Been fairly inactive lately, except for doing pullups and pushups and working around the house. That's about to change.
Like an idiot, I bought both the Nike Vaporfly 3s AND the Hoka Rocket X2s. I'm planning to run stadium stairs on Friday, and bike up Raccoon Mtn on Monday, so perhaps Sat evening, I can get on the track to test these shoes. (Not going to run the stadium stairs with these)
I've received the Nikes, will get the Hokas by Friday. I am happy to have found the Nikes in white rather than that neon pink that most are wearing. WOW. What a high tech shoe. They are stunningly light for a maximum padded shoe. They weigh about the same as my Adidas Takumi Sen 8.... 5.8 oz. Astonishingly.... just a few grams heavier than my racing spikes. The Nike Vaporflys and Hoka Rocket X2s have 31mm of forefoot stack and a carbon plate, compared with the Adidas and Hoka Rincons that have 27mm.
The carbon plate is quite stiff so they should provide some energy return. Will know much more when I get them on the track and try them along side the Hokas. There is no way the Hokas are going to be this light, but the Hokas have always been super comfortable. Most say they have a really good upper and glove like fit and lockdown. We'll see. The advent of the supper shoe continues.
Fasting today for tomorrow's blood work. Hopefully will make a dent in my stubborn fat layer.
You had BG over 100 last physical which is pre diabetes. You said you did light exercise before - exercise has a BG lowering effect unless it is intensive so it is not clear that the exercise was responsible for the elevated level, it might have lowered it. So an accurate read this year is important and the limits are established assuming an overnight fast. The length of fast matters as BG continues to go down the longer you fast. So if you fast beyond 12 hours before your draw then the upper limit for blood glucose that defines pre diabetes is too high for you. So for each hour beyond 10 hrs the expected reduction in BG is 0.4 mg/dl. So if you fast for 24 hours consider a result above 94 pre diabetic. If you exercise hard the day before the pre diabetic limit will theoretically be even lower. If you restricted carbs that affects it also. Fasting blood glucose is affected by many lifestyle variables so for proper test interpretation mixed diet, not gaining or losing weight, no intense exercise and the prescribed fasting duration are important.The other parameters will be mostly unaffected. Creatinine and BUN can be raised by hard exercise but will still be well within the normal limits . BTW, your Dr won’t care if you have an extended fast as where you are in the distribution of his patients it will be rather meaningless to him. So if your fasting blood glucose is in the 80’s with a 24 hr fast all is good. Mid 90’s with 24 hr fast not good. But A1c is the most important read as it is a 3 month average and unaffected by overnight or a 24 hr fast. If A1c is around 5 or under your longevity odds really improve. 5.5 or higher then odds for longevity go down and lifestyle changes should be considered.
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