What do all of you think about this quote?

Calista Flockhart ? Lara Flynn Boyle? Jenny Craig?

I like how you attempted to make "letsrun.com" backwards as your screen name. An extra "r" after "t" kinda ruined it, though. Better luck next time, daehelkcunk.

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Our coach would like to put this in the club room to remind all distance guys that in his opinion the thinner/lighter you are the faster you will be able to glide over the race course and of course win!- His philosophy and we are constantly reminded to eat healthy and watch our diet carefully if we want to be champions!

Sara Hall said that?

Weight and Diet are important\dangerous issues in running…

When I first started running I quickly lost a lot of weight, my family was very concerned that I had an eating problem. My mom took me to my doctor to make sure that I was ok... Fortunately for me.. my doctor was a runner. We talked about my diet and my workouts and he said that I was fine.

There is already a danger in our society that makes females feel like they need to be too thin. There is an interesting Kara Goucher interview on FloTrack called “Eat a Dorito”.

For most people a diet is something that helps someone to lose weight… when a diet can also be something that can be an important part of your training. How and what you eat can affect the quality of your workouts and your body’s ability to effectively recover and get stronger before your next workout. When you are running over 80 miles per week and doing national\world class workouts… it is easy to eat just about anything… and feel like you do not need to worry about what you eat BUT now that I am older I no longer feel that way.

I have a BMW and BMW only recommends that I put gasoline with a high octane in it. If you put in the cheaper gas with lower octane… you do not get the same performance out of the car. Is that concept really different from a runner that is training to be national\world class athlete and their diet?

I remember reading Eat to Win back in the 80s… And trying to incorporate some of it into my diet, but it is very hard to do when you are cooking for one and could not find all of the ingredients at your local supermarket. The City Market supermarket in Alamosa was great but back in the 80s… it did not have the same selection as a supermarket in a major city. Now I live near DC and have several Whole Foods within 5 miles of me. And the popularity\competition of Whole Foods has caused the other supermarket chains in my area to carry a better selection of nature\organic foods. This makes it very easy to eat right. I am not sure about the current selection at City Market’s Alamosa location…

If I could go back 20 years and do something differently… One of the things that I would change would be my diet. I would focus on eating better.

Ps.. I am down to only one BMW now and have been driving my Honda Hybrid more than my BMW.

i think it's a cultural thing as to your family thinking you look sick at a certain weight, which would happen in some countries and not in others (conversely if someone got up to 200lb in another country the family would think they were sick).

secondly, i think that it's a bit of a stupid quote because that kind of rule simply will not apply to everyone, and some people could run worse if they are emaciated (what it seems to be refering to with the cancer or AIDS comment).

"It's the Lean Wolf that leads the pack."

The trick is to keep gaining weight until your family and friends ask if you are pregnant.

Then you know you are within 10 pounds.

If they start whispering to each other you know you will soon be accepted.

When you actually start injecting insulin you will be Normal.

Ha ha i <3 fat ppl