Ron Maughan is an Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine at St Andrews University, Scotland. He spent much of his career trying to understand the physiological and metabolic responses to exercise and the nature of fatigue, but included many digressions along the way. He has published extensively in the scientific literature and is author or editor of a number of books on sports nutrition and exercise biochemistry. He has worked with several International and National associations and teams in various sports. He is a director of sportsoracle limited, which delivers online education programs on behalf of the Health, Medical and Scientific Commission of the International Olympic Committee.