Thursday, September 22, 2011

Eat only McDonald's for a month...and run a marathon?

Emily with her marathon mascot. (courtesy of Emily Helm/mcrunnerette.com)

Emily with her marathon mascot. (courtesy of Emily Helm/mcrunnerette.com)

Emily with her marathon mascot. (courtesy of Emily Helm/mcrunnerette.com)

You’d think after "Supersize Me", nobody would ever attempt a month-long McDonalds-only diet again. But Big Macs make people do crazy things. Again. And again.
 

The latest to try the Morgan Spurlock meal plan is Emily Strunk-Helm, a 36-year-old Arizona native with a self-described "passion" for the golden arches. Here’s the hitch: she’s also training for a marathon.

On September 8th, she began a 31-day rigorous runner's regimen in preparation for the Long Beach Marathon on October 9th. For fuel, she’s eating only off the McDonald's menu, “especially my favorites -- Cheeseburgers, Chicken Nuggets and French Fries,” she writes on her blog, appropriately titled McRunnerette

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