Comments | cynic51: So Did All That Running Do Any Good?

cynic51

So Did All That Running Do Any Good?

Oct 09, 2012 23:33

So, I ran my four 5Ks and earned the jacket. Between that and my dietary changes did I actually improve my health numbers? After all, I ran 51 times this year between April 29 and October 7 for a total of 101.3 miles. That's admittedly only about 2.3 runs per week, but injuries have to be respected, and that total doesn't include ultimate either. ( Read more... )

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ext_666241 October 11 2012, 02:47:41 UTC

Do elliptical, bike machine, or swimming for cardio - might as well keep it up and it will be easier on the knees.

cynic51 October 11 2012, 02:54:05 UTC

Oh, I will be, but past experience has shown that it's simply not as effective as running is.

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cynic51 October 11 2012, 23:54:34 UTC

The blood pressure was effectively unchanged. Since they test it every time I give blood I have a good baseline on that, and it's fine.

I was most hoping for the blood sugar to drop out of the pre-diabetic range. In addition to all the exercise, I rather dramatically reduced my candy intake (e.g, M&Ms every work day to M&Ms once every other week) which was the primary source of sugar in my diet. Now granted, cardio isn't as effective for burning sugar as weight lifting, but I lost seven pounds - I clearly altered the calorie equation in my favor, but there was effectively no difference in the blood sugar level.