Coming Saturday Sept. 6 in the debut issue of WSJ. Magazine, a conversation with Gov. Sarah Palin about her unusual workout and fitness routine. Preview excerpt
Gov. Sarah Palin: Midnight runs and caribou dinners
Gov. Sarah Palin has always been a runner. Her parents were marathoners and high school track and cross-country coaches. 'Running was a family affair,' she says. 'I didn't have much choice. Thankfully, I've never tired of it.'
Gov. Palin, a mother of five kids, says exercise is still very much a 'family thing.' She and her husband, Todd, also an athlete, named their first son Track because he was born in that sport's season. Gov. Palin (above, near Mendenhall Glacier, outside of Juneau) and her family live in Wasilla, about 45 miles north of Anchorage.
Workout
'Conventional running is my sanity,' Gov. Palin says. Having recently given birth to her fifth child, the governor is trying to get back to her old workout routine. She was running 7 to 10 miles almost every day but switched to aerobics classes at her gym when she became pregnant. She has worked her way back up to running three miles every other day.
In the summer, when it's always light, she'll sometimes run as late as midnight. In the dead of winter, when it's dark, she sneaks in an afternoon run, or else grudgingly runs on the treadmill at home or at the gym in the evening. Gov. Palin keeps dumbbells at home, but she says most of her upper body strength comes from snowmobiling with her family. 'It's the best upper body workout you could ever have,' she says. 'You're maneuvering through hundreds of pounds of powder.' (Todd is a four-time champion of the Tesoro Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmobile race.)
Diet pitfall
'My family and I eat a healthy diet heavy in wild Alaskan seafood, moose, caribou and fresh fruit,' she says. 'I guess my biggest pitfall is breakfast. I know it's the most important meal of the day but I still haven't bought into it. I hate to admit it, but a skinny white-chocolate mocha is my staple in the morning.'
Workout gear
'My ideal fantasy is to be running on a hot dusty road just wearing running shorts and some kind of top that wicks away sweat. But in reality I'm running in 20-below temperatures, so I wear layers of fleece and always a good outdoor waterproof trail shoe. Right now I've been running in Nike Air Structure Triax. And I always wear sunglasses. My kids tell me to put them on so I don't freak people out when they see me with a goofy hairdo and no makeup.'
While I'm working out
'I'm thinking about my next speech. I usually write my best speeches and letters [in my head] while out running. That is my inspired time.'
Postworkout food
'Nothing. I just drink water.'
Workout pitfall
'Being pregnant every few years. If I get lazy and go weeks or months without exercising it's not because of circumstances but because I'm being less disciplined. Shame on me.'
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在《华尔街日报》旗下杂志9月6日的创刊号中，阿拉斯加州长萨拉&#149;佩林(Sarah Palin)将谈谈她不同寻常的运动和健身程序。以下为节选：
另类健身：夜奔与大餐
萨拉&#149;佩林州长一直都热衷跑步。她的父母均曾跑过马拉松，担任过高中径赛和越野赛项目的教练。佩林说，“那时跑步是我们家的传统，我几乎别无选择。不过幸运的是，我对跑步从来没感到过厌倦。”
佩林说，现在体育运动依然可以说是项家庭传统。她的丈夫托德(Todd)也是运动员出身，他们有五个孩子，长子名叫特瑞艾克(Track，也有径赛项目的意思)，因为他出生的时候正值径赛季。佩林（上图，摄于阿拉斯加州朱诺市外的曼登霍冰河(Mendenhall Glacier)附近）和她的家人住在距离安克拉治市以北约45英里的瓦希拉市。
健身
佩林说，“传统式的跑步能让我保持头脑清楚。”她的第五个孩子刚刚出生不久，她正努力回到原来的健身程序中去。以前她几乎每天都要跑上7-10英里，不过在怀孕之后就改成去健身房上有氧操课了。她现在已经恢复到每隔一天跑3英里的水平了。
夏季白昼较长时，她有时甚至会在午夜跑步。冬天天短了，她就在下午抽空跑步，或是晚上在家里或健身房的跑步机上跑步──虽然她并不喜欢这样。佩林家里有哑铃，不过她说自己主要是和家人一起玩雪地摩托时锻炼了上肢力量。她说，“这是增强上肢力量的最佳方法。你必须操纵雪地摩托从数百磅的积雪中前进。”（托德曾四次荣获“泰索洛钢铁狗比赛”(Tesoro Iron Dog)的冠军，这是世界上距离最长的雪地摩托车赛。）
饮食隐患
佩林说，“我和家人坚持健康饮食，食谱中包括大量的阿拉斯加野生海鲜&#12289;驼鹿肉&#12289;北美驯鹿肉和新鲜水果。我想我饮食中的最大隐患是早餐。我知道早餐是一天中最重要的一餐，但还是没有太注意早餐的营养。我不得不承认，我的早餐就是一小杯白巧克力摩卡咖啡。
健身装备
佩林说，“我的梦想是在炎炎烈日下的一条灰尘漫天的路上跑步，身上只穿一条运动短裤和速干运动上衣。但事实上是，我常常在气温不到20华氏度的地方跑步，所以我得穿好几层抓绒衫，还必须穿上一双质量不错的户外防水徒步鞋。眼下，我的跑鞋是耐克Air Structure Triax。我还总是戴着太阳镜。我的孩子们告诉我要戴上太阳镜，这样人们看到我怪异的发型和素面朝天的样子就不会被吓着了。”
身心锻炼两不误
佩林说，“我健身的时候会想想下次的演讲。我常常是在在户外跑步的时候，得到灵感构思出了自己最棒的演讲和书信。那是我迸发灵感之时。”
运动后的饮食
“什么也不吃，我只是喝些水。”
运动隐患
“每隔几年就怀孕是运动的一大隐患。如果我变懒了，几周甚至几个月都没有锻炼，那不是因为环境，而是因为我自律性变差了。这真让我难为情。”
