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Post Run Blues 

6/11/2013

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It took me almost four years to figure out how to ride/race a bike with diabetes.  When I fully committed to trying to run the Boston marathon in April of 2014, I knew that it would be tough on my diabetes.  This past weekend my marathon training really started.  I felt very confident that running with diabetes would be a lot than riding a bike with diabetes.  I have never used a temp basal while running, I feel lucky that my blood sugar doesn't fluctuate to much while I run.  I can go out for a five mile run with a blood sugar of 100 and return with a blood sugar of 90.

As I have gotten older I have finally started to carry glucose tabs or some kind of sugar with me at all times just in case.  On Sunday I went for an eight mile run just before 6pm.  I was very happy to see a blood sugar of 161, I stretched out and had a pre run Gatorade Prime.  The Gatorade helps my body and gives me that extra boost that I don't need but in my mind helps.  I don't know if it was the Gatorade but my run went very very well!!  It is amazing how great exercise can be when you enjoy it, I was running and I couldn't help but enjoy the great views and farm animals that were on the side of the roads.  It was great, I returned home and felt great.  I quickly tested and was very happy to see 130.  I couldn't ask for a better evening.

I made a plate of pasta and sat down to watch baseball with Leanne and enjoy a great Sunday night.  After an hour I felt like crap, my legs hurt and was getting angry for no reason.  How could this be, I was just so happy and loving life.  I grabbed a water but it didn't help.  I decided to test and saw 410!!!  410 what the heck?!?!?! How did this happen??  I took a bunch of insulin and decided to go to my man cave to do some work.  The blood sugar pissed me off and I didn't want to ruin Leannes evening.  My hope is that this high blood sugar was random.  I will find out tomorrow when I go for a medium distance run.  I'm not ready to react to one bad blood sugar but if I see a high of 300 or higher I will be asking for some advice.

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Scott K. Johnson link
6/15/2013 02:24:56 pm

Crazy! I sure hope you can get to the bottom of what's happening.

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