Alan Middlebrook PT

More About Me

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As mentioned above, my main sport is running marathons and ultra marathons. I ran my first marathon in 2004 and recorded a time of 3 hours 24 minutes. The following year I ran my first London marathon in a time of 2 hours 58 minutes. Strangely, I was always terrible at sport when I was younger. I was one of those kids who would always be picked last for any team sport at school. But in my adult life I developed a passion for both cycling and running, and discovered that I was reasonably good at the latter. Like many people, I started by running 5km a couple of times a week, until a friend suggested I entered a 10km race with her. At that time 10km seemed very challenging and I had no ambition to ever run a marathon. But by sticking with it and following a plan running longer distances started to feel easy. I then entered my first half marathon in 2002, and then my first marathon 2 years later. The following year, 2005, I was lucky to gain a London marathon place through the ballot and ran my first London marathon in 2 hours 58 minutes, which was an improvement of 27 minutes from the previous year. I decided that the knowledge I'd gained when training for my first London marathon, and my new found passion for fitness, was something that I wanted to pass on to others. And that is when I decided to quit my job and train to be a personal trainer.

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I believe that as a personal trainer it is important that I practice what I preach. I aim to set a good example for my clients, not only by training hard myself, but also by eating good quality food and meals prepared from scratch. I never eat ready meals and avoid processed foods as much as possible. I do like to have a beer, but never drink to excess. I also have a sweet tooth, but I restrict myself to homemade cakes and never something that is wrapped in plastic and full of preservatives. If you need guidance on nutrition, then I'm here to help.

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