although I did set a record last year<\/a>), not deciding how I would run the race until the bell rang. This year was different.\u00a0\u00a0 I decided I was going to try to break my personal record set last May (45:10) and run a sub 45:00 10K race.\u00a0 And as I wiped vomit off the floor in the middle of Monday night, I was thinking I’d be lucky if I make it to the race at all.<\/p>\nI was nervous and exhausted throughout Tuesday, trying to make sure I ate correctly-enough to have the necessary energy, but not too much. I also tried to make sure my blood sugar was under control.\u00a0 I didn’t want to have any active insulin in my system before the race. \u00a0I also took some tooth picks out to hold my eyelids up.<\/p>\n
Somehow, I got through the day and met my friends an hour before the race began.\u00a0 With 15,000 runners all wearing a yellow Nike race shirt, it wasn\u2019t easy to find people, before or after the race. \u00a0When I arrived at the meet-up spot my blood sugar was 113. I had lowered my basal rate at 6:15 p.m., taking the warm up into account, and worried that the insulin I had in my body from my 3:00 p.m. lunch would still be active (45 minutes earlier I had been 126).<\/p>\n
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We ran a mile-and- a-half warm up including some short sprints. We didn\u2019t have much time because we needed to get to the starting area by 7:30. Once in the starting area we stopped to stretch and I checked my blood sugar. I felt like I was dropping so I wasn\u2019t that surprised when I saw my blood sugar was 86. I took a gel. It was 7:24 and I was very nervous, not only because of my blood sugar. I didn\u2019t know if I would need to take another gel or not and the wrong decision could cost me the race.<\/p>\n
We finished stretching and got closer to the starting line. It was crowded and with the loud music playing you could feel the nerves and adrenalin in the air.\u00a0 I pretty much forgot that I hadn’t slept the night before and started to feel energetic.\u00a0 \u00a0At 7:37 I checked my blood sugar again it was up to 112. Better, but still too low to start a race.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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I didn\u2019t know what to do. I took another gel out of my pack but decided to wait a few more minutes and check again. At 7:43, it was 147. Relief. I put the gel back in my pack with my glucometer.<\/p>\n
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At 8:00 the race started. \u00a0It was crowded, but I managed to get loose without losing too much time. I was running at a much faster pace than I had planned. I tried to slow down but couldn\u2019t. I felt good and strong. I was worried I would pay a price later in the race, but after the half way point I realized I was going to be okay. I held back a bit between the 6th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> kilometer but after that I just decided to run all out and see what happens.<\/p>\n<\/a>I set a new personal record: 43:29. I felt fantastic, Like I had run the run of my life, I couldn\u2019t believe it. After the race I met up with some of the guys from my running group and we decided to go out for a drink. We walked to a nearby bar. I was in a great mood and decided to have my first beer in a year-and-a-half (I wasn\u2019t in the mood for anything stronger). I checked my blood sugar so I could bolus for the beer. Like the race, it was perfect, 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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