Monday Morning Roundup

I will have to say I was happy when I heard the New York City Marathon was cancelled on Friday afternoon.  While I know how hard so many folks trained for this event and how much time and effort went into the planning on so many fronts, I felt like it was not the time to have so many more people swarming into a city that was under so much stress and need.  The thought of the logistics alone would be a nightmare.  The thought of so very many people in need of food, warmth and electricity while much needed generators, and mere “helping hands” would be channeled for the marathon was unthinkable to me.  All along I could not imagine why it was not post-poned earlier.  I feel for the folks who had already traveled or were in route when the decision was finally made.  I read a great story highlighting runners who came to race their “own” marathon and used their run to donate supplies and their help to those so in need.  http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_21929824/sports-digest-new-york-marathon-runners-help-storm   That did warm my heart!  What a gift for all involved!

Then today, I heard that the cost of this 2012 election would be 6 billion dollars.  What?  Could that be right??  To me, that is just unbelievable.  How sad that all of that money has been spent and there is really nothing tangible to show for it.  It saddens me to think of all the good that could have been done in this country with such an amount of money.  Can you imagine?  http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/total-cost-of-election-could-be-6-billion/

Lastly, I couldn’t leave you on a Monday without giving you a workout!  Here’s a straightforward total body workout to get you going!  If you don’t have a treadmill, run around your block, jump rope, run up and down your driveway, stairs or around your house.  Stop worrying what your neighbors will think!