tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post3236631572418368691..comments2024-03-24T16:08:20.300-07:00Comments on Training on Empty: Warning- possibly triggering content Lize Brittinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-77454939032627549632013-11-29T19:46:46.585-08:002013-11-29T19:46:46.585-08:00Thank you, Rachel. I'm saddened to see and hea...Thank you, Rachel. I'm saddened to see and hear about so many elite athletes struggling with eating disorders and unhealthy training. I wish I had gone down a different path, and I wish I could prevent others from doing the same. Lize Brittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-47642429459863862092013-11-29T18:47:23.640-08:002013-11-29T18:47:23.640-08:00Thanks for this great post. I'm so glad you ar...Thanks for this great post. I'm so glad you are fighting to uncover what most of us know is going on in the running community. We need more people like you who are unafraid of exposing the eating disorders so common among runner.Rachaelhttp://www.runninginsilence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-64952720347435650762013-04-25T20:36:31.906-07:002013-04-25T20:36:31.906-07:00Maybe you should also complain to every media outl...Maybe you should also complain to every media outlet that happened to mention that J.C. passed out during that race. It happened. She's a great runner. When great runners suffer that kind of misfortune, people notice. In the running world, it was news, and not just in Colorado. Not good news, but news.<br /><br />Bullying? Are you serious? What planet do you live on? Does it seem to you like Lize doesn't give a crap about this girl or does it seem like the opposite? <br /><br />Get back to me when you're through e-mailing the dozens of Web site owners, newspapers, and so on who also named and "called out" this girl. That should keep you busy for a while. Good luck. kemibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843360441074102811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-41996113788591399262013-04-23T18:44:53.760-07:002013-04-23T18:44:53.760-07:00This isn't my book. This is my blog.
I'm...This isn't my book. This is my blog. <br /><br />I'm trying to figure out why, in the midst of all that is going on in the world, anyone would put so much effort into addressing a topic on a blog post that's over five months old. It seems that there is quite a bit of projecting going on here. More specifically, your accusations are both incorrect and absurd. <br /><br />the information I got was from several sources including Gazette Preps,Colorado Running Magazine and from fellow bloggers, including Larry Eder. In a later article posted in the Denver Post, Jordyn herself stated publicly, "Before state, I thought I was eating good, but I was not putting enough into my body," Colter said. "But now, I'm watching what I eat and drinking a lot more Gatorade." Based on the information published before the state meet, I had every right to be concerned. When someone has a BMI of 15, who wouldn't be a little concerned? I don't see anything wrong with stating my opinion on the matter, but I want to make it really clear, since some people seem to have great difficulty comprehending written words, that I never bullied Jordyn, nor would I. That accusation is so far off base that it makes me wonder what kind of issues are going on with you. <br /><br />Let me ask you a few questions. If I am out to tear down Jordyn, why would I also be communicating with one of her trainers and offering help and advice? If I'm bullying her, why would I take the time to write two blog posts, one before and one after her state meet, complimenting her? Does that make sense to you? Think about it a little bit before you come back with another wildly off-base response. <br /><br />My issue, and why I wrote the post, is high school coaches allowing athletes to run when all evidence suggests that the athlete should take a bit of down time in order to better prepare and gather strength. I stand by what I wrote, and I believe that anyone with a fully-functioning brain can see that my intentions are not to cut Jordyn down. I have stated in nearly every post, including this one, that I wish her the absolute best. I truly hope and believe that she will have a long and successful running career if she continues to take the steps she is already taking to keep herself healthy.<br /><br /><br />The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/preps/ci_22180880/cherry-creek-star-jordyn-colter-smarter-about-way#ixzz2RL4rA3Ar<br /><br /><br />http://trainingonempty.