Kendall

You sure you weren't running through the Hogle Zoo?

Seriously. I started laughing at one point feeling like I was part of some Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom episode.

Hey I just saw your comments about anemia on James' blog... Andrea has low counts too (or had, over the winter/spring). She has a lot of good information about supplementation. If you are interested, I can have her send you some of the links we've compiled. Obviously, its a crucial thing. It definitely takes a few months to really boost the levels up to where you would start noticing a difference in how you feel.

I had my levels tested back in January and posted the results (my Jan 20 blog entry). I'm getting it done again this week. I want to see how another 7 months of higher mileage has affected things.

Very kind of you. I would appreciate any advice you (and/or Andrea==thank you) might offer. I went back to your Jan 20 blog and checked out your stats. While I don't have the same info or at least couldn't match some of them up, here's where I came in at my last Dr's visit:

Ferritin 19

RBC 4.23

Sadly, I just don't have the genetic make-up to be where I think I should be/or would like to be but some improvement in the above areas might prove beneficial.

You could get that Ferritin up, and it would definitely boost your energy levels and help you run even stronger.

Here's a good discussion from back before you joined the blog, where Andrea linked a few articles...

http://andreanorth.fastrunningblog.com/blog--AM-5-1-miles-on-treadmill-with-v/03-23-2012.html

Oh man...I've diving in. There's some really good information in the articles Andrea has listed. I've been taking only 25mg per day and based on the recommendation, need to bump up to 100mg (3 months). We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the direction.

Yeah 25mg / day seems like its a good amount, but you really don't absorb nearly that much. 100mg is good as long as your stomach can handle it :-)

I've been taking about 50-60mg/day and my levels were already up in the 70s... I just got my blood drawn again this morning so tomorrow I'll post what that regimen of supplementing has produced once I get the results.

Just posted the feedback I got on my blog, but I went from a Ferritin of 74 to 108 from mid-January to now... basically taking a daily multi-vitamin, a small iron supplement (I think it has ~40-50mg), and eating lots of spinach :-)

So if you can get it up from 19 to somewhere in the 40-50 range, that will make a big difference... and then hopefully even go higher from there (without poisoning yourself, of course!)

Great #'s from your blood work with such a big work load--you lucky bum. Hoping for some increases in the days/weeks to follow...and I've discovered that green poop is harmless.