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I did it!\u00a0 I did it! I did it!\u00a0 Yesterday I ran the Tel Aviv marathon faster than I ever thought I could.\u00a0 The night before the marathon, however, I was certain I was going to have the worst run of my life.\u00a0 To start off, I got very nervous although I’d done everything I’d planned to do. I ate two sweet potatoes for lunch and had an early dinner of chicken, quinoa and a small salad. I loaded up on carbs (relatively speaking). But unlike the previous time<\/a> I’d done this, I had a very hard time covering it with insulin.\u00a0 I spent most of the day high in the 200s. I’d eaten dinner early to avoid nighttime surprises, but when I checked my blood sugar before going to bed it was 205. I took an extra unit of Apidra and went to bed.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t sleep well; I never do the night before a marathon. I woke up at 3:00am and checked my blood sugar.\u00a0\u00a0 It was 264, and I was not happy. I decided to take another unit of insulin to try to get my blood sugar down to the 160-180 range. \u00a0I fell asleep for a short while but got up again a little before \u00a04:00am (before my alarm). My blood sugar was 283. This was not good. I started to get ready for the race: got dressed, had coffee and at 4:45 checked my blood sugar again. It was 302<\/strong>. Panic!\u00a0 I knew I couldn’t start a marathon at that level, so very nervous and unsure of my decision, I took another two units of insulin.\u00a0 With the needle still in my thigh, I was cursing myself, sure I was making a mistake and that I would drop during the race.\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t know what else to do. By 5:05 my blood sugar was 264. It was going down, but was it dropping fast?\u00a0 Was I going to be dripping in sweat before the race even began? \u00a0I didn\u2019t know so I packed up my glucometer and took some halva (14grams of carb per snack) with me just in case.<\/p>\n

I arrived at the starting area at 5:50 and met up with the rest of the members of my running group. I got there feeling disaster written all me. After all of my planning and training and I ended up injecting insulin right before the marathon.\u00a0 Anticipating a hypo, I checked my blood sugar again. It was 280. I didn\u2019t understand what was going on and I felt helpless to do anything but wait to see what would happen.<\/p>\n

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Only three of the members of my group were running the full marathon.\u00a0 Most were competing in one of the other events \u2013 half marathon or 10K. At 6:00am we started to warm up. It was the first time I’d warmed up before a marathon. I always felt it was a waste of energy. But as part of the group, I did what our coach said to do and ran a mile and a half before the marathon began. At 6:20 I went to the starting line and checked my blood sugar again.\u00a0 It was 274.<\/p>\n

The race started at 6:30 am. It was cool and cloudy and I started off much faster than I had planned.\u00a0 The warm up had done the job and I felt good from the start. As I started to run, I totally forgot about my blood sugar issues.\u00a0 It rained on and off a few times, which was invigorating. I tried to slow down but found myself running at a pace I’d planned to reach much later in the race. This continued throughout the race. I tried to pace myself worried I would crash into a wall at 20 miles, but I didn\u2019t. I felt great. After around 21 miles I reached the 3:45 pacer (never thought I\u2019d see him). \u00a0I asked him if he was really at the 3:45 marathon pace and he said he was. I couldn\u2019t believe it, but I passed him and kept on running. I had taken my gels and my salt and I was feeling strong. The wall was nowhere in sight and I ran the last few miles at an increased pace. I crossed the finish line at 3:42:58<\/strong>.\u00a0 I couldn’t believe it.\u00a0 I still can’t.\u00a0 Before the race, I felt like diabetes was going to get the better of me.\u00a0 I felt handicapped.\u00a0 But I proved to myself that I’m not.\u00a0 Diabetes may frustrate me, and I may lose sleep because of it, but it isn’t going to slow me down.<\/p>\n

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