Three more races

Posted by ihatediabetes @ihatediabetes, Oct 19, 2018

Hi everyone, I finished my first 5k and I signed up for three more races. I am going to do another 5k next Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Its called Halloween Half but I am only going to do the 5k. That's really plenty to me. I went to check out the course yesterday. I am excited to be able to run over the stone arch bridge in Minneapolis. Its beautiful. I really like running with all the people. They make us stand in a runner's corral and we line up by how fast our pace is. I line up in back with people than run at 16+ minutes per mile. That includes walkers and people pushing strollers. Then we hear the gun start and everyone starts crowding through the corral towards the starting line. We have chip timers in our bibs that time us when we hit the start line and finish line. So I really learned a lot from my first race. So next Saturday is my second race ever. I picked up my bib at Runners Room in St. Paul and bought new shoes. I found out from the salesman I need stability shoes and not just neutral shoes because I am a "pronator." I never heard of this before. But it has to do with how one's feet turn in when hitting the ground. So I need stability shoes so my feet can't turn in. That causes injury. So I took photo of my stability running shoes. I am pretty excited about my next race. I did hear that running is good for diabetes. I have follow at endocrinology so I hope I get a good a1c result. I hate getting blood tests and I hate getting weighed. But I don't want all those horrible complications from diabetes that I keep hearing about.

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Jamie Olson | @jamienolson | Oct 20, 2018

Good luck next Saturday!

ihatediabetes | @ihatediabetes | Oct 22, 2018

Yesterday I went on training run. This is screenshot of my path. I went over Hennepin Ave Bridge but I should have taken Plymouth Ave Bridge. So I finished the loop too fast. So I continued to Plymouth Ave and made a U turn back towards starting line. I go pretty slowly but I can maintain slow jog. My goal is to be under 1 hour for 5k. I picked up my bib and shirt two days ago. There's a chip timer in the bib to record actual time from start to finish. I also figured a way to take public transportation to the start line. I know its going to be hard to park.

ihatediabetes | @ihatediabetes | Oct 22, 2018

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Thank you.

DELIA SANDERSON | @deliasanderson | Oct 26, 2018

Thx for sharing all this about the chip in the bib and the Line-up areas where people go at their comfort level and the pic of stability running shoes. I do interval running, run fast for 20, walk fast for 40 and repeat. I met a woman whose dr. told her her diabetes was getting worse and if she didn’t get on an exercise plan and a healthy diet with extremely reduced sugar, she’d end up in serious trouble. She started walking a lot more and changed her flour to chickpea, as she loved to bake. She switched white sugar for stevia and she couldn’t believe it. She ate nutritionally in this manner and the weight just melted off her. Her dr says she no longer is showing signs of diabetes but advises her to maintain exactly what she’s doing because her body cannot manage white flour/starch. I enjoy your posts, you’re funny, helpful and inspiring.

ihatediabetes | @ihatediabetes | Oct 27, 2018

I got up at 6am and took light rail to Minneapolis to get to start line of Halloween Half 5k. Happily, I finished and didn't get hurt even though my glasses were fogged up and I had to run over brick pavers for part of the way. Its different than pavement. I made it to the finish line in under one hour. I don't go too fast. But I jog the whole time. Now I have to follow up with mayo endocrinology on Tuesday. That means I have to face the dreaded blood test and the scale. Yikes. Oh well, hope this jogging helps my diabetes. Find out this Tuesday.

DELIA SANDERSON | @deliasanderson | Oct 27, 2018

Congratulation! You’re really motivated to get healthier and, literally, taking fast steps to do so. Hope you’re test results reflect are as positive as your self-compassionate attitude. Thx again for sharing all the race details.

ihatediabetes | @ihatediabetes | Nov 1, 2018

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Hi everyone, I finished my 5k on Saturday. This is my route from my garmin. I am under one hour. That's my goal plus don't get hurt. Tuesday I had my endocrinology and sleep medicine follow ups at Mayo. I had good appointments. My a1c is 6.8 so that's good because its under 7. No meds. My doctor said she will probably run the turkey trot in Rochester because I am motivating her. My next race is turkey trot in St. Paul. That will be a 6k so a little bit longer.

DELIA SANDERSON | @deliasanderson | Nov 1, 2018

That’s wonderful. You’re an inspiration for the importance of whole body movement to keep hormones, blood flowing properly. Thx again for all the details.

ihatediabetes | @ihatediabetes | Nov 3, 2018

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Hi everyone, this is a screenshot of the three races I signed up for October to December. I hope people think about participating because its pretty cool to experience finishing a 5k when you didn't think you could. I put my medal and bib number in baggie and plan to keep them.

Lisa Lucier | @lisalucier | Nov 4, 2018

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Hi, @ihatediabetes - that is great you have signed up for these races. I agree - when I completed my first 5K, I was very proud of myself for reaching that goal.

I'd also like to invite @llwortman @jwoj @alpaca @geez @user_cha272278 @ginaquilts @toranut97 into this conversation.

How are your training runs going this week, @ihatediabetes?