London Marathon 2019

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Sam t Apr 2019 11:17am, 17 Apr 2019 8 posts	0 Sam t Thanks for replies. X
Spideog Apr 2019 11:24am, 17 Apr 2019 347 posts	0 Spideog Just being able to get out the door for a simple training run and I have to consider a multitude of different things and if something has gone screwy during the day to send my blood numbers in the wrong direction then that could scupper the plans of doing a run, either because I have to take insulin to correct things (which then means running is cancelled) or just because I feel like crap and know that running at that point will just make me feel even more like crap. Depending on when I last changed my pump, if the insulin has decided to be more/ less active today than the day before, if I eat an extra something and forgot to take a dose for it, or over estimated what was on the plate infront of me and took too much insulin, or something else in the day causes some extra stress or it's a day of the week with a "y" in it then things can get messed up. It's an unrelenting balancing act that is impossible to get right. The best you can hope for is slightly better than yesterday. Running a marathon is by far the easy bit.
DocMoye Apr 2019 12:20pm, 17 Apr 2019 27,598 posts	0 DocMoye Very interesting Spideog. Back in the day I was a diabetes "expert" and had a marathon running patient. I new a lot about diabetes but much less about running. I now know more about running but insulin pumps and monitoring has changed diabetes management and I hope that is making it much easier for you ( though I respect that it will still be far from easy).
Little Miss Happy Apr 2019 12:30pm, 17 Apr 2019 1,324 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Good on you for getting out and doing it regardless Spideog.
Cog Noscensme AHA Apr 2019 10:17am, 19 Apr 2019 584 posts	0 Cog Noscensme AHA Lovely e-mail from VMLM offering me event photos at a discount. They're so thoughtful!
Thistle. Apr 2019 12:38pm, 21 Apr 2019 3,325 posts	0 Thistle. This time next week
DocMoye Apr 2019 2:44pm, 21 Apr 2019 27,673 posts	0 DocMoye Maybe a little cooler please !
FenlandRunner Apr 2019 3:33pm, 21 Apr 2019 1,638 posts	0 FenlandRunner It's going to be perfect conditions. Don't worry about the weather. Concentrate on what you can control.
DocMoye Apr 2019 3:47pm, 21 Apr 2019 27,675 posts	0 DocMoye You are right Fenners. Is anyone going to the expo on Wednesday?
photoset Apr 2019 3:57pm, 21 Apr 2019 1,544 posts	0 photoset was going to try and get there Wednesday, as that is the day that Mo is going to be there, depends on work though, as I am trying to work it around a site visit in Mayfair, in the morning