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Re: the podcast. Given that some recent studies have found exercise was at least as effective at improving depression as meds, I don’t see how it’s a bad thing that runners self-medicate with exercise. Also, I would be interested in controls, since comparing runners to the population as a whole is ignoring that runners…

I am very motivated by competition and have to set challenges for myself or I start slacking off. However, I can’t keep trying to up my game on the same goal, day in day out, I have to switch it up. So for example I might work on improving my 5k speed for several months, then work on improving my mileage, then enter a…

Finally got in to see the cardiologist - he’s of the opinion that I had an episode of Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia, which basically happens when you have an extra electrical pathway in your heart and it gets stuck in a loop. It can be triggered by stress, lack of sleep, the usual things. He advised beta…

@quilteryoyo I would absolutely not make a decision about running before finding an ortho who is also a runner. Many old school orthos are very negative about running for reasons which aren’t necessarily valid according to more recent research. Mine told me never to run again because of my knees, which are problematic…

You’re correct, my bad! I looked it up and according to the internet Seventh day adventists have no religious prohibitions against medical treatment.

As far as I know the Seventh Day Adventists don’t allow blood transfusions (they take this from the commandment to ‘abstain from blood’) but are fine with other medical care. Some religious people object on the grounds that the vaccines were tested using cell lines from aborted tissue, but so were many other drugs, so…

Typically it means someone was offended and flagged something.

My husband has had compressed air shots in the Army and says they hurt like hell. It’s not the needle that hurts but the liquid being forced under your skin. They do it because it’s avoiding dirty needles, not because it doesn’t hurt.

I haven’t heard anyone object to legitimate medical reasons not to get vaccinated. Those might include a past history of anaphylaxis in response to the ingredients used to manufacture the vaccine, or certain autoimmune conditions, or possibly a history of autoimmune related blood clots. Those people who wish they could be…

@quilteryoyo Thinking of you today. How fortunate to have such a good neighbor!

Husband sick the past four days, multiple negative Covid tests so maybe just a bad cold. But unable to run with me and the neighborhood isn’t safe for a solo female, so we took a walk and I ran intervals - the side streets out and back as he walked the main street so I was never too far from him. Re: dangerous neighborhood…

Husband has had a runny nose and feeling like crap for three days, low grade fever today. Negative covid home test today and yesterday. He keeps trying to smell things and freaking out because his nose is stopped up. Then tasting them and they still taste fine. So we are praying it’s a) not covid and b) not anything else…

Re: coyotes. I grew up in the country and once came face to face with an entire pack of coyotes while trying to rescue a dog which had been hit by a car. Unbeknownst to me they had been circling the dog waiting for it to die. I flung my arms out wide and shouted at them and they all ran off. So, yeah, keep cats and small…

The question is, is it enough for you right now? The way strength training works is that you increase your work as you get stronger. So 5 reps or even 1 rep for some people may be all you can do today, but that doesn’t mean it’s all you should keep doing as you go forward. Don’t be afraid to start where you are, even if it…

I find that fancy nuts makes a nice low carb indulgence.

All good here! Feeling terrible for the poor people in Kentucky though. At one point last night our house was in the projected cone of four different tornadoes at one time. But they all fizzled without touching down and miraculously our power even stayed on. Knock on wood because a lot of folks here are without power since…

@SummerSkier I can’t remember where you are, are you under the same tornado watch we have here in Memphis? Stay safe!

On Wednesday ran 5k on trails, after a walk my heart seemed fine so ran another mile. Still hanging out trying not to die until the 22nd! My husband got me a weight bar for Christmas since the one I’ve been using at home since Covid was a cheap hollow bar that maxed out about 180 lbs and has been sagging more and more…

So, has anyone read the NYT article that says they have found the Coronavirus can infect fat cells directly? They think this may explain why obesity is such a risk factor even when other risk factors such as heart disease aren’t present, since obese people have more fat cells numerically, and also that it may have…

On the run the year challenge activities I see she ran on the treadmill on the 7th.

@martaindale My husband and I were greatly amused by the raccoon moat. It would work, assuming you were a light enough sleeper to be awakened by leaves crunching! But raccoons are terrible at slack lining. And also would try to avoid sleeping humans! Our local raccoons have been canoodling all up in the trees. It’s that…

Ran a very easy 5k yesterday, first real run since heart issues. Heart stayed okay. Still waiting on my appointment. I wish I could say it was just a one time thing and ignore it, but my chest is still very uncomfortable and heart rate still a little elevated. Although it’s probably lupus I would like a real doctor to rule…

My personal experience testing blood (and there are studies which agree, although the science is divided) is that low GI is baloney. Carbs will hit your blood sugar eventually, and different diabetics react differently to the same foods. Test and if you tolerate legumes well this may work for you. I have to limit them,…

Re: paywalls and running advice - hope no one minds me posting this here, but I really like six minute mile, which is a newsletter for runners. You do have to give them your email and they have ads, but no paywall, and they collect a lot of different articles including news, gear, and advice.…

Happy birthday @shanaber and @Scott6255 !

Yeah, it really sucks to have lost MobyCarp and PastorVincent and Keeprunningfatboy. Moby in particular was a multiple Boston Marathon runner with a lot of quality experience, and PastorVincent was going for his first Boston qualifier when he passed. Losing them has meant losing a lot of experience and good advice! Several…

So there was a large party in Norway where Omicron spread among exclusively vaccinated people with no trouble. It does seem to completely ignore the vaccine as far as infection is concerned. So far no one from the party is very ill, but since they are all younger healthy people that doesn’t tell us much about how serious…

Beautiful weather yesterday so my husband and I got out to Chuckalissa for a hike. Honestly some of the slopes are steep enough that he was concerned about my heart rate shooting up even walking it, but I kept my eye on it and it stayed reasonable. Afterwards walked the flat paved trails and ran about half a mile just as a…

No, I took it manually as well, it was for real. Also it was still at 120 two hours later in the ER, EKG was typical “camel humped” thing because of beating so fast there were overlapping segments. Kept shooting up if I tried to do more than walk. The thing is, my lupus likes to act up by inflaming my circulatory system…

Since I had to visit the ER where I know I was exposed to 2 covid patients three days before thanksgiving, and thanksgiving was with my elderly diabetic mother, I used a rapid test the morning of. Supposedly rapid tests are not all that reliable for telling whether or not someone has covid but are very reliable for…