Feeling some fatigue, that's a good thing!

Monday Rest, just COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Tuesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
             RUN 48.5 mins and 5 miles in afternoon
            COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wednesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
            COMMUTE 9.4 miles

Soon I'll be able to claim a RUN COMMUTE on Wednesdays! Not yet tho. And I found that Mark Twain 50 will be run this year, added to my calendar. As a training run for The Hard Way 24, LOL!!

The run felt really great, I would have run the usual brick but it was cold (32F) and I didn't have the momentum. I ran later in the afternoon in Fo Pa, thought it would feel rough and uneven like my afternoon runs usually/historically can. But no, the only problem I had was dialing back the pace so as not to drive the heart rate up. I took the hills easy, but didn't walk at all.

Yesterday was the health screening at work, my total cholesterol up to 183 (was 111 in early Feb) and my HDL was ">100" (was 77 in Feb). I've been off the statin for 27 days, is this a sign that my cholesterol is going back up? Will it continue to climb or is this a plateau given my dietary changes? I'm eating less than 10g saturated fat and less than 50 mg cholesterol, averaged, per day. I'm not sure I could optimize that any lower. Could eliminate dairy? See how much dairy contributes.

I discussed this briefly with TV at lunch today, said my first inclination is to start taking the statin again on April 1st, see how the side effects of leg pain goes. Sounds reasonable. I don't want to take the statin, but I kinda promised that I'd take the statin for one year post-stents. I could email Dr S, but what would my question be? Should I be more concerned about my HDL being so high? Does my 'heart condition' change the game and I need to follow different rules? If I ask him if I should take the statin, and he says take the statin, didn't I just kinda answer my own question?