Marathon runner training on ... all-McDonald's diet?

On a typical day, he ate half a bagel with honey, oatmeal with no brown sugar, three hotcakes, a fruit n’ yogurt parfait and a small orange juice for breakfast. He had a grilled chicken sandwich with barbecue sauce, side salad with balsamic vinaigrette, an oatmeal raisin cookie and a chocolate chip cookie for lunch. He had two hamburgers and a bucket of Coke for dinner. He had a chocolate chip cookie, small strawberry banana smoothie and three packs of granola for snacks. This adds up to over 3170 calories, using McDonald’s provided nutrition information.

That same day, he ran nine miles, probably burning around 1000 calories.