Believe it or not, Ainsley is now 7 1/2 months old. WOW!!!! She is becoming quite the performer. It seems, as my mom put it this weekend, that she is now trying out different tricks and jokes to see which ones get the biggest response out of us--- quite the cheese!
Her latest feat is the Fish Face. The child is obsessed with it. She will continuously, throughout the day, pucker up her lips, suck in her cheeks, and make the smacking sound of a kiss. I hear her practicing and perfecting her art in her crib during the night and when she wakes up from her nap. It certainly makes for a good laugh when she does it, and her little eyes twinkle with delight.
I guess this is a sign of things to come-- looks like we have quite the comedian on our hands. Or at least a little diva- because she loves the attention.
So muah, muah, muah little lady!! Oodles of kisses and hugs to you!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
How Rude!
I came across this article a few weeks ago, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/sports/23marathon.html, and it really ticked me off. For those of you who choose not to read it, which I recommend against unless you too want to be annoyed for the day, it is an article about the snobbish attitude some marathoners are taking about marathons and "slow people". While I do not fall quite into the category of slowness that they refer to in the article, I know I am certainly nowhere near an elite runner either. The article covers both sides of the argument- that it is good to have slow runners and that it is bad...the bad side suggesting that these slow runners are defaming marathons, and that perhaps it would be best to have more exclusive races.
Well I agree with the opposers on this idea. In a world where obesity is becoming more and more prominent, why would anyone want to discourage someone from taking up running and perhaps establishing a goal for themselves of completing a full or half marathon? No matter what speed you accomplish this at, there are still months of training, discipline and hard work involved....and better yet such a tremendous joy and feeling of fulfillment once you have completed it. I thought it was good to promote healthy lifestyles.............
Perhaps the two parts of the article that aggravated me the most were the following, one a quote from a coach Adrienne Wald who said "It’s a joke to run a marathon by walking every other mile or by finishing in six, seven, eight hours" and a part from a Julia Givens who says "If you’re wearing a marathon T-shirt, that doesn’t mean much anymore...I always ask those people, ‘What was your time?’ If it’s six hours or more, I say, ‘Oh great, that’s fine, but you didn’t really run it."
Well EXCUSE me, who named them the marathon police?? If someone said either of those things to me I would smack them across the face. Admittedly yes, when I have run (and yes I did say run although there were walk breaks involved) my previous marathons, all of which have fallen between the 5 and 6 hour marks, I know that I was not moving at a record-breaking speed, but let me tell you, I was working HARD and was good and exhausted when I was finished. And for each of those races, in order to fall into those times, I still ran over 75% of the race. I, personally, still think that is an accomplishment.
Perhaps these people are extremely cold-hearted. I know that when I have not been able to run a marathon, but have sat and watched the racers past- those racers coming in at the 6+ hour mark are still as thrilled and excited about their efforts as the runners coming in at 2 hours. Not only that, but a lot of times if these snots would take a moment and learn about the people in the back of the pack, they would learn that a lot of these people are racing for causes even more important than themselves. Many of the slower folks are first time marathoners who have raised money, in exchange for training, for important foundations such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma society or MS. How dare they try and be do-gooders and have the audacity to sully the reputation of the marathon!!!
UGH. In the words of Stephanie Tanner (yes I did just throw a Full House reference in), "how rude!" And for all my fellow average runners (who may dare to take a walk step or two during their runs), I will quote one of my favorite Runner's World contributors, John Bingham, and say "waddle on friends, waddle on."
Well I agree with the opposers on this idea. In a world where obesity is becoming more and more prominent, why would anyone want to discourage someone from taking up running and perhaps establishing a goal for themselves of completing a full or half marathon? No matter what speed you accomplish this at, there are still months of training, discipline and hard work involved....and better yet such a tremendous joy and feeling of fulfillment once you have completed it. I thought it was good to promote healthy lifestyles.............
Perhaps the two parts of the article that aggravated me the most were the following, one a quote from a coach Adrienne Wald who said "It’s a joke to run a marathon by walking every other mile or by finishing in six, seven, eight hours" and a part from a Julia Givens who says "If you’re wearing a marathon T-shirt, that doesn’t mean much anymore...I always ask those people, ‘What was your time?’ If it’s six hours or more, I say, ‘Oh great, that’s fine, but you didn’t really run it."
Well EXCUSE me, who named them the marathon police?? If someone said either of those things to me I would smack them across the face. Admittedly yes, when I have run (and yes I did say run although there were walk breaks involved) my previous marathons, all of which have fallen between the 5 and 6 hour marks, I know that I was not moving at a record-breaking speed, but let me tell you, I was working HARD and was good and exhausted when I was finished. And for each of those races, in order to fall into those times, I still ran over 75% of the race. I, personally, still think that is an accomplishment.
Perhaps these people are extremely cold-hearted. I know that when I have not been able to run a marathon, but have sat and watched the racers past- those racers coming in at the 6+ hour mark are still as thrilled and excited about their efforts as the runners coming in at 2 hours. Not only that, but a lot of times if these snots would take a moment and learn about the people in the back of the pack, they would learn that a lot of these people are racing for causes even more important than themselves. Many of the slower folks are first time marathoners who have raised money, in exchange for training, for important foundations such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma society or MS. How dare they try and be do-gooders and have the audacity to sully the reputation of the marathon!!!
UGH. In the words of Stephanie Tanner (yes I did just throw a Full House reference in), "how rude!" And for all my fellow average runners (who may dare to take a walk step or two during their runs), I will quote one of my favorite Runner's World contributors, John Bingham, and say "waddle on friends, waddle on."
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