# DN’s Running and Other Mishaps Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports & Exercise\ **Created:** [July 5, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398 "2018-07-05T23:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/891 "2019-01-27T22:41:46Z")
@Michel, I have been looking for that cortisol spike that Eric tells me of, and I have no reason to doubt it’s coming, but I just don’t know if I’ve seen it yet. If I have, it hasn’t been clear. I have a few ideas why maybe it hasn’t been apparent yet though. The first is that I’m still really trying to get going with a very stable blood sugar, and I really haven’t mastered that part. As long as I’m rising and falling, it would be very difficult to know why, or what my BG would’ve looked like starting from a flat line. Don’t know if that makes sense. My other thought is that I’ve had a very high heart rate with exercise since I can remember and only a couple of years ago still frequented the 200-215 range. Even though I know I’m working hard with these runs, maybe I haven’t reached that zone yet… You asked a question to which I do not know the answer, but it’s stuff I’ve been thinking about. That’ll teach you to ask questions. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/892 "2019-01-27T22:57:23Z")
Speaking of @Eric… I just realized I’ve got no runs for this week… Are you there, Eric? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/893 "2019-01-27T23:24:23Z")
Yes, I’ll post it for you. Before it’s running time. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/894 "2019-01-27T23:34:47Z")
It would be much appreciated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/895 "2019-01-28T03:57:43Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Before it’s running time. And it’s running time in about 10 hours… maybe 8 if I go to bed early. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/896 "2019-01-28T04:44:10Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > if I go to bed early. 🤔 Is that a new thing? Here is week 10… Week 10: ++++++++++++++++++++++++ **Monday, 1/28** Recovery Run 30 minutes @ 9:00-10:00 pace * * * **Tuesday, 1/29** Incline Work 1/2 mile warmup @ 9:00-10:00 pace 4 Repeats: - 5 minutes @ 8:34 pace (7.0 mph) @ 5 degrees incline - 5 minutes @ 10:00 pace (6.0 mph) (recovery, flat) Total today ~ 4.8 miles * * * **Wednesday, 1/30** Rest day, stretch and core only * * * **Thursday, 1/31** Speed pace intervals 1/2 mile warmup @ 9:00-10:00 pace 4 Repeats: - 3 minutes @ 8:00 pace (7.5 mph) - 3 minutes @ 7:30 pace (8.0 mph) - 3 minutes @ 7:13 pace (8.3 mph) - recovery, 3 minutes @ 10:00 pace (6.0 mph) Total today ~ 6.46 miles * * * **Friday, 2/1** 25 minute Recovery Run 10:00 pace * * * **Saturday, 2/2** 60 minute Progressive Pace Long Run - 20 minutes @ 9:13 pace (6.5 mph) - 20 minutes @ 8:34 pace (7.0 mph) - 20 minutes @ 8:13 pace (7.3 mph) (total ~ 6.9 miles) * * * **Sunday, 2/3** Rest day, stretch and core only ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/897 "2019-01-28T22:10:32Z")
I was a little messy with my BG today, but I was in casual mode again— which is not my best mode. I had pancakes for lunch and accidentally used the regular syrup rather than mine, so I had to add a bunch of insulin. I was going to have to do insulin anyway for the pancakes, but that sugary stuff… 🤦‍♀️ Anyway when I headed out the door, my BG was a 131 but by the time I was to the Main Street (1/2 mile), I was a 98. I had my first 23 grams and started my run. I wore my meter bracelet today for the first time outside, and that was a lot of fun. I brought along a couple of the lancets and left my lancing device at home, and that was fun, too. That was kind of a lot of work getting stuff out and aiming and not dropping things, and it wasn’t easy. But I was already getting a little routine down by the time I was done. Anyway I went from 98 to 77 in the first mile, so I had another 23g. I was a 77 a mile later, so I did nothing, but when I was at 54 a mile later, I had another 23. I KNOW that was a lot of carbs, but I was fairly confident I needed them. I started off the run with that fast drop from 131 to 98 and then to 77 and then fell again to 54. I had had a lot of IOB to start with and no ZB. Anyway, casual mode. That’s what happens. I ended up doing about 4 miles and was in the mood to make it a long run. Everything went well, all was quiet, and my RPE was probably 4. And I saw a whole bunch of empty GU packets along the trail… which I assumed meant I wasn’t the first of our kind to pass through today… unless normal people use GU??? There were a lot of empty ketchup packets with them. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/898 "2019-01-28T22:42:59Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I brought along a couple of the lancets and left my lancing device at home, and that was fun, too. That was kind of a lot of work getting stuff out and aiming and not dropping things, and it wasn’t easy. But I was already getting a little routine down by the time I was done. Try a SPIbelt for your lancing device. That would probably be easier, a little more to hold on to than a lancet. I carry an individual lancet also, but I have it attached with a string so I don’t drop it. I am also working on another way. I will share that after I get it working. > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > Anyway, casual mode. It’s good to do these sometimes. It’s great to just go without any stress about it. You can do that on an easy run like today’s. You ran 4 miles, didn’t overly worry about your BG stuff, and then acted like it was nothing. Which is something. