<p>That’s some serious indulgence there, iDad.</p>
<p>Questions:
Can wrinkles be removed from kryptonite? (CJane you’ll have to answer this one.)
What would Zola Budd do about timing chips/strips that are set up to attach to shoes laces, if she couldn’t wear Newtons?</p>
<p>Gotta go now.</p>
<p>What you do with the chip (and what I do anyway much of the time) is wear a velcro strap around your ankle (sort of like a tight ankle bracelet) that threads through the chip. Easier to get on and off and until recently, our chips here were not single use and they pulled them at the finish line.</p>
<p>I have to brag, and no apologies! WildChild completed his first Half Ironman triathlon this morning and WON OVERALL by 7 minutes! He had a 9 minute lead going into the run. He ran the half marathon in under 1:30 after a 1.2 mile swim and a 50+ mile bike ride. I can not even grasp this. His girlfriend was sending me updates and I went out on my own run and was a nervous wreck…</p>
<p>MOWC, big congrtulations!!!</p>
<p>Wow! amazing achievement by WildChild! Congrats are definitely in order. What is particularly impressive is that while we can expect him to fly on the run, it’s not like he spent his teen and college years cycling and swimming competitively, so that 9 minute lead BEFORE the run is phenomenal!</p>
<p>Thanks. He was a good competitive swimmer through early junior high and had absolutely the best coaches there are as a very young kid (as did my daughter). We were lucky that way. It makes a big difference. His stroke is very efficient. I guess he takes after my husband with the biking strength.</p>
<p>^ I guess those new $$$ wheels paid off ;)</p>
<p>Congratulations to WC!!!</p>
<p>CJane, how was your experience at the new gym this morning? Did you find a class you liked?</p>
<p>I had an absolute blast at the 5K this morning! 
My time wasn’t as fast as the last 5K, but I felt much, much better about how I did this run. I was very pleased with how it went. Finished in the top third with a time of 35:14. There were over 1600 participants in the 5K and more than 500 in the 10K. I like the t-shirt and participant bling. Very fun experience.</p>
<p>Yay, Deborah. Glad you had fun!</p>
<p>I did a NROL4A workout at the gym.
All the dynamic warm ups.</p>
<p>60 second front planks
60 second side planks</p>
<p>3 sets of elevated split squats with 25# dbs
3 sets of Romanian deadlifts 95 lb. bb
3 sets of BW inverted rows
3 sets of push ups</p>
<p>Excellent, Deborah. It sounds like a successful 5K! It’s always nice when you like the shirt!
Jane- animal workout as usual!</p>
<p>Yeah- I guess the new wheels were a help! H says Wildchild averaged 26 mph on the bike for 2 hours! Kid said the run course was quite long and was cross country in mud! He said he ran 1:25 for the true 13.1. He was dying at the end. He said the 2nd place guy is a really top triathlete and is going to Kona for the Ironman in a few weeks. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, here in Tennessee we had a perfect morning. 52 and much lower humidity when I woke up, but I didn’t manage to drag myself out on my run until it was 66 (still nice). Legs are very tired. 44 mile week- done. (helps to have 18 in one day…)</p>
<p>Thanks MOWC and CJane.</p>
<p>CJane, lulu or no lulu?</p>
<p>I picked up brochures for various upcoming races, and I must say the one that promises chocolate and champagne does have me intrigued, but it’s not until July of next year, lol. I’m looking to sign up for another one a little sooner than that. 
One for October, one for November…</p>
<p>MOWC, I know you’ve got the Monkey coming up in a couple of months. Any vacation destination races scheduled?</p>
<p>Congrats, MOWC!!
