kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 159)

X2 I love these!

Awesome.  They were on my short list.

Thanks not sure about how to approach Jorges plan I really need to get my 2013 in order so I can start back planning!!

Where is everyone?  Hoep all is well in your parts of the woods.

Mine is calling for Snow Flakes this weekend! YUKE

Here is my October:  

 I'm happy with this given the time of year.  

Weatherman is calling for snow here, too.  Trick or treating in the snow??  Yikes.  Our holiday was rescheduled for the weekend.  Kids are off school again today (4 days in a row) because power hasn't been restored in the schools.  

2700 in the pool this morning with lots of all out 100s.  I really struggled to maintain my form during these.  My blood sugar felt extremely low, so I think it's time to start eating a banana on the drive over the gym on swim days.  

I lost 5 lbs. this month.    After using a calorie formula from a book Karen gave me, and comparing that number with what I usually eat, I found that I wasn't eating enough by 500-700 calories (and that's to lose weight).  For the last 4 weeks, I've tried to consume 2000-2400 calories a day in an effort to lose, and it worked!  Prior to this experiment, I was eating 90% Paleo.  I decided to toss that and add in more carbs.  It's liberating to be able to eat pasta and not feel like it's a "bad" food.  It was really eye opening for me to see how little I was eating at the end of the day.  I am really going to focus on getting enough through my Ironman training.  Most people have to log calories to make sure they're not eating too much.  I need to log calories to make sure I'm eating enough.   

There's a thread about Jorge in TT!

Our TorT'ing was postponed for Monday night due to the hurricane as well. And they are preparing us for another nor'easter for mid next week. We still have people without power and we lost our entire shore - we don't need another storm. Kids are still out of school and school may be cancelled for next week as well. It will really suck making this up in June next year.

Jen - what is the name of the book? I am really struggling and I think I gained your 5 pounds despite exercising and what I would consider 'eating right'. I would be interested in seeing if our library has the book so I can read it as well.

What are everyone's thoughts regarding running the NYC marathon Sunday given the devastation from Sandy? 

I had mixed emotions until this morning when I heard that hotels are displacing people with no homes for people coming into the city for the marathon. Where are these people supposed to go? I think it is too early to have an extra 2 million people in the city when it is not functioning at full capacity, despite the extra $$ it will bring in.

Thoughts?

I have a freind who called me this moring and said"Your are a morally sound man what would you do?" I said i would defer NYC is a scary place right now and there is no reason for a marathon. He said he would take my advice and defer until next year.

Couldn't agree more.  I can see the arguments pro and con.  Personally I'd think taking first responders away from helping displaced victims to monitor a running race is silly, but the race does generate millions and millions of $$$ for the city which could be used right now.  I too would defer.

That is tough because of all that is going on ... it would bring in tons of money which could help people and it could bring a positive energy to an otherwise depressed place.  While I have struggled with how I thought about this and if I was running it and trained all year ... I think it is just too soon to expect the city to respond to travelers when they can't even help their own.  In the interest of the runners though, if they cancelled, runners would not be able to recoup their total costs.

I don't think there is a win/win in this situation ... it is mostly lose/lose. If people do that race, it likely won't be the expereince, overall, that they will expect and the city will be hard pressed to support.

Good Luck Scott and Kelly racing this weekend!!!

I think they should have cancelled NYC as soon as they realized the devastation. I'm not there, and don't know anyone other than co-workers up there, but it sounds horrible. My company (transportation) is being asked by customers to fuel their vehicles, employees are begging to get fuel, we are probably going to have to hire security for our locations up there that have fuel deliveries scheduled. It's crazy and I feel so bad for everyone. Even in Cleveland, the hotel guy told us about all the residents trying to get rooms because people had no power. I don't know, I think they should have never said the marathon was going on as scheduled. They should have known better.

Congratulations Kelly! It sounds like it was a very hard race for you. You have had such a hard year for injury, but your resilience is incredible!! Now take some time to REST!!!!

Did you sign up for IMFL 2013?