This mornings run went absolutely perfect. Starting the day with a blood sugar of 138 I knew things would go smoothly. After my usual breakfast and a short warm up run I was ready to tackle my 20 mile run. Being a pretend athlete I can say that I know when my runs are going to be good or bad. You will often hear pitchers or golfers talk about how they know they will have a good game or round after the first inning or first hole. Something comes over you and you just know that you have it that day, a mile in to my run I got that feeling. I was feeling great and running well, I kept telling myself that it was only a mile in and that I should relax.
As I hit mile five that feeling remained and got even stronger when I saw that my blood sugar was at 102. A tad low but I took action immeditley to try and raise my blood sugar. I pulled a Power Bar from my jersey and ate three quarters of it. The cycling jersey worked out great!!! I had one minor problem, the inside of the zipper cut my chest a little. Other than that it was amazing!! I had no problems running with six GUs, two Power Bars and my glucose machine in the three pockets. An hour being 102 I was at 104 when I tested again, this time I was not worried. I knew that my temp basal of 49% was working and that I would stay around 100 for the remainder of my run.
Meeting Leanne at the 13 mile mark saved the day, I was feeling very thirsty and the Gatorade she provided tasted great!! After a short chat it was back to my normal pace, I felt very strong and continued to enjoy everything about the run. I arrived home just after 11am, I finished strong due to the song that was playing on my ipod (the song is below) when I run I get this odd high and music like this makes me laugh, I know that I'm odd but it works so why change it. After getting some protein in my body I was happy to see my blood sugar at 152. I proceeded to eat my lunch and enjoy the rest of my Saturday!!
As I hit mile five that feeling remained and got even stronger when I saw that my blood sugar was at 102. A tad low but I took action immeditley to try and raise my blood sugar. I pulled a Power Bar from my jersey and ate three quarters of it. The cycling jersey worked out great!!! I had one minor problem, the inside of the zipper cut my chest a little. Other than that it was amazing!! I had no problems running with six GUs, two Power Bars and my glucose machine in the three pockets. An hour being 102 I was at 104 when I tested again, this time I was not worried. I knew that my temp basal of 49% was working and that I would stay around 100 for the remainder of my run.
Meeting Leanne at the 13 mile mark saved the day, I was feeling very thirsty and the Gatorade she provided tasted great!! After a short chat it was back to my normal pace, I felt very strong and continued to enjoy everything about the run. I arrived home just after 11am, I finished strong due to the song that was playing on my ipod (the song is below) when I run I get this odd high and music like this makes me laugh, I know that I'm odd but it works so why change it. After getting some protein in my body I was happy to see my blood sugar at 152. I proceeded to eat my lunch and enjoy the rest of my Saturday!!
Today my run was nothing like the marathon, I feel very strong however and feel that I'm truly ready to run my first marathon. I have the confidence, I just need to stick with my training for the next month and if I do nothing will stop me on November 3rd!!
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