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Comment by Sunny T yesterday

Congrats Trevor on your marathon! You did a great time there!

Comment by acidrock23 yesterday

Great job and a great time, despite the cramps, etc! Thanks for the detailed report too!

Re the G2, I think G2 is still the full carby Gatorade, like 20ish/ 8 oz. G3 (Recovery) has less carbs, replacing them w/ protein. I don't find it nearly as refreshing as the regular stuff.

Comment by TrevorKJ yesterday

Ran my first marathon yesterday - the Ottawa Marathon. It was nothing like what Sunny faced for adversity in Green Bay! We had beautiful weather - 15-20 degrees Celsius and a sun/cloud mix. Couldn't have asked for better weather, but I faced my own issues. Here's my story:

I woke with a bit of a sore throat like I had for the past few days, but I thought everything would be fine. BS was 7.1 and coming down slowly a minute from the gun so I took a gulp of gatorade and a bite of a banana and off I went. In all of my training runs I found my blood was trending low despite lots of gatorade. Well, I took another gulp of Gatorade at ~7k and then tested at 9k: 13.1! At that point I knew I'd have to stick to water until I saw it coming down. I had my pen on me but didn't want to chance a massive crash. So I drank water most of the way from then on. At 18k my BS was 11. I kept plugging away, drinking water and sticking to the pace bunny. Then at about 30-32k my thigh muscles started cramping. By this point my blood was down below 10 but still dropping very slowly. It was a struggle from there - I slowed down and took walking breaks from time to time. I crossed the line at 3:48 (really happy with this) but it bothered me that my legs and BS were completely different yesterday than what I saw in training. I think I can blame the cold for the BS not responding to the exercise and I'm pretty sure the cramping was a result of low sodium and low potassium. What I really needed yesterday was G2 - the low carb gatorade. My wife was on the sidelines (I saw her at the 19, 27 and 38k mark) with 2 bottles of regular gatorade in case I got into trouble with low blood but I hadn't even considered having to fight with high blood! :( Lessons learned on this run:

1. deal with high blood if it is being obstinate past the first hour(?)
2. always have both G and G2 available

Anyway, I'm really happy that it's over and I'm on the mend. I might stick to the shorter distances for a bit... :)

Thanks to AR for the advice on the running shorts - they were awesome for holding my testing kit in the various pockets. I was able to test on the fly while staying on pace.

Comment by Jerry Nairn on May 23, 2012 at 11:05pm

That's a great story. Way more to brag about than a sub 4, Sunny. And of course you know you had sub 4 in the bag.
Congratulations on what sounds like an epic running advwnture.
You're doing great with your blister csre. Don't worry.

Comment by acidrock23 on May 23, 2012 at 7:18pm

Way to tough it out Sunny! It was in the 90s here in Chicago but I just went for a bike ride. That's hot for a race and a great effort to finish. Re blisters, just the shoe/ sock combo is about the main thing I watch.

Have fun in Ottawa too Trevor

Comment by drsoosie on May 23, 2012 at 6:27pm

I am not running that marathon but my son is in Ottawa doing an internship assisting a member of Parliament! I try to get him to run with me but he will have none of it!

Comment by TrevorKJ on May 23, 2012 at 11:15am

Anyone else running the Ottawa Marathon on Sunday? Looks like there might be a bit of rain but at least the temp won't be too hot - they're predicting 15-23 degrees for the day. Let's hope it's all over but the cryin' by the time it gets over 20! :)

Comment by Sunny T on May 22, 2012 at 10:35am

Hi all, I ran the Green Bay Marathon on Sunday...at 2 1/2 hours into the race they called it off due to extreme heat, there were a lot of people needing medical assistance and ambulances had to be called in from neighboring towns. I was at the 18 mile mark when this happened and was on pace to do a sub 4. We were informed buses would be coming to pick us up, but if we continue running it would be at our own risk but there would be no further on-road support and there would be no official finishing time. I had plenty of water, granola and gels and decided to continue running. Others continued running as well. It was getting hotter and with the lessened support I decided my goal would be to just do my best and not worry about time. I did finish the 26.2 mile course, my watch had me at 4:09:47. Given that it was 85 degrees and climbing and I was pretty happy with that. My BS at the end was about 180 which was good considering I was taking more gatorade than I usually do to be on the safe side and not dehydrate. It was definately a tricky balance to make sure I did not go too high with my bs but also not go too low, I had to draw on my experiences over the training but also I want to thank everyone here for the advice as it helped me prepare for race day. Next marathon is in October and I am confident I can do the sub 4. I do have a question if anyone can help: I did get a pretty a massive blister on my big toe, which has happened at every marathon I have run, but I know now I need to be more careful with my feet. Does anyone have any advice? It popped on its own and I soaked it and have been using bactiban on it, not sure if there are better ways, so far there seems to be no sign of infection. Any advice would be awesome, thanks.

Comment by drsoosie on May 19, 2012 at 7:12pm

Good luck Sunny!!! Today I did 15.42 long run and it was awesome and I feel great. I feel like I solved some nutrition issues. I took two of the SI capsules at 5 and 10 miles and I drank half a vespa before heading out. I used the honey stingers and water for hydration. My bG was great at the end so I am feel encouraged.

Comment by Sunny T on May 19, 2012 at 6:33pm

Tomorrow I will be running my 8th marathon and my 1st one with Type 1 diabetes....thank you all for being such awesome inspirations!

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