It’s all over the news here in Spain, Rafa Nadal is now ranked world number one for mens tennis. His performances lately have been nearly faultless and winning gold in the Beijing Olympics means he has pushed Roger Federer out of the number one spot.
After the Olympics he goes on to the US Open, Federer is defending but Nadal seems ufazed, on TV here he’s been saying he’s looking forward to meeting Federer again since he still sees Federer as the best player in the world who could easily dethrone him.
Every time we see Nadal play he seems to be a great sport, sure he enjoys his victories but he also praises the other players and he seems so humble accepting his visctory.
I hope he continues to play like a gentleman and that his winning streak doesn’t end.
For the longest time I’ve been telling my friend to stop eating all that junk food as he likes, loads of bread, sweets, chocolates, coffee and even greasy potato chips.
Today the BBC ran a report on Michael Phelps diet at the Olympics, can you believe this guy eats 10000 calories a day?
His breakfast contains, three fried egg sandwiches; cheese; tomatoes; lettuce; fried onions; mayonnaise; three chocolate-chip pancakes; five-egg omelette; three sugar-coated slices of French toast; bowl of grits; two cups of coffee
Then for lunch he has half-kilogram (one pound) of enriched pasta; two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayonnaise on white bread; energy drinks
And for dinner, half-kilogram of pasta, with carbonara sauce; large pizza; energy drinks.
Apparently the white bread and pasta is converted to energy almost immediately and he needs that to keep winning medal after medal whereas foods with more fat in them take much longer to digest and release their energy over a longer period of time.
Now how do I make sure my friend doesn’t read this BBC story otherwise I won’t hear the end of it.
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August 19, 2008 4:09 am | 
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