<p>She’s been sleeping on a cot in an unheated cabin (snow in June!) with no plumbing… she’s ready to come home. :)</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for MOfWC’s peaceful sleep. </p>
<p>Idad, great hikes! GREAT. Just great. Lol about the coolers. </p>
<p>Finally, I found some time and was able to go for a run! Yay! In the past week, I developed some sort of inflammation around the sternum, which feels like chest pain, but I’ve had it in the past, so I know that I’m not keeling over with a heart attack. The funny thing is that the only exercise that calms it down is… running. Go figure! There is nothing I can do about it… Weight bearing exercises cause some discomfort, so I’m laying them off for now. </p>
<p>A difficult to localize sternum pain was the main symptom when I had a pinched nerve in the C5 or C6 cervical spine. The pain was so bad that I actually went to the emergency room at midnight on a Saturday because I figured I was having a heart attack.</p>
<p>Coolers survived the vicious grizzly bear attack. I’ve got one sitting in the kitchen with the same frozen water bottles I put in Sunday. After I open it, the temp shoots up to 41 degrees. But, if I leave it closed for a few hours, the temp drops. It’s 35.2 degrees right now. That’s without adding ice in 3.5 days and counting.</p>
Bunsen- ugh. That sounds uncomfortable. Glad running helps!
Slept pretty well. Will head out for a walk soon.
<p>Enjoy the scenery MOWC - sounds beautiful!</p>
<p>BB hope your pain subsides today. </p>
<p>Feels like fall again out there. Lots of work still on my desk - got my walking shoes and will walk at lunch again today to stretch myself out. </p>
<p>Well, we’ll see how I feel later. I did 4.1 beautiful miles and was able to run some. Longest stretch was .6. My ribs really felt OK after the first mile which was mostly walking. The 9800 feet of altitude was more of a limiting factor. I feel good about it. My HR averaged over my low HR number. I was really slow and tried to avoid much jarring, so I hope this was OK to do. Went out a dirt road by a lake to a mountain bike trailhead. </p>
<p>Thank you, all. Not as bad as MOfWC’s situation, but still not comfortable! The most annoying part is that I have to lug my work bag around, and it hurts a bit. Need to look into lighter laptop options, but goodness I hate to have to switch to Win 8! Rant over. </p>
<p>Mr B says when he broke his ribs, he found it helpful to use a couple of extra pillows to keep him from rolling over in his sleep. This became a habit - he still uses them (thank you Costco for selling sheet sets with 4 pillowcases!). </p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions techniques on aqua running. I’ve been wearing a belt and I can’t seem to get a “pure” running motion. I know many folks don’t even use a belt and was wondering if ditching the belt would be a better workout. Also I can’t seem to stay in place and was wondering if it was normal to move forward?</p>
<p>Also I was wondering if anyone has tried or advocates hypoxic swimming . (Alternating holding breath on strokes ie 5 strokes no breathing — breath every stroke and repeat). I saw a coach from running times utilizing this. Initial research seems sketchy? I’m not talking about long underwater breath holding!</p>
<p>MOWC - your walking at high altitude might make you fitter than running at sea level!</p>
<p><a href=“Crested Butte Trails: Lower Loop, Upper Lower Loop”>http://travelcrestedbutte.com/crested-butte-hikes-lower-loop/</a></p>
<p>This was most of my route this morning. </p>
<p>Gorgeous!! 
I would definitely slow down or walk to be able to absorb the incredible views!</p>
<p>Wow. That is spectacular. What a gorgeous trail!</p>
<p>Wow, that’s amazing! </p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback interesteddad. What is frustrating is that the blood draw was done after my weight stabilized around 119-120. My discordant numbers are exactly the same as they were before my weight loss and low carb diet. There is evidence that a high particle count is related to heart disease, but no evidence that reducing the particle count reduces cardiovascular disease. Niacin does a great job of bringing the particle count down but there is really no evidence that it prevents heart disease. Plus, small women are shown to be the least tolerant of statins. My mom’s dementia got better after stopping the Zocor and Niacin. I think I’ll just add more fiber and maybe never check again. But, I do like my diet of no sugar, flour, or processed foods so I don’t mind sticking with it. </p>
<p>As to aquarunning, I have done it but it never feels like running. I prefer no belt and I typically move forward. I do have no breather workouts. I’m not sure it helps with my stamina, but it does give me a pretty good workout in a short amount of time. </p>
<p>I like a belt for aqua jogging. I do move around the deep end, but not fast. You just try not to do a bicycle motion or over stride. You can work on getting your heart rate up, which isn’t that easy.</p>
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<p>Yes. That’s exactly the conundrum of so many health studies. The fact that high LDL particle counts correlates better than other measures with heart disease doesn’t mean that particle counts cause heart disease. I think it’s quite possible that insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome is really culprit and that high particle counts just show up as a side effect of metabolic syndrome.</p>
<p>If it were me and I had tried statins and didn’t tolerate them, I wouldn’t have any problem taking my chances without them.</p>
<p>Ooh, Crested Butte is beautiful, MoWC!</p>
<p>I had a 3.5 mile walk today, a shortish session at the gym with my son, and then a great zumba class. I think I’m going to feel some aches tomorrow.</p>
<p>Gorgeous, MomWC! I’ll have to vacation vicariously through you because I can’t seem to get outta the office these days till the stars are out!</p>
<p>Ohio, are you using water running shoes? I think they help if you wear the kind with the gills. Somehow the shoes really do make it feel different. I use the AQX - <a href=“http://www.aqxsports.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=2&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=13&vmcchk=1&Itemid=13”>http://www.aqxsports.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=2&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=13&vmcchk=1&Itemid=13</a></p>
<p>While it may not feel like running, there are a few other things you can do when aquajogging to increase resistance. There is a tether you can buy to stay more or less stationary. Wrist bands or float dumbells will also give you a little more “work” on the arms.</p>
<p>One of my employees was over for a swim last Sunday and she’d been a Div. 1 athlete whose coach used to make her do deep water running as part of her cross training. She said he only let them use belts if they weren’t good swimmers, otherwise he preferred them to do it beltless. So maybe beltless means more work or truer form…I don’t know ;)</p>
<p>In terms of increasing heart rate, speed against a tether helps, and not getting your head wet first is also supposed to help for some reason. (Cooling effect…but I like diving so I usually dive and swim first.) </p>
<p>PS, Ohio, since you want to give your knees a break, i’m assuming if you could get the mechanics worked out you’d continue deep water running, at that site I linked to they also have a buoyancy suit that comes with built-in o-rings and tether. That might work better for you than a belt ;)</p>
<p>If you take a read through the testimonials from athletes and coaches, you’ll find they rave about the difference the shoes and suit make. I’m no “athlete” but I can attest that my legs def. feel the difference in the shoes! I think they somehow also make your muscles “remember” form.</p>
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<p>Yes, perhaps. I guess I will just have to count on my high functioning HDLs and not sweat the particle stuff. I would take try Niacin if the studies showed any improvement. High cholesterol runs in my family, but I’m more nervous about dementia. I recall the cardiologists very impressed with my dad’s numbers “perfect” after adding Niacin to his statin. Of course, I wanted to say “haven’t you noticed his brain doesn’t work?”</p>