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Tom Hollis Health

Sports nutrition & running coaching
Registered Dietitian & UK Athletics Coach
MSc, SENR Practitioner

'As a Registered Dietitian with years of experience and a love of distance running, I offer tailored nutrition advice and structured diet plans specifically periodised to your schedule, to optimise your training, race day, and recovery. Consultations can take place face to face (London) or virtually, and consist of one-off appointments or ongoing sessions as part of your race day build up. My primary interest is delivering vegetarian and plant-based advice, but all dietary preferences are welcome.'

14/10/2026

Chester Marathon 2:33 and 2nd place M40

I just needed a solid marathon comeback after my GI bleed A&E drama at London marathon in April, and that's exactly what I got.

2:33 is somewhere towards the upper end of what I was hoping for on the beautiful but fairly hilly Chester course, but most importantly it was well executed, gives me a bit more confidence in my body, and something to build on.

Added bonuses:

The elite treatment at Chester makes for a very comfortable race day 🙏

Hopefully got my England Vest secured for the 3rd year in a row 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎽

Evidently had just enough energy to pivot to a Shearer celebration just before the finish line ⚫ ⚪🙋

P.s. I love running.
Chester Marathon, Half, 10k & Tri

11/10/2026

Chester Marathon 2026: 🥈M40

2:33:09 chip and really chuffed! Dream conditions but certainly felt the hills more than 2024 and couldn't find a group so ran 90% of it solo.

Been hammering the decongestants this week as I come through a pre-school bug, and was mindful of recent hamstring strain, so was so careful and ran it entirely to HR.

Not gonna pretend it was anything but tough though. Marathons never get easier and it had all the usual ebbs and flows.

The goal was an England Marathon Vest again for M40, and provisional results suggest I've done it 🙏. I'll never take this sort of thing (or indeed the elite treatment laid on today) for granted!

Thanks Chester Marathon, Half, 10k & Tri ♥️

27/09/2026

Embodying some running clichés in a tricky week 🤕.

I've been niggle-free for ages and was due one (although I attribute that to good management rather than fortune).

Then a setback with a minor distal hamstring strain this week. Cue the coaching clichés / some tales as old as time:

👎 Highest risk of injury when fit and confident
👎 Possibly overdid it on strides / hilly session?
👎 Definitely a 42 year old man and not invincible
👎 Ignored on day 1 (pain 2/10) and ran easy rather than rest, clearly making it worse (3-4/10)

But then at least:

✅ Belatedly took 2 rest days (rare)
✅ Prioritised being ready for the family walk in the hills
✅ Ended my long run session early today as it crept up again (second pic, mild concern).
✅ Crucially remembered that 'no run defines a week and no week defines a block' etc...

Overall...the most important training this week was probably the running I didn't do. Although I could have held back more, I easily could have pushed through and made it far worse.

In marathon training, there will always be aches and pains, and 90% just pass with sensible recovery protocols.

Occasionally though, it's higher risk, and the challenge is identifying and acting on this...often while endorphins are flowing and we feel as fit as a fiddle otherwise.

Pretty sure most of us can relate to this so just thought I'd own it and share, as it can be so difficult!

Some big races round the corner for me and this one may take some TLC and very careful management 🙏. We live and learn.

17/09/2026

All smiles after a top race for podium spots 🥇🥈🥉Sutcliffe & Co Worcester City Run

Equal parts:
😁 Delighted it's over
😁 Glad to be back racing
😁 Looking forward to lunch

Roll on next year.

14/09/2026

Medal Monday 🥉(+ 3rd place prizes 🙏)

Among a very generous and unexpected selection of prizes (not that I'd checked as I definitely wasn't expecting to podium) was something new for the office mantlepiece, and some local honey. That's September's' session breakfasts taken care of then.

Cheers Sutcliffe & Co Worcester City Run! Will be back next year 💯.

13/09/2026

Worcester Half: 3rd place 🥉🥳

Back in business? Quite possibly.

First race for 5 months after the last one ended in A&E with (still undiagnosed) massive GI bleed, so I was a little apprehensive to say the least.

Needed a well executed confidence booster, and ideally some good old fashioned racing for places today, and got all of that. I managed the 99% humidity with a strict HR plan, and fuelling was genuinely 10/10.

72:12 in the end after a couple of wrong turns 🤦, and just 30 seconds separated the top 4.

Been buzzing all day. Nothing beats that solid race day feeling.

Sutcliffe & Co Worcester City Run

04/09/2026

Major omission...

Dawned on me that in my 'six week summary' post yesterday of life in the countryside, I somehow forgot to include that this has been a pretty standard view for me all summer.

The buggy running has been prolific. In fact, I realised that today featured my 20th...and then 21st buggy runs of the last 40 days.

With this old tank of a buggy, and the hills of Malvern, it has felt more like cross training than running sometimes, but it all counts, right?

Not glamorous, and terrible for stats, but don't let perfect be the enemy of the good and all that. Plus, he loves it, we chat rubbish to each other, and it's the ultimate school holidays multi-tasking tool. Everyone's a winner.

03/09/2026

Herefordshire summer bulletin 🍎🏃

So it seems I've only posted once in four months and should probably try a bit harder...

Six weeks after the big move from the Smoke to the Shire, and I have been mostly:

⛰️ Running insane elevation (for me)
🍇 Semi-pro fruit picking
🤹 Juggling my first school holiday of childcare
✍️ Adjusting to full freelance life
📈 Starting to feel close to PB form again (whisper it)

I have to pinch myself daily that I live somewhere as beautiful and chilled as this. Business is flowing, and I've now had to set up a waiting list for coaching and nutrition clients, but I'm finally getting close to finding that perfect balance. I don't think it's a coincidence that health and running stats are following suit 🙏

Remind me why I didn't do this sooner?

01/07/2026

The next chapter begins 📖

Not posted for a couple of months, so just popping up for air during a hectic period to confirm some big recent updates:

1. Had my last day as an ICU dietitian. 13 wild years as a frontline clinician that I will never forget. Big highs, big lows, no regrets.

2. Now full time freelance. My little sports nutrition and run coaching consultancy was never intended to exceed side hustle status, but it's grown organically over the past 7 years. Let's go.

3. Leaving London for the countryside. 19 years and essentially my whole adult life in this incredible city, but it's time to try something new, and we are going full rural.

All these changes are not without risk, but I turn 42 this month and I am absolutely ready to get out of my bubble and embrace the next phase. Roll on new challenges, a slower pace of life, and hopefully much more time to spend with this little nugget.

09/05/2026

You win some, you defer some.

Incredibly grateful to for the elite entry spot this year, but despite my recovery from London going ok so far, it would be highly irresponsible to run a marathon tomorrow, regardless of pace (at least until I have a clearer diagnosis of what caused the GI bleeding in London). Health has to come first.

So, I've deferred until next year, but made use of my flights to come and support my friend and soak up the frankly terrible views round here.

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