Yep, my blog was lonely for a good long time. In fact, I abandoned it. But popular demand (ok, two people asking) has led to the rebirth of the blog. I don't promise any wildly great writing, though, ok?
So the marathon went...slowly! Don't ask. It was wet, it was cold, it was very wet and very cold. But people who do slow marathons are oh so cool. I chatted with a lot of people, including one woman from Iceland who said that Team Diabetes folk always inspire her. According to her, we're real people who run, not good runners, but just people. Who run. Yep, that's me.
Finishing the marathon - I was elated, but sadly my finishing pics don't show that. I didn't see the camera until it was too late. My favourite one was taken in my sexy garbage bag (rain gear) with dd. She missed my finish - she'd been waiting for 20 minutes for me, and she needed to pee. Sigh. After the marathon we partied hard for two hours on the streets, going around to all of the different artsy culture night street events. Then we collapsed, very, very tired.
So now I'm back. I did the Coho Run in September in a rather decent time for me, 1:22 for 14 km. I've slacked off the last couple of weeks, and I need to get those long runs in on the weekends. I'm attempting to work biking and swimming into the program, but the swimming freaks me out. I love, love, love swimming. I have to take off my pump to do it, though, and that makes me a tad neurotic. And the only time I can swim is after dd is asleep, which means that I swim while dinner time insulin is still in my system. Which means that I am going to have to drink a bleeping great lot of juice just to go for a swim, then get neurotic that I'm still going to go low. Loads of fun. Wonder why I am less than motivated.
My current thought: eggs for dinner. Every Tuesday we will eat low carb omlettes. Then I will have almost no insulin going on from dinner, and so I will have to drink less juice, and life will be happpppppeeeeee. Right? Hmmmmmm.
See, no one should have invited me back to this here blogosphere again. Ranty ranty rant.
Grin.
Good night.
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I am amazed that you even attempted the marathon, let alone finished it! You should be so proud of yourself. I would love to hear more about how you managed your blood sugar levels during that time. When I go for a bike ride, I usually come back low - just last week I ended up with a 37! Did you just rely on your sensor during that time? I never ever drink juice - if I'm going to have carbs, I want food. Do you have a minimed?
Yeah, well, it was one of those things that I figured I would never do, so I decided to try it. I was pretty slow. :-)
For running, I find that my blood sugar drops for the first hour of a run, even if I have a temporary basal set. I don't generally set a temp basal two hours before I run, but some people do. I just try to have enough fast-acting carbohydrate to take my blood sugar to around 200 before I run.
I know that some people say you should not be over 180 for exercise, but I think that is if it is a prolonged high and your body is dehydrated. My blood sugar falls so quickly that if I started at 140, I'd be on the ground in no time.
For the next couple of hours of a long run, my body stabilizes, as long as I run a temp basal of around 15%.
For the last 10 km of the marathon, I found that my body switched to using different fuel and my blood sugar began to drop again, which was interesting.
The sensor has a lag time of around 20 minutes, so it is not that useful during the first part of the run. I set my low level very high (120-130) so that I get a warning when I am dropping. However, the sensor data is useful for the next run, because you can see what happened.
If I run when mealtime insulin is in my system, I have to have a whole lot of carbs to cover that insulin, even if my meal was several hours before.
I try to run after breakfast. I eat 20 minutes before, have some carbs and some fat to slow them down. I bolus 25% of what I would usually take, then I run. Sometimes I still have to have extra carbs.
Wow - did you figure this out on your won, or with the help of a diabetic educator? Iw ould never think to reduce my bolus, or my basal, for that matter. LAst summer, while pregnant, I was in a museum and realized I was very low, and felt it. I was very freaked out, because I had nothing to eat with me, and it would take at least 15 minutes to get out of the building and someplace with food. When we finally got something, I told my husband how scared I was of passing out or something, and he was like (in hindsight), well, at the very least you probably should have suspended your pump. And I was like duh. I should try that when bike riding next time. I am always really afraid of going high, and so I tend to over bolus, I think. I am usually between 70 and 100. I try to never go over 150, but I am not using a sensor. So maybe I am over it more than I think.
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