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-mountain-runner-in-me.html<br /><br />http://trainingonempty.blogspot.com/2012/09/made-to-be-broken.html<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.gazettepreps.com/articles/colorado-5964-seconds-girls.html<br /><br />http://www.coloradorunnermag.com/tag/jordyn-colter/Lize Brittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-15001056882220199202013-04-23T12:44:49.494-07:002013-04-23T12:44:49.494-07:00"When I read about Jordyn Colter, 5'1&quo..."When I read about Jordyn Colter, 5'1" and 79 or 80 pounds, passing out and not finishing a major high school race, I have to wonder what the fuck her coach is doing. True, I don't know the back story, but I can take a pretty good guess at what's going on there. My question is why any coach would allow an athlete who appears to be extremely, extremely underweight to compete at all. Here it is again, though, that fucked up mentality that as long as she's running well, everything is fine. It's not. Allowing someone to compete who is clearly not well is discounting the very real consequences of starvation in exchange for a few months or maybe, if extremely lucky, a few years of success. How sad that a coach won't put his foot down. Nobody in such a weak state should be allowed to race. "<br /><br />One question, Lize. Why name her, why call her out? <br /><br />I guess it's okay in your book to publicly shame a young girl for the purposes of shedding the light on anorexia. This isn't much different than bullying, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-17559805154961459292013-04-18T13:26:04.822-07:002013-04-18T13:26:04.822-07:00"Wow, can't believe you feel entitled to ..."Wow, can't believe you feel entitled to comment on the physical state of someone you've obviously never met."<br /><br />The fact that she passed out during a race was published in a number of Colorado newspapers and on some Web sites as well. This would seem to be an objective fact concerning her physical state, and one doesn't need to have met young Ms. Colter to appreciate this fact. It was wonderful to see her turn in a superb performance at FLN, but can't you understand why someone who's been through what Lize has--or hell, anyone--would find the idea of someone collapsing midrace, for any reason, concerning, and that any comments she made here clearly carried no malice? <br /><br />If you think Lize makes a habit of being your everyday nasty, crass or irrelevant blogger, please spend more time here reading. She doesn't.kemibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843360441074102811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-5592035947897103352013-04-18T12:39:24.237-07:002013-04-18T12:39:24.237-07:00Lize BrittinApril 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Where did I...<br />Lize BrittinApril 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM<br />Where did I say that anyone was anorexic and how did I tear anyone down? I expressed concern, nothing more. Yes, I'm angry that a coach would allow someone to compete when all evidence points to a deeper issue. I'm allowed to express my concerns, especially given my past. <br /><br />I know one of her trainers, yes. <br /><br />I am speaking in general terms here, and any specifics are related to the fact that a young runner passed out in a race. That's not healthy, no matter how you look at it. Whether it's eating related or an underlying health issue, only a few people know. My goal, if you read for content, is to point out and try to promote healthy running. I have never lived in a cocoon, and why you suggest that is a mystery. If anything, I have lived and experienced far too much in the running community. <br /><br />Check out later articles in which the young athlete specifically states that she needed to do things differently. She never made any reference to any underlying health issue. I didn't pull any information out of my ass for this, and I wish nothing but the best for her and all young runners, and I have offered any help or advice I can to her and at least one of her trainersLize Brittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-40083366932856657472013-04-18T12:14:55.770-07:002013-04-18T12:14:55.770-07:00Wow, can't believe you feel entitled to commen...Wow, can't believe you feel entitled to comment on the physical state of someone you've obviously never met. Next time you decided to tear down a young runner and her coach, perhaps you should emerge from you little cocoon and try an interview. <br /><br />Do you know for a fact she doesn't have an underlying condition? <br />Do you know for a fact she is unhealthy?<br />Do you know for a fact she is anorexic?<br /><br />Shame on you, and shame on this pitiful excuse of a blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-3736170396837791212012-11-22T21:44:54.032-08:002012-11-22T21:44:54.032-08:00Thank you. I hope everyone clicks on that link. We...Thank you. I hope everyone clicks on that link. Well said. Lize Brittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-45846954118071937162012-11-22T21:38:29.587-08:002012-11-22T21:38:29.587-08:00Good post.
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