Iron----Man and Shoes

This is a quick update.

I've done some blood testing over the last year that shows a host of things to work on. One glaring marker is the Iron content in my blood. What I know under the medical side is my Iron content is on the high side but not alarming. On the functional medicine side it's alarming. What's most alarming is that there is one way to reduce iron, give blood. I've done that 4 times this year. In each case the iron content goes down. Not long after that however the iron content goes back up.

Next Steps
1. Ordered a Genetic test from 23 and Me to determine if the iron issue is genetic.
2. If genetic there is an exemption to get from a doctor to give blood faster than the allowed amount of once every 58 days.
3. If it's not continue to give blood and measure to determine the correct cadence.

Current ferritin level is 160 and goal is below 100.


Next up I'm back into fitness. It's going slow and I like that. I've rushed my fitness way to much in my former years. There is no rush right now. Simply feel better each time I go out is the goal.

I've started a You Tube channel for Shoe Ranger. I'm not sure how where it will go but It's been fun so far.

It's a good life....

My Running Form Review

2014 Team Time Trial

Fresh off a year of undue stress. 

Failed Attempt the week prior of Ironman 70.3 Tahoe where fires canceled the race. 

A concussion suffered the day before should have caused me to drop from the start line but this is the team time trial where bragging rights and family pride are on the line. 

 2015 Team Time Trial 

A year reducing unwanted stress

10 weeks of running at or below MAF unless it's a race

No concussion! 

1. My arms are in the same position as is my head. 
2. In the picture at the top (blue shirt) my hips leaning back preparing for the next step. 
3. In the more recent picture my hips are driving forward. 
4. In 2014 I got passed by an adult just before this picture was taken. 
5. In 2015 I was passing people (kids) and was the first adult across the line. 

It's a good life....

Is Social Media Killing Your Sleep?

1. It's strange to buy a shoe, wear test it and then prepare to write a review on it when 18 months ago I wrote the brief, reviewed the first blue print and set the wheels in motion to make the shoe. 
2. I raced on Sunday and had a really good race. Sprinting is not my forte but it's quite fun. There is only one way to race, go until you can't. I had a great race within the race. I came up on this young guy and urged him to stay with me. I said "don't let the old guy beat you". We still had 1 mile to run. He ran out of his mind and finished 1 second behind me. It didn't matter that I was already 6 minutes ahead of him due to my later wave start. Then it hit me "This kid is half my age" and then it instantly hit me again "I am not half the age of anyone racing today" Strange. 
3. I was listening to my friend Tawnee on Endurance Planet. It was an Ask the Coaches edition. There was a question from a listener about sleep problems. The listener was waking up every 90 minutes during the night. I did some research on the listener. She has sent 86,000+ tweets since she started on twitter. I would start there and shut it off. Go two weeks without twitter and see what happens to your life. I'm betting after the initial shock you will end up sleeping better. 

It's a good life....