<p>That time looks pretty good to me!</p>
<p>Now that link won’t work and is defaulting to the home page. That’s strange. It must expire or something!</p>
<p>Try putting in the password run if it reverts to the first page.</p>
<p>3.32 mi treadmill run. It was busy but quiet at the gym this morning. Light rain outside today.</p>
<p>Love the NuuMuu, MOWC.</p>
<p>20.5 mile mountain bike ride this morning. Plan was delay breakfast until reaching a place around mile 6. Group was very unhappy to discover the place closed upon arrival. You have a website and facebook page, why not update? I am now used to exerting on an empty stomach, so it wasn’t much of a problem for me. Got breakfast at mile 15 instead. Unlucky with the restaurant, but very lucky with the weather. Started to rain on the last mile of the ride.
Saw some high HR numbers on some of the steeper climbs, but did feel like it all was easier this time. Tend to have to consciously focus on using the hamstrings and glutes when I am not in the clips – those quads really want to take over…</p>
<p>There we go now I can “you” and your sweet running wear . You look very comfortable!</p>
<p>MOfWC, you look like you mean business (but did not forget about fun)! Nice outfit, really nice! Congrats again on winning the age group!</p>
<p>I think it’s pretty cool when they have photographers at races - it’s kind of gratifying for me to see an action shot of my effort - even if I’m soaked from the pouring rain!!!</p>
<p>Interesting article:</p>
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[The</a> Exercise Equivalent of a Cheeseburger? - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578501150442565788.html?mod=e2tw]The”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578501150442565788.html?mod=e2tw)</p>
<p>That article has been extensively discussed on my running forum. It is stupid and poor journalism, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I believe it is still unproven as to whether inflammation causes chronic disease like heart disease, or is a side-effect of it.</p>
<p>As one data point, my health insurance company stopped paying for the hs-CRP test because there is no evidence to tie elevated CRP (which is an inflammation marker) to specific outcomes.</p>
<p>Treadmill run today, 2.73 miles. Very slow but I did it.</p>
<p>Can I just say how grateful I am for this thread and the kind and courteous people who post here?</p>
<p>Do you have discussion links on the topic?</p>
<p>Ahhh. What a lovely day in the woods. Off to a good start as I finally found a “to-go” good breakfast/brunch for the car. KFC Boneless. One white, one dark. 450 calories, 45 grams protein. 17 grams carbs! No more Mickey D’s cold biscuit sandwiches.</p>
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<p>70 degrees and sunny with a nice little breeze. Hiked the Welch Dickey Loop – the fourth time I’ve hiked this now. 4.4 miles up and over two adjacent mountains. 1800 feet of elevation gain (because you dip down from the first mountain and climb back up to the second. Last time I hiked this was the group outing with the US National Seniors Speed Hikers Association. I did the loop 4 minutes faster today (right at 4 hours including stopping to eat and apple and almonds), but the really good part was that I did it with a max heart rate of 81% compared to the 95% I hit on the death march. That group had this bizarro strategy of trying to hike uphill as fast as downhill. My pacing was much more to my liking today…</p>
<p>Really pretty with all the trees just leafing out and turning green. Little muddy from all the rain, but not too bad.</p>
<p>No faceplants…:)</p>
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<p>I saw that displayed at my local KFCs and asked my daughter if she wanted to try it. We ordered strips instead. Looks like it’s on my list of things to try. I hardly go to KFC these days as it’s out of the way. They used to be in the same strip mall as Trader Joes but TJs moved and I’d guess that they get far less traffic now.</p>
<p>This is a great place for low-carb info.</p>
<p>Amen to that Sabaray. :)</p>
<p>Love the picture, MoWC! And Yes, Saba, I so agree!</p>
<p>Another beautiful hike, IDad. </p>
<p>My mother is here visiting, so we walked (slowly) this morning for a few miles. It was wonderful just to be out moving and talking with her–never mind the HR for the day. H and I walked a long mile briskly tonight. I’ll have to continue to count on the fitness I’ve banked for the next few days. S1’s girlfriend arrived early afternoon, and S1 is on his way home right now.</p>
<p>Those hikes iDad does look wonderful. We all need to go! Glad you stayed on your feet, iDad.</p>
<p>7.1 miles, 3.5 early afternoon, 3.6 late afternoon. I was going to run another two but my wife presented me with beef tips and mac n cheese when I came in. So given the choice of eating and getting dressed with a trip to the Y, I took the path of least resistance. Which is why I lost so much weight when she was away.</p>
<p>I dropped to the lower range on the current three-pound weight range. I had been bouncing between the middle and upper ranges for a while and broke through. It’s easy to do three pound ranges because you have lower, middle and upper and it’s a good reminder to cut back when you’re at the top of the range. I think that picking up the pace may have helped.</p>
<p>My best mile was 7:47 and my worst was about 8:40. I have been running around 6.3 - 6.7 MPH for many months and just decided to increase my speed (mainly because of BB and Ohio) and found that it wasn’t hard to do. I had just settled into a nice, comfortable pace which wasn’t particularly taxing and I guess my body was efficient at that pace.</p>
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<p>There are lots of links if you google “inflammation theory of heart disease”.</p>
<p>This one contains a pretty good rebuttal of the whole “fad” by a doctor, at the end:</p>
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<p>[Is</a> Inflammation the Root of All Disease? | Wellness Letter](<a href=“http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/inflammation/]Is”>http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/inflammation/)</p>
This. Just lovely.