Morning Trailers!

strength trained yesterday evening, will get some miles in after work- hopefully with TE, we’ll see

qotd: anyone get the vaccine yet?  anyone close?  I’m pretty sure I fall into 1b as a LEO, but haven’t heard squat.  not overly impressed thus far with the vaccine rollout.  Feds do a fair job getting it out to the states, states then doll it out to the counties- lots of places for it fail

8 miles easy with a buddy. Felt better to day than most. Started the fat adapted diet plan a week ago and have had no energy. I run and it sucks.

qotd: I got my 2nd shot last week. I go the pfizer vaccine. I didn't have a chose. I work in a hospital and have had contact with many patients that have covid. I didn't have any side effects with it. Yes arm was sore and was a bit tired after the 2nd shot. But nothing more than tired from my normal running.

 

 

MT, I wanted to ask...you were a game warden, correct?  What do you think of MT's wanting to pass new laws hunting and killing wolves?

Not new, we’ve been hunting wolves for over a decade now. When they were removed from the Threatened list, we took over management of them. They reproduce very efficiently and have a healthy populations of prey, so expand almost exponentially.   Our season is limited and their populations closely monitored. If for some reason their numbers were to decline, we would modify or eliminate the season. 

Managing predator species is not a whole lot different than managing ungulate (deer/elk/etc) populations. You need to do a good job of monitoring populations and then make adjustments to harvest. If populations are thriving, then seasons will be more liberal (equated to higher harvests), if declining than less liberal or no season at all. 

I can’t speak to other states, but Montana does an excellent job of managing its wildlife, all of it’s wildlife- top notch folks combined with the best science and practices. 

I ran 3 good ones this morning on an alternate route. It was good, but the woods are still too wet for my liking. Plus, it has gotten pretty humid down here.

QOTD: My parents got the first shot and have the second scheduled. I see where some (most or all?) of our nursing faculty and students are getting it. I haven't gotten anything. I am waiting for a vaccine for dumbasses because it seems to be an epidemic around here this week. I'd like to distribute it myself. I might be the first in line for that one because I have definitely been exposed!!!

QOTD: No vaccine here. Work people were talking on team meeting like we are eligible for group 1B/1C here in PA being healthcare IT workers but I have not even investigated possibilities yet. Plus you know, that microchip thing they are implanting in our species makes me nervous.

I moved up to 1A when PA changed the age eligibility to 65+ instead of 75+, so I'm registered and waiting for an email to schedule an appointment to get vaccinated.  With the shortage though, who knows when that will be.  Good luck with that microchip tracing.  If they want to track me running 50 laps around a one mile loop for 12 hours, they're welcome to do  so, assuming racing can move ahead.