Seb Coe

They you know, we used to have a mix of food.

It was there was nothing particularly special.

I never I've never taken a supplement.

Never remotely approached a supplement.

Never had, you know, I've always enjoyed pasta.

I lived in Italy for a few years, of course, while I was training for the games.

So, you know, a Mediterranean diet is a pretty decent diet.

No self-respecting Italian is going to sit down without fresh meat, fish, good salad.

And only in the south do you sort of overload on pasta.

In the north, pasta may only get eaten once every week.

fortnight.

It's not a staple diet.

And I lived for two years in Rome while I was training.

So I don't think I was ever obsessive about it, but I tended to eat well.

And actually, to be honest, I would drink.

I'd have beer and a glass of wine with my meal as well.

Obviously, not on the eve of a race and probably not for a few days beforehand.

But I wasn't really

I wasn't one that somebody that sort of measured everything and calibrated everything.

I just felt I knew what my body was asking for at various moments in training.