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/899 "2019-01-28T23:36:10Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > I carry an individual lancet also, but I have it attached with a string so I don’t drop it. On a string?? You must employ elves at your workshop… _How_ would you get that thing on a string??? Unless there’s glue involved?? I loved the lancet. I would like to try to stick with that if possible. A SPIbelt, however, wouldn’t be a wasted purchase. Had some difficulty there today with my Dollar Store _TRYbelt_. 😁 Like near wardrobe malfunction… I’ll put it on my ever-growing list of things I feel bad I haven’t done yet. I’m sticking a meter to my treadmill, by the way. That’s next week’s project. > [@Eric](#): > > You ran 4 miles, didn’t overly worry about your BG stuff, and then acted like it was nothing. Which is something. Exactly how it felt. ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/900 "2019-01-29T00:25:52Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I’m sticking a meter to my treadmill, by the way. That’s next week’s project. Do you have any extra cases for your meters? If so, remove the plastic meter holder from a case with a stitch remover, and attach it to a piece of magnetic tape: [https://www.amazon.com/Roll-N-Cut-Flexible-Magnetic-Tape-Refill/dp/B005HYDC68/ref=sr\_1\_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1548721355&sr=8-7&keywords=magnetic+tape+roll](https://www.amazon.com/Roll-N-Cut-Flexible-Magnetic-Tape-Refill/dp/B005HYDC68/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1548721355&sr=8-7&keywords=magnetic+tape+roll) There are a few metal places on your treadmill to which you can attach it. That’s just one way to do it. There are a bunch of ways. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/901 "2019-01-29T00:39:08Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Do you have any extra cases for your meters I do. > [@Eric](#): > > If so, remove the plastic meter holder from a case with a stitch remover Yes, I was admiring your handiwork today. I’m not sure that’s how mine’s ending up. 😁 Okay, but this is a lot better than my plan which was … to glue magnets to everything and put test strips in a little floss container. I didn’t really have a plan yet. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/902 "2019-01-29T00:43:09Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > You must employ elves at your workshop… No, I am the only one in the shop. But I am part elf. > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > put test strips in a little floss container. I can send you another strip holder if you would like. That would be better. Possibly the best thing would be to let you spill strips for a few weeks, and _then_ send you the strip holder. That way the magic of the strip holder will really become apparent. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/903 "2019-01-29T00:53:49Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > No, I am the only one in the shop. But I am part elf. And are you for hire? Because I could use a good elf. 😁 > [@Eric](#): > > I can send you another strip holder if you would like. That would be better. I wanted to ask you what exactly that _was_ — and what you did to it. That’s precision, and I highly doubt you bought it that way. > [@Eric](#): > > Possibly the best thing would be to let you spill strips for a few weeks, and _then_ send you the strip holder. Okay, that’s just funny. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/904 "2019-01-29T00:57:42Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I wanted to ask you what exactly that _was_ — and what you did to it. That’s precision, and I highly doubt you bought it that way. Bought it? 🙄 I **made** it. I was just kidding about you spilling them. I can make you another one and send it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/905 "2019-01-29T01:07:46Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Bought it? 🙄 > > I **made** it. I knew this. Trust me. 😁 Those slits are _perfectly_ uniform. Unless you had some kind of machine… _How_?? ---
**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/906 "2019-01-29T01:45:49Z")
@Nickyghaleb wow, those are great numbers, and you had pancakes with syrup beforehand :)🤩 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/907 "2019-01-29T02:16:55Z")
> [@Trying](#): > > those are great numbers, and you had pancakes with syrup beforehand :)🤩 5 pancakes. It was a lot of insulin. 😁 I’ll just have you know that you’ve changed my running thoughts forever. My markers are now percentages of your runs… so instead of thinking _2 miles_ I just think _13%_. And then I’m sad. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/908 "2019-01-29T02:22:24Z")
Yum, 5 pancakes, something I’m afraid to touch! Oh, no, I know your joking but I’m only just trying to apply what you’ve already gone through! I know YDMV but it’s still nice to see what is possible! For sure, I would bet be able to eat pancakes then get numbers like yours! ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/909 "2019-01-29T11:44:22Z")
> [@Trying](#): > > YDMV And now you’re just rubbing it in. 😁 The pancakes are new. Never would I have messed with them on a regular old Monday unless I had plans to just sabotage the day. We don’t all aspire to have pancakes, and that’s probably a very good thing, but boy have I enjoyed learning how to get them if the mood should strike. Putting in work around here. This is serious business. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Trying](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/trying/32/4078_2.png) [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398/910 "2019-01-29T15:00:27Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > plans to just sabotage the day That’s me! Sometimes (as in pancakes 🥞 !) it is worth it for a day! Yep, then afterwards back to serious business! 🎡 [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398.md?page=44) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dn-s-running-and-other-mishaps-thread/4398.md?page=46)