It’s been about 3 weeks since my last email.
Firstly thanks to those of you who messaged to see if everything was OK – Sorry I didn’t respond to you all.
It’s really nice to know how much people value these tips and when they don’t come as expected, they are missed.
You see I’ve had a pretty tough few weeks.
A good friend of mine Dave, who I went to Primary school with and who was best man at my wedding, was killed in an accident on his bike a few weeks ago.
One minute he was there and the next minute – gone – just like that!
He was hit by a truck and died instantly at the scene.
It’s really hard to get your head round.
12,000 triathletes get these emails and I’m sure some of you have had similar experiences.
Telling you is almost a bit like therapy to me, if I am honest.
As with all things in life though and death for that matter, there are lessons to be learnt.
Unfortunately they are all massive cliches.
Things like:
You have to really value your friends and family, people we so often take for granted.
Don’t wait for the perfect time to fully commit – that time may never come
Whilst these lessons are valid though, the big one for me above all else is how emotion drives us so much.
There is nothing like this to sharpen our senses and it has really made me take stock.
At first though, everything went to sh*t.
I went to the pub and I eat rubbish.
All of the things I am usually in control of went out of the window.
Like so many people I found comfort in food and alcohol and to be honest………
It actually made me feel better, especially the alcohol.
Now it wasn’t like I needed a drink first thing in the morning but drinking did dull the pain a little, at least temporarily.
It reminded me how controlling your nutrition is not just about knowing what to do – that’s the easy part.
If I am honest, over the last few weeks I’ve actually really questioned whether this is for me.
Because I’m NOT like those other guru’s.
I like curry, beer, burgers, whisky, cake and wine.
If that’s who I am, then how can I possibly be telling others what to eat?
Then I remembered…….
The chances are that a lot of you 12,000 are like that too.
You are not six pack touting, fake tan wearing, instagram filtered liars.
You are real people, just like I am.
Real people with real pain and real doubts and because I am like that too, that means I should definitely carry on with this.
Because I understand and I am not afraid to say so.
And that is why I wrote my first E-book – The Triathlete Nutrition Code:
It teaches you how to set up your own diet but NOT just that.
It teaches you how to swerve some of the challenges of modern life and her temptations.
How to improve your self control, not all the time, thats impossible in my opinion, despite what the gurus say.
It’s £9.99 or $14 ish.
Give it a whirl:
Jamie “RIP Big Dave” Leighton