Former athlete David Gillick talks with the kind of startling honesty that will give hope — and inspiration — to anyone who has ever taken comfort in binge eating to dampen down emotions, writes Clodagh Finn. Gillick won two 400m European Indoor Championship titles in 2005 and 2007 and fulfilled a dream when he competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He won MasterChef in 2013 and followed it with a bestselling book, David Gillick’s Kitchen, in 2015. Things are much better for David Gillick these days. If just one person gets something from my story, it will be worth it.”Back on Track is published by Gill Books, €19.99

Source: Irish Examiner September 13, 2018 22:52 UTC