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Paleo Profile

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I recently answered some ques­tions for a pro­file on the Western Washington Paleo Enthusiasts group at meetup​.com. It seems to me that I ought to share them here too.

Are you famil­iar with Paleo Eating?

I have only recently become famil­iar with paleo-​eating. I came to it from a carb restricted diet that helped me drop 35 lbs. I wanted to drop the weight to make run­ning eas­ier. I am still try­ing to decide if paleo-​eating, as a response to the diet of the indus­tri­al­ized late twen­ti­eth food sys­tem, makes sci­en­tific and/​or prac­ti­cal sense for me. Being mostly of Scandinavian descent and well able to tol­er­ate dairy, I believe in the abil­ity of a group or peo­ple to adapt to a vari­ety of food sources. I remain uncer­tain on the sub­ject of agri­cul­ture as the demon that I find in some paleo-​eating sources. I do feel cer­tain that the ideas behind paleo-​eating are a great start­ing point. I’ve had enough of a focus on macronu­tri­ent per­cent­ages. I find it inter­est­ing that track­ing macronu­tri­ents is eas­ier with mod­ern man­u­fac­tured food that it is with real whole foods. Ever seen the fat, pro­tein, carb break­down on an apple or a pork chop? BTW, you can with wolfram|alpha.

What are your hopes while in this group?

I hope to meet other paleo-​enthustiasts, to learn more about paleo-​eating and other char­ac­ter­is­tics of those inter­ested in food and a healthy lifestyle, and, per­haps, to make a friend or two, along the way.

If famil­iar, what’s your favorite paleo meal?

I am pas­sion­ate about local, in sea­son, whole foods, grown with care. I appre­ci­ate if those are as far from the mod­ern indus­tri­al­ized food sys­tem as pos­si­ble. Today, I think less in terms of a paleo-​meal than I do in terms of ingre­di­ents. Spinach, eggs, nearly any ani­mal mus­cle and some organs, fruits, nuts, all pol­luted with my non-​paleo ingre­di­ent dairy. I would argue that dairy is per­haps one of our old­est agri­cul­tural prod­ucts and thus more likely to be some­thing we have adapted to already. But, I have no his­tor­i­cal knowledge.

Running Profile

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I recently answered some ques­tions for a pro­file on the Seattle Greenlake Running Group at meetup​.com. It seems to me that I ought to share them here too.

How long have you been running?

I have been run­ning since I was a small child when I ran uncon­sciously for the joy of it. I ran cross-​country and dur­ing soc­cer games in junior high school. Many miles passed beneath my feet as I ran with my dog as an escape for the chaos at home dur­ing my high school years. Many more miles were cov­ered with the US Army in my 20s and 30s. There, in boots, with a pack, across the coun­try­side, down dirt roads, down run­ways, over forested hills and across creek, stream, and river fords. Less in my 40s as ‘life’ got in the way. More in the decades to come.

What is the far­thest you have ever run?

My longest is a half marathon (from Europe to Asia). I know, sounds fur­ther when I add (from Europe to Asia) doesn’t it. Still it was but 21.0975 kilo­me­ters or 13.1094 miles. I may have run fur­ther but not on a mea­sured course. Most of my miles were not mea­sured. I do like the mod­ern equip­ment we can use to mea­sure dis­tance, ele­va­tion gain, heart rate, etc.

Are you a morn­ing or evening runner?

I am a morn­ing run­ner by gen­eral neces­sity. It is just eas­ier for me to get a run into that part of the day most of the time. A run feels eas­ier and I feel more alive while run­ning in the evening.

Do you have any run­ning goals?

I’d like to get to ultra dis­tances and to run less on track or roads and more on trails.

Are you train­ing for any races of events?

Nope.