You must be swift as the coursing river (as long as it's the Lazy River) - comments welcome

@nancipants reminded me...did you get more of your iron/blood test results? Seems like you had been waiting for things after the ferritin reading, but maybe I missed something.
Oh yeah, I guess I never did share that. 😅 So in addition to my ferritin being low, my vitamin D and vitamin B12 were also pretty low still technically in the normal genpop range, but not good for runners). My serum iron, saturation, and hemoglobin levels are good, though. My A1c was actually elevated, but apparently if you are an athlete that actually means you're not eating enough (and can be caused by low ferritin too) rather than being at risk for diabetes. That was kind of a puzzle because I feel like I eat a lot, but I also don't track calories or macros or anything, so I don't know exactly how much.

I've been taking iron (ferrous bisglycinate), vitamin D3, and a B-complex vitamin for a few weeks now. I started out with ones I just picked up at Whole Foods, but then I ordered some from The Feed that are third-party tested (so I can be more confident I'm actually getting what it says on the label). I keep hoping they will kick in soon, but so far I don't feel any different. If anything I feel more tired. 😔
 
Odd that the other iron markers are not low, but maybe that means the anemia isn't too bad! Fingers crossed on that. Taking extra D3 and B doesn't really hurt anything, and hopefully they'll be helpful for you.

I feel like this is something that is hard to tell what's helping because all of them are relatively slow to take effect. Are you tracking your moods/fatigue? Could be helpful to decide how things are trending because just trying to remember that sort of thing back more than a day or two is pretty unreliable. At least you are recording things about your training.
 





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