dashmutton wrote:
SpicedRum wrote:
I have no problem with her getting the slot. But damn. She gained some weight back. If you really train for an IM and eat right you don't look like that. There are two things that make people healthy. Eating right (diet) and exercise. Just doing one is not really setting a good example. I think she could go faster.Not to nitpick, but you need to ponder the phrase healthy. Being healthy is basically 95% genetics and 5% diet and exercise. It doesn't matter how fit or fast you are, you can have dangerously high blood pressure or heart troubles or defects or this or that. Conversely, if you have good genetics you can eat like crap and be outrageously fast.
Of course she could go faster. Her aerobic base consists of doing what it takes to lose some weight. But as is the entire topic of this thread, she's not RACING. She did the event because it's a bucket list thing.
Not to nitpick, but I strongly doubt that she did it to check something off of her bucket list. She has raced tri before, and likely NBC approached her to do Kona because they do the broadcast (and also the Biggest Loser) and knew that millions of unhealthy people in America think she is awesome and inspirational. In the weight loss world she is a huge celebrity and does lots of public speaking. If her doing Kona means that she inspires one overweight person to get off the couch and maybe try to do the same thing she did, then great.
Anyone on this board would take a charity slot in a second to do that race (likely with no valid reason), myself included.
Part of the Slowtwitch Strength Training Association. Picking up something heavier than a bike makes me happy.