Post Run Melbourne Half Marathon dissection...... Early start but stood at the start line with BGL of 8.6, happy with that and was managing to stay somewhat calm... By the 3k mark adrenalin had kicked in and BGLs had shot up to 16! By 5k BGLs were at 18!!! Could feel the heaviness in the legs and Im sure I was alarming those around me by my swearing! Checked again at 12k - still high at 16! Finally at 19k at BGL of 12 they were starting to drop and finished on a BGL level of 10.... Not quite the same experience Id had on my training runs in the weeks/months leading up to it as I had been able to control them well but similar experience I had with city to surf and city to sea last year (14ks) but honestly thought Id be fine this time around. Despite the disappointment of the soaring BGLs I managed to finish my first half marathon (2 years post D diagnoses) in 2hours 11mins with a relatively steady pace of 6-6.5 min ks through! And I guess with every cloud comes a silver lining.... Didnt need any extra sugar and no post run hypo!! Plus I was the envy of many with my new singlet!!!!!
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:03:31 +0000
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