Ultra-runner William Goodge

The record-breaker wakes up to mushrooms, plunges in ice after multiple exercises, and ends with Netflix and a night of binaural beats

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6am is a good time to wake up. It’s early enough to get ahead of the day, but not too early that I'm waiting for things to open and people to wake up, so I can start pestering them.

I leave my phone alone for the first hour and mix a Cadence electrolyte sachet in water to replenish the electrolytes I've lost during the night. Then I have my morning supplements. At the minute I take Heart and Soil “Whole Package”, which is full of things like testicles, liver, blood, bovine extracts, white blood cells — types of food I don’t want to eat.

I'm a big believer in the natural way rather than anything pharmaceutical. So mushroom products are a big one. I use a brand called Headstrong, and my go-to is cordyceps. As an endurance athlete, cordyceps have been shown to improve VO2 max. I also like taking tremella, which they call the beauty mushroom because it enhances your skin hydration, that kind of thing. Lion's mane is good for the brain.

I also like to read an extract from Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher, before going out to get a coffee. A moment of peace before chaos ensues.