Whats The Monkey? That sounds funny :o</p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>Congratulations all around. To Wild Child on the triathalon.</p>
<p>To Deborah on the 5K! Yay!</p>
<p>And, to CJ on the NROL4A workout at the new gym. My legs are on fire just thinking about the 12-rep sets of front foot elevated split squats. Those things absolutely killed me every time. So much range of motion.</p>
<p>Good job on the 5K, in traffic too!</p>
<p>Amazing to hear the 1.5 hour half too.</p>
<p>Sounds like lots of good workouts all around.</p>
<p>72 degrees up here and dry. Played two hours of singles on clay. Not that tough of a workout given the temperature. I was thinking of wearing a long-sleeve shirt because it was in the low 60s and overcast this morning. I’m going to have to think about warmer clothing.</p>
<p>I am going to run Chattanooga on Oct 21 (full marathon) as a tune up for Monkey and to work on my mental issues. I have no time goal- just want to run a smart and relatively comfortable race in my new age group. The Monkey is strictly a survival contest. A woman (good runner here) said her strategy was to walk up every hill for the first 14 miles. She had a great 2nd half of the race doing that, she said. </p>
<p>jym- The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon- considered one of (if not THE) most difficult road marathons in the country. It’s all up and down and it’s here in our beautiful Percy Warner Park. It’s sort of a cult event- limited this year to 300 runners.</p>
<p>There are many nutrition and health savvy cc’ers out there (love the Diet and Wellness and the Weight Loss for Dummies threads). Since I recently became an empty nester, DH and I have been focusing more on healthy eating. However, the more research I do, the more I wonder: Lean animal, vegetarian or vegan? Low fat vs. Low carb? High fiber or does it matter? Dairy or no dairy? Organic? Soy or no soy? Wheat or no wheat? Sugar or no sugar? Is the food pyramid of any value? Of all the best selling diet books, many directly contradict each other. Why are there so many books on health and nutrition and yet so many of us are unhealthy and overweight? What should we be eating anyway? Obviously, the answer might depend on an individual’s medical situation, but I am still curious: </p>
<pre><code>What you think is the healthiest approach to eating?
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<p>Assuming that a person is allergy free, and has a normally functioning digestive system, etc., I believe that:</p>
<p>Human bodies evolved to eat a wide variety of foods, in moderate amounts, in as close to their original form as possible.</p>
<p>So, we should eat a little bit of everything, with the least amount of processing possible. </p>
<p>We also evolved as hunter gatherers, so we need to do a lot more moving than we do. Not hard core running, necessarily, and not the weekend warrior kinds of sports we are prone to do, but a lot more walking and moving. We’d all be a more healthy if we walked more, did our own cleaning, cooking and yard work and moved our bodies in the ways they were designed to move.</p>
<p>(I live in that kind of wealthy suburbia where people get up at 5AM to hit the gym before the commute to work. While they are gone, the lawn service and the cleaners attend to the house. The drycleaners pick up and drop off. On the commute home, or between kid carpools, someone picks up dinner somewhere convenient. Its all so out of touch with any kind of truly healthy life style.)</p>
<p>You ask eleven different questions in your post, so it’s going to be hard to come up with just one answer.</p>
<p>My general approach is balance. With carbs, fats, and proteins, don’t go to extremes on any of them. The current villification of carbs is just as nonsensical as the prior villification of fats. But focus on eating complex cabs over simple carbs. Wheat (gluten) is a problem only if you have celiac disease or one of the milder forms of gluten intolerance. For a large majority of people gluten is a perfectly healthy protein to eat. </p>
<p>Concentrate on eating plants over animals, but again, avoid extremes (e.g. veganism). Avoid fads. Find a balance that avoids extremes and works for you.</p>
<p>IMO, Lots of ‘raw’ stuff - fruits and veggies. Whole grains. Legumes for protein. Fish, white and red meats in moderation - look what a serving size is, Americans eat HUGE servings of their “meat.” I dunno, I’m not good about “counting carbs” and I don’t “need” gluten free but I try to eat mostly the “raw stuff” and add the starches and meat almost like a side dish. My downfalls are cheese and chocolate…I have “trouble” keeping those two things in moderation and according to my husband I use too much salad dressing :-)</p>