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Comment by RunningStrong on Wednesday

Pre diagnosis My Marathon times were around 3:40 w/out training but running 25 miles per week. Quit doing them about 10 yrs fatigue issues. Ran one 2yrs ago and tried 3:45 pace. Severe body cramps at m16 crawled in 4:38. Ran one in Nov in 4:10 took it easy, carried fluids and drank at every fluid table. Felt like a training run. Next one in July.

Comment by acidrock23 on May 6, 2013 at 2:02pm

Great job Justina!! 3:45 is a great time! It's hard to run low for a long time but at least there's lots of Gatorade and stuff at races.

Nice job OffRoad Action too. 25 KM is quite a run! I'm not sure what to say re the BG, it may just be a stress/ adrenaline thing. I see BG boosts after many of the longer runs but cover them with insulin. Without it, it sounds like your plan worked but it must have been hard to be patient with.

Comment by Robert Yancey on May 6, 2013 at 1:19pm

and congrats justina, I'm jealous of anyone finishing in less than 5 hours. but I was happy to finish mine in 515, and not get sick doing it.

Comment by Robert Yancey on May 6, 2013 at 1:17pm

Yes...... get more massages! ;)
do you suppose something may have happened to the insulin?

Comment by offroadaction on May 6, 2013 at 12:55pm

Hey Folks,
I have not been posting here much, but have been reading about everyone's adventures. I finished my first 25km trail race yesterday. It was the hardest race I have ever done, including my marathon. 1100m elevation gain, lots of hills, saw rattle snakes twice, some more hills, first hot day of the year (It was snowing on Monday and was 30c or 86 in americaneese), some hills, and both I and the last aid station at 20km ran out of water. And there was hills. Lots of steep ones.
I had some weird to me readings. Our readings are different in Canada. The goal is to be between 5-7. I woke up in the morning at tested at 7.1, which was great. Usually my readings go down when exercising, but at the first aid station (12km) I read 12.8. Up to then I had a date and a jelly bean. I ate a half banana at the aid station. I was a little worried and confused, so tested again at the second station at 20km. It was down to 9.8. I ate another date out of my pack and an oreo cookie and a banana. I tested 5 minutes after my finish and was 17.2. Remember, I am supposed to be 5-7. I grabbed the first aid guy as he walked by and we tested again with a very close result. After drinking water and stretching we tested again and got 19.2. I went for a walk in the lake. My poor g/f was calm on the outside, but I could tell she was freaking. She would not let me get more than 2 feet from her. We tested again and I was 19.8. After my massage, the readings started going down. When we left, it was down to 12.8.

I have never had it go up like that when running. Ideas, suggestions?

Comment by Justina on May 6, 2013 at 11:31am

I ran my marathon yesterday! 3:45 I'm happy with it. Blood sugar was a challenge....65 at start. I have never started a race that low, but I managed to get it back up and kept it up until mile 19 (which is all up hill until mile 22) it dropped down again and no matter what I did it didn't want to come back up. It just would raise up a few #'s then drop right back down. I was in control as well as I could be. And let me tell you that chocolate milk at the end tasted like pure hevean.

Comment by Bill King on May 2, 2013 at 8:11am

Sorry for the confusing message yesterday.
Glucose is the same as sugar - So by carrying glucose and consuming while you workout I meant to say (and as Justina wrote) any type of carbohydrate fuel (solid or liquid) that will be used to energize your workout. I agree with everything Justina suggested, especially communicating with your health care team.

Comment by blueyes on May 2, 2013 at 3:46am

sorry for all the questions but what do you mean about glucose is this something you can get by itself?

Comment by Justina on May 1, 2013 at 10:01am

ok Blueyes! Test before, during, and after. I totally recommend starting to workout in a gym. It's so easy to run on a treadmill, you can have everything you need right there on it. Water, juice, food, meter.... Start slow, with your pace and with your distance!! I also totally recommend group fitness classes (I'm a boot camp and power yoga instructor). Tell the teacher, "hey I'm diabetic so I'll be stopping and checking my sugar sometimes." And then they can also look for signs of lows in you, if you don't always feel them. I'm also a big believer in picking a time during the day or night to workout and sticking with it. That helped my body get used to it. Sounds kinda silly but it really worked for me. And most importantly don't change anything with out talking to your Dr!

Comment by Bill King on May 1, 2013 at 9:45am

Hi blueyes - if your goal is to introduce daily exercise into your life, then this new powerful activity will create an enviornment of constant adjustment for your body. In order to understand what is going on with your glucose levels as well as how to adjust any medicine you may be taking, it is vital to test before, DURING and after your exercise. This is the only way to know. I'm not saying you will have to do this forever, its just during the period of your body's physical adjustment. As far as consuming carbs before you exercise, I'm not a fan of "padding" your glucose high before you exercise. In stead, I would recommend that you take small quantities of glucose with you during your exercise and consume 10-20 grams every 20 -30 minutes. I call it the 20 / 20 rule. A lot of people I coach say "I'm trying to lose weight with exercise and you're telling me to eat." Your goal is to get through the exercise from beginning to end with energy and great form and to recover so you'll be ready, willing and able to go out the next day and do it again. If you energize your body with good supplimentation and recover well, the likelyhood of you doing it again is enhanced. If you drag your butt across the workout and feel poorly doing so, the likelyhood of you wanting to do it again is deminished.

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