<p>“The hysterical crusade against fat has become a veritable witch hunt. With New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on supersize sodas (now temporarily thwarted) and the first lady’s campaign to push leaves and twigs (i.e., salad) on reluctant school children—all in the name of stamping out obesity—it is fat-shaming time in America. Yes, there are countertrends, like the pro-fat TV shows of Paula Deen and Guy Fieri. But in the culture at large, eating that kind of fat has become a class-based badge of shame: redneck food (which I say as someone who likes rednecks and redneck food). It isn’t food for someone who drives a Prius to Pilates class.”</p>
<p>Didn’t know that idad was writing for the WSJ now.</p>
<p>Well, yesterday’s 10+ mile run left me sore at several places. Do I go take it easy or do another run today?</p>
<p>Last time I did that 9+ miles, there were a rest for several minutes after 6 miles due to the 60 minutes limit on gym’s treadmill. This time, I ran the full 60 minutes and did the cool down for about 1 minute. Then I tap the stop button three times to reset it right away and continued the run. </p>
<p>Since there are several programs of c to 1/2 on the web. I would like to think there are people who do a 1/2 after only 12 weeks of training. For someone like me who has been running for 9 months now, all the additional run are for experiences. </p>
<p>There will be a level 5 hill around mile 9 on the 1/2 I am preparing for. I have driven and walked that hill several times. My plan is to walk up and then do the catch up on the remaining 3 miles of down hill.</p>
Thanks. It was in the early 80s! I'm older and slower. Lifetime PRs are:
19:22 5K (on Stanford campus)
5:40 mile,
3:08 marathon (hilly),
1:29 1/2 marathon (Dallas- pretty flat),
39:50 10K,
9:52 100K (62 miles)<br>
Just to show you how much someone can lose- and I feel like I’m working just as hard.</p>
<p>Weights today. My legs were tired again. I had some fun with the regulars at the gym, as my hair woke up in an extremely agitated state, and I got many comments on how dedicated I must be to show up looking like that :).</p>
<p>I dropped by at Marshalls this morning. The mens section remains pretty bare but I found some Nike basketball tech shorts that were of reasonable length - I don’t really have a need for basketball shorts but I’d use these for the gym if I needed gym shorts. They were all one solid color too which I prefer.</p>
<p>I also found a really nice Nike Golf Windbreaker in size S. It comes with a pouch that you can store it in. It’s really light, has two zippered pockets and looks quite nice. The question was: would it fit. I took it to the fitting room and it did fit over a t-shirt but I put my Heavyweight Techwick on and then tried it and it was snug over the Techwick. So I thought about it for a while and decided against it. The sleeves were slightly short too. It had an interesting ventilation system. There are sections on the shoulders that let in air though accordions slits where the accordion piece has holes in it. There were similar vents in the back. It’s an interesting way to make something waterproof without having to resort to exotic materials and coatings.</p>
<p>I mentioned this to my wife and she said that we have some old windbreakers from Singapore in M and L. I tried both of them on. The M fits my torso well but the sleeves are very short. The L is loose and the sleeves are also short. So I think that I’m going to give the windbreakers back to her (she wears the M when it’s raining lightly out but relatively warm.</p>
<p>I might need to look at EMS or one of the hiking companies for something that fits reasonably well. I think that the assumption by usual clothing companies is that an S correlates to relatively short arms. The hiking companies seem to acknowledge that you can have long arms and still be a size M or S.</p>
<p>While at the grocery store, I ran into a Mountain Dew Juice display. I had a look at the nutrition - basically 100% sugars. The calorie count is a little bit better than your typical soda - it’s 80 calories for a fairly tall can. But I don’t need to spend $0.99 to make a sugar drink.</p>
<p>But you continue to run marathons, MOWC, and that is amazing–at any pace!</p>
<p>Quick brisk mostly walk/some run with H this AM–2.75 miles, and another 3 mile bike ride. Soon to be island bound with college son and his GF, both on spring break from the chilly middle west. Plenty of beach miles (and extremely agitated hair!!) for the next few days. Yay!</p>
<p>I did the 30 minute kettlebell video today. I mainly used the 10 pound bell but there were a few things I could do with the 15. It’s challenging. I hope I don’t get that bad pain in my butt again from it!</p>
<p>I want to be island bound! I did get to visit Key West so no real complaints. And we’ll probably partake of some of the fine scenery up here our way again soon.</p>
<p>I have not found any of the MEDIUM ultra-light windbreakers I’ve tried (Brooks, Columbia, Marmot) to be too large. They are all sized to fit trimly over a t-shirt. The Brooks and the Marmot will fit over a power stretch fleece, but that’s getting on the snug side at least for me. I wouldn’t want a SMALL unless I wore a size 36 sport coat.</p>
<p>The Marmot stuff is interesting because they definitely size it based on what it is likely to be worn over. The [“dri</a> clime” windshirts](<a href=“http://marmot.com/compare/216-303/16186/4139/16188/4138]"dri”>http://marmot.com/compare/216-303/16186/4139/16188/4138) are intended to be worn either as a baselayer next to the skin or a mid/top layer over a t shirt. They sized decidedly more snug in the torso than jackets intended to be worn over insulating layers.</p>
<p>Sierra Trading Post still has their hot deal on the Brooks ultra-light, the one that was the RunnersWorld top pick in the article MOWC linked:</p>
<p>They’ve got an addititional 35% off deal for e-mail subscribers – I can PM you this week’s discount code good thru Monday night – that brings this down to $31.52, which is a pretty good deal. Free shipping on $100 orders.</p>
<p>I think all the silver lightning bolts on some of these colors are 3M reflective fabric so you’ll light up like a stop sign at night. These have a big mesh vent across the whole width of the shoulders. It’s covered by a flap of fabric to keep rain out. These are not waterproof, but they will keep you dry in a little drizzle ( or long enough to turn around and run home)…</p>
<p>They sweeten those Mountain Dews with sugar AND artificial sweetener. It’s pretty easy to see where they are headed with this. They will combat the looming anti-sugar public opinion by pointing to the “healthy” benefits of reduced calories from sugar and 5% “real fruit juice concentrate” (which is just another fancy term for sugar).</p>
<p>My family is off to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse to celebrate a birthday. I looked up the calorie count online and pre-selected the foods that I want to order. Now, it will take a some delicate diplomacy to stand by my order when the extended family aggressively encourages others to order the less healthy choices. Sigh. Wish me luck.</p>
<p>Honestly though, I’d have no problem ordering what I wanted even if it bore no resemblance to what anyone else was eating. I don’t conform well. People usually figure this out about me pretty quickly. ;)</p>
<p>3.1 miles at the Y today. I was on the one treadmill that really annoys me. The left side is higher than the right side so it feels like I’m running on a road that is curved down for drainage. I think that th foam supports are different heights on the two sides.</p>
<p>I was considering running outside for a bit this afternoon but it is really windy here.</p>
<p>Edit: I put my Garmin Watch on the charger and it reported 96% charge which I thought was pretty good considering that I haven’t used it since the fall. Then I noticed that it started counting down on the charge. It’s currently at 89%. My guess is that it’s calibrating the battery charge or something. I guess that I’ll need to leave it on the charger for a while.</p>
<p>30 minutes elliptical yesterday and 5 miles at 8:30 pace today on hilly trail.</p>
<p>Latest issue of running time discusses walking benefits for runners. Jack Daniels says you get just as much benefit aerobically waking a mile at 4mph at 20% grade as you do running a mile at 10mph on a flat surface,</p>