mike Hare talks [...]

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WE KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD

Whether it’s your first or fifth marathon. at some point you’ll be heading into the unknown. But you’re not alone. In 2008 we analysed the pace of every single runner in the Flora London Marathon and found that running speed dropped significantly every 5 km. We know that low carbohydrate is one of the reasons [...]

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A Movie Star

Gwyneth Paltrow The couple are now a picture of transatlantic domesticity. Paltrow used to live in New York’s West Village, around the corner from Sarah Jessica Parker and Liv Tyler, but the Sex and the City guided tours got “too much” for her. The couple have just bought a larger, quieter apartment in TriBeCa, and [...]

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The life of Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow’s gilded upbringing has perhaps been one of the reasons that people snipe about her – although her beauty, talent, youth and rock-star husband haven’t exactly helped. Somehow, though, it is her happy childhood and Hollywood blue blood that grates the most with some people. It’s as if we expect our Oscar-calibre actors [...]

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s diet

Gwyneth Paltrow She’s been out of the spotlight for a while, focusing on her family roles instead of acting ones. But she never quit, and now she’s back —with a new film, a renewed sense of self and a brand new eating habit. Fears about Gwyneth Paltrow’s imminent death-by­macrobiotic diet can be safely laid aside. [...]

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