I had my first little hiccup in my OCD marathon week this afternoon. I guessed wrong on my lunchtime insulin dosage and experienced a low afternoon. After a blood sugar of 157, I took 2.5 units of insulin to cover a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a handful of almonds, an apple, and a Fiber One bar. I expected to have a low cardio afternoon while at work but that wasn't the case, I was down to 57 at 2pm. I haven't been that low in sometime and the 57 felt like 37. I had to sit down and wait for the soda and Nature Valley bar to kick in. I suspended my pump so I could run after work and once I was up to 110 I headed back to work with no problems.
No problems until 4ish when I was getting ready for my run. The I don't think I can do the marathon low crept up on me. It is amazing how a low can be so mentally taxing, I was throwing my running gear and yelling at myself saying I can't do it. I then tested and was 64, when I saw that the kick butt switch was flipped. I swore at my diabetes and said you will stop me today!!! I grabbed the apple juice, muffin tops, and a cup of pudding. I know that combo is odd but I wanted to get my blood sugar up and run. By 4:45 I was ready to go, it may have only been four miles but I had my best run since my twenty mile training run three weeks ago.
The other day I spoke about being able to flip a switch and get in to my own little running zone. This afternoon I got in to that zone, after my run I was so angry, it was a good anger however. I had to walk around the house to calm down a little, I was on such a high. At that moment I had no doubt in my mind that I can kick this marathons butt!! If I feel this great on Sunday watch out I could run a sub 3:30 marathon, my focus was at an incredible level. It was a little scary being in that zone for no real reason. Once I cooled down I headed in and was shocked to see a blood sugar of 101, what about all the food I ate?? It magically disappeared because my blood sugar hasn't been over
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