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Running notes
I ran a 12:43 mile yesterday. I was lamed up in the evening but seem fine today. It is going to get difficult to get regular runs. At this point I plan to make two runs for distance and then one for speed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It is good to have goals
I want to run a 5k in February or March. I think a time of less of 40 minutes is within reach if I keep "training".
Options include:
Why run a 5k? Because it seems like a good way to get closure after getting hit by a car at the end of April, 2002. It is a way to announce "I am back".
Blood work
I got the numbers back from my annual blood-labs.
Good-bye darkness my old friend. Doc says I cannot eat you again.
In arteries in my brain, my arterial-plaque doth remain...
Alk Phosphatease is out in the weeds but that may be related to the continuing mineralization of my healing bones.
I plan to beg and snivel and suggest three months of good, clean living and see if that lowers the numbers to a happier level. There is not a lot of data suggesting how quickly cholesterol levels drop with changes in diet.
Hunting lease
The hunting lease had been enrolled in the USDA Conservation Reserve Program. For those who are not familiar with the CRP program, farm land that had sufficient slope as to be considered erodible were granted a modest stipend if they were planted to perennials like grass. That modest stipend came with very tight restrictions on how it could be managed.
The lease popped out of CRP this year and that opens up an entire host of options for more intensive management.
I suspect that at least a few of my readers are serious "bird guys". Can you give me any guidance on which species of ground-nesting birds are the last to leave their nests? "Management" often involves stressing the property to stimulate some species and give relative advantage to others. Mowing is one way of stressing.
I am leaning toward having different mowing frequencies for different part of the former CRP land. Some portions will get mowed once-a-year after the last ground-nesters are mobile...maybe mid-July. Others might get mowed two-years-in-succession with a three year rest in between the two years it gets mowed. The strips that get the 2-3 treatment will have their two-year mowing portion shifted in time from the other 2-3 strips.
The patches will be oriented in wide strips (3:1 length:width ratio and at least 65' wide) from low-wet-shady to high-windy-dry-sunny. That means each strip will favor a spectrum of wet-mesic-and dry species from bottom-to-top.
My hope is that each strip will also offer a unique spectrum of "succession" states based on their mowing regime.
What sort of grass is planted on the former CRP ground? The most commonly planted grass here in Missouri is fescue, which makes a pretty dense sod that isn't really good for ground nesting birds. The various native warm season grasses are better, since they tend to grow in clumps with more open space between where the little birds can move around. Most wildlife likes brushy edges between the woods and fields, but the landowner might not want to let trees spread into the fields. What about advice from your Conservation Department? Here in Missouri, they'll give all kinds of advice on creating wildlife habitat.
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Don't forgwt your pollinators. If you're not going to mow for a spell...
ReplyDeleteGood on you for having a goal of a 5K ERJ. I "stopped" running some years ago, but am starting to pick it up again, mostly thanks to you (and the fact I should do it). I will try for a 5K next year as well.
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ReplyDeleteWhile diet can be a factor in cholesterol levels genetics is a much larger factor.
ReplyDeleteMy lipids were getting out of control so I formed a 4-prong corrective action:
ReplyDelete1. Oatmeal every morning, with golden flax and chia seeds. This is a huge portion of soluble fiber, which clears triglycerides out of the intestines and carries it out. Every day over 5 months, with only a couple of exceptions.
2. Niacin, in nicotinic acid form (inexpensive vitamin supplement),3 times per day. Niacin in this form is the flushing type. It opens up the peripheral vascular system so you feel a sensation similar to sunburn for about 30 minutes. But this also works in the liver to inhibit production of cholesterol.
3. Icosapent Ethyl, a prescription variant of fish oil - in other words, the best parts of fish oil that help to manage your lipids. It's a little pricey, but it seems to work.
4. Orange Bergamot (vitamin supplement) - a citrus that grows in Italy that is rich in polyphenols which have been clinically shown to help reduce the production of cholesterol.
This combo had the effect of lowering my triglycerides by 75%, raising my good (HDL) cholesterol by 40%, and lowering my overall cholesterol by 20% - all in 3 months.
I was doing it in an effort to avoid getting started on statins, which sometimes have effects on muscle mass and joint inflamation.
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