From 8 Gold medals to 88 Hot Dogs
Michael Phelps should parlay his career as an Olympic Gold Medalist record setter into one as a competitive eater. The guy eats 12,000 calories a day! Crazy. John Henley from the Guardian tries to eat what Phelps might eat in a day. For breakfast, there is grits (what the Brit writer called 'porridge'),a three egg sandwich,a five-egg omelette, three slices of French toast and three chocolate-chip pancakes. For lunch, there is a pound of pasta and 2 large ham and cheese sandwiches and 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. For dinner, there is another pound of pasta and a pizza. Yikes!
And his mom was a single mom too. I wonder how she could afford to feed him and get him training to be an olympic athlete.
Posted by: Chris | August 18, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Hi Chris - Yeah, it's crazy what these parents do to keep their kids going. I'm sure at some point some corporate sponsors stepped in to help fund the carbo load regimen.
Posted by: Michelle | August 20, 2008 at 12:07 PM