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Last week I ran my last race of the season, the Tel Aviv Half Marathon. And as I did in all of races I ran this year (4 half marathons, 1 marathon<\/a>, 1 10k race<\/a> and my first 15K race<\/a>), I set a new personal record: 1:36:06<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The race was great and it was a great way to finish a fantastic period of running.<\/p>\n

My progress has a lot to do with hard work and self-discipline, waking up early most days, eating correctly and living more of an athlete\u2019s lifestyle than I ever have. It also has a lot to do with my coach who made me believe that I could do better and helped me get there. He also ran the last race with me, which helped me keep up the pace and break the PR I had set just a month earlier<\/a>. (Thanks, Moshe.)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/a><\/p>\n

I have become a much better runner. But running with diabetes has not become easier. I still check my blood sugar throughout my training runs. And I still spend much of my races wondering if my blood sugar is high or low.<\/p>\n

During the Tel Aviv half marathon I planned the run so I would take two gels. The first (my breakfast) after 3 miles and then another at around he 9 mile mark.<\/p>\n

I started the race in the 120\u2019s, a little lower than I like to be but not low enough to do anything about it. During the fist few miles I kept wondering if I should just take my gel.\u00a0 I decided to stick to the plan. I was running faster than I had planned and figured that as long as I felt good I shouldn\u2019t do anything that I hadn\u2019t planned (last time I did that it was a disaster<\/a>).<\/p>\n

So I waited and took the gel after 3 miles. I kept running, feeling strong.\u00a0 I took my second gel as planed but as always with much doubt and worry.<\/p>\n

Jessica and the boys said they would be waiting around the 10-mile mark, near our home, but when I got there they hadn\u2019t come. Jokingly, I said to Moshe \u201cthey don\u2019t get up for anything less than a marathon.\u201d (They actually had come out and waited, but when I didn\u2019t show at the expected time, after ten minutes Jess thought they had missed me.\u00a0 They hurried to see me at the 12 mile mark.)<\/p>\n

At this point the race started getting hard and I started wondering if I needed another gel or maybe I was high or maybe I was just fatigued from running a fast 10 miles. I kept on going.<\/p>\n

Moshe urged me to pick up the pace and run the last miles faster giving it my all. I tried to tell him I was giving it my all even at the pace we were going.<\/p>\n

I ran the last few miles totally by my self (although Moshe was still there). With my pain and my thoughts not very aware of the external world. I wondered what it was like running without a diabetic\u2019s concerns.\u00a0 What would I think about if I weren\u2019t so focused on whether or not to take another gel?\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0I think that no matter how well, much and long I run, I will always worry about running with diabetes.\u00a0 Even if I were cured I\u2019d probably still worry, that\u2019s how much the fear is a part of me.<\/p>\n

When I got home from the race very pleased with myself Jessica asked why I had ignored her and the kids when they cheered for me at the 12 mile mark. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cYou know we made a big effort to get there, couldn\u2019t you have at least nodded, a slight wave, a bit of a smile?\u00a0 Some kind of acknowledgment?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were there? I totally didn\u2019t see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I was there, with three kids, a big blue stroller, all of us shouting your name and waving.\u00a0 We were practically standing on the course!\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, I was really<\/em> lost in thought about that gel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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