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4 days ago'I was poisoning myself before endurance events'
One of the "craziest" training regimes an athlete can have is one that needs proper fuelling. But, in trying to carb-load to perform at the highest level, Britain's four-time world champion across a range of Ironman and triathlon disciplines says she was "actually poisoning" her body in the process. For years, Lucy Charles-Barclay had been dealing with stress fractures, joint pain and low energy - with no explanation for the symptoms.
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