13

Ran 13 miles in 2:24:22 on Saturday. If I can do it once I should be able to do it again in less than two weeks. The last three miles were rather rough and I felt like I was moving at a snail's pace. The reward of finishing makes it all worth while and I am more confident now that I can actually run 13 miles. So all I have to do is make it through a trip home to Erie, a Turkey Trot, a 10 mile run in the snow, a few 5 and 6 mile runs, and a flight out to Vegas. Then I will be ready....I hope!

diabetes video

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/27774926#27774926

I have never known a life w/out this disease and sometimes it is hard not wonder what a normal life could be like and if I could experience that in my lifetime. I would like to think that this video not only gives hope, but an actuality for the future.

11

Survived through 11 miles yesterday and it was surprisingly more different from 10 than I had expected. I had to stop and stretch a few times and I had to walk around mile 8 for a few mins, unlike 10 where I ran the whole way. I felt much better at the end though as opposed to 10 where I felt awful. If I can run 11, then maybe 13 isnt such an unattainable goal. The biggest problem of this almost two hour run was that I had on an insulin pump, my ipod with its long blue headphone cords, and I was wearing a camelbak. I felt like all these things were getting tangled along the run and I was a machine for having all this equipment on. The camelbak is helpful so I dont have to carry a water bottle and lets my hands be free and the ipod is needed so I dont get overly bored, but I must be an interesting sight on the trail.

world diabetes day

So I have been reading all over the blogs of diabetics that today is World Diabetes Day. This means that today is the day people are to educate others on diabetes. It probably should mean that I dont have to work today, but alas I am still working. I got my labwork back from my doctor's appt last week and my doctor wrote that everything was "excellent." My A1c continues to be at a 6, which is awesome considering I was convinved it was going to go up. The lower the better and my goal is for a 5.

The running continues to help this and my cholesterol, although not ever high to begin with, continues to drop. It is always best for a diabetic to have the lowest cholesterol possible. My blood sugars have been awesome, until today when I went runnig. Before I found the power gels didnt affect me so much, but now they seem to make my blood sugar go up. I am going to attemtp to run 11 miles on Sunday and bring along my glucose monitor. Mike noticed that I can wear the little bag it came in on my shorts so hopefully that works out.

back at it

My running hasn't been going so well these past few days. The ten miles on Sunday seemed like such a lofty goal and I seem to have gone on a hiatus ever since then until today. 4 miles today were fine, but not nearly as easy as I would have liked considering this race is 23 days away! I think most of it has to do with the fact that I feel my running is my main focus right now and work is getting in the way. It is hard to run in the mornings before work when it is cold outside and it is so dark after work that I don't think it is the safest idea anymore. Work should be from 11-6. Whoever came up with 830-5 was obviously not taking into consideration that some people have more important things to do like run half marathons in Vegas in 23 days.

ten, ka, turkey trot

Made it ten miles on Sunday in less than two hours. The run went a lot better than I was anticipating, but as soon as I hit my finishing point it started to hurt. Everything from my waist down has been in some type of pain. It isnt as bad to deal with though when I keep thinking about the fact that I actually made ten miles w/out having to walk at all. Mike said it is a big deal b/c I can now run in double digit number which is another good point. Everyone keeps saying if I can run ten then I can run 13.1. I dont totally agree with that yet though. Ten felt like the perfect number yesterday and adding 3 to that seems close to impossible. Especially when you add on the fact that we will be in Las Vegas where it may get too easy to become distracted from the running task at hand. Speaking of Vegas, Mike got us Ka tix to see it that first night we arrive there on Dec 5th. I have waited a year to see this since last years debacle so this is rather exciting. Plus, we got a huge discount on the tix from the race. I also signed up for the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving in Erie this year. I have never done this before and I feel that it will be a good thing to do on the morning of that day anyway. I do think it would be more fun to run it with someone else though, but no one in my family will do it and I dont know if I can convince any of my friends to run a 10K with me that day. We shall see...

He Won!

election day

I ran 5 miles before I went to vote for Barack today. It was great b/c I got up and out of the house by 5:50AM. It was light out by the time I got to the trail and so I just kept on going. I was surprised by how many other people were out there too, but it is always good to have others around. I almost enjoyed running earlier if I wasnt so anxious to vote.

Nine

Ran 9 on Saturday. It felt better than 8! I never saw this one coming. 9 mile half marathons would be great. Adding 4 onto that 9 seems crazy though. 5 weeks until the race. Onward to 10 miles this wknd!