I saw a post from you on another thread.
Sleep! 
Don’t know where my running post went, but I wrote it… and think maybe left it somewhere in a random room.
July 29
Outdoor beach 6.5 miles
58 min
-Woke up and Coffee— no insulin. Headed right out the door and tried to ride the rise.
-No ZB
-Cut basal at start
Starting bg: 205
Mi 1: 163
Mi 2: 111
*Huma
Mi 3: 95
Mi 4: 85
Mo 5: 89
Mi 6: 70
Mi 6.5 finish
Chill RPE
Everything felt great 
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On the sand? Awesome!
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Hell no, not on the sand. My body can’t take that. Close enough though. I could see the water and stuff.
Speaking of body not being able to take it, I went for a beach walk yesterday evening, and everything is sore today. Knees, hips, thighs. 
Anyway, I got up very early and headed out for my run this morning, but between sore muscles from sand walking, the Gabapentin, and then a little hypoglycemia, my legs felt like anchors. It was a tough run today, but I did get it done, and I did enjoy it.
40 min ZB
Starting BG: 144
Mi 1: 90
Mi 2: 57
*Huma
Mi 3: 44
*Huma
Mi 4: 70
Mi 5: 103
Mi 6: 128
*Resume basal
*.4 unit
Mi 6.5: finish
RPE a mess because of lows. Did what I thought was an IM at around 5:15 am for my coffee and walked to the beach with my mom and cousin to see the sunrise. Was at 144 as I was heading out the door, so I thought my morning insulin must’ve kicked in. After that crash though, which felt pretty crappy, I’d be willing to bet it didn’t hit muscle. Anyway, it was tough but I hit it done.
Can’t keep eyes open. Nap time.
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You have a rest day on Wednesday!
And Thursday should be fun. But focus on good BG for that one. Having good BG will make it a lot more fun! 
Adjust your Friday/Saturday runs for your travel schedule. Take it easy on those!
Good stuff. Hope you are enjoying your beach fun and your vacation! Nap, and then go play.
And have a phun beach drink for me!!
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8/1 outdoor 5 mi (or that was the plan on paper)
1.5 mi warm up and cool down
2 sets: 5 min @ 7:30 min/mi + 3 min recovery
No coffee, no ZB
Had banana just before starting
Cut basal at start
Starting BG: 146
Mi 1: 115
Mi 2: 120
Mi 3: 161
Mi 4: 117
Mi 4.3: stop run
resume basal
Cut off run early. Way too hot with fast heart rate (195 on Apple— which is no good)
And walk a mile
To the pool. 
Mi 5.2: 106
So that didn’t go as planned, but I’m still happy to have gotten what I did. I should’ve run this morning but thought it would be okay to try this evening. It wasn’t. Now I know.
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The temperature makes a huge difference. It’s a really big factor!
But…
It looks like you got through almost the whole thing anyway, right?!?
As written (1.5 warm up, 2 x 5:00 @ 8mph, 3:00 jog, 1.5 cool down), getting to 4.3 means you got all but about 0.6 miles of the final cool down. So that’s great!
So that’s extra awesome that you were able to do that despite the heat.
You are a super star!
I suspect a meter error here though. 
That 161 looks suspicious, sandwiched between the 120 and the 117. What do you think?!?!? 
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@Nickyghaleb I say with the heat you did wonderful! Just being out in the heat is more than most can stand, let alone run, for four plus miles! Great job! 
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Mas o menos, yes.
So here’s what happened… I did my warm up in 8:30… have no idea how or why. Then started the first set at like a 6:45… maybe only for a minute or so, but it was all too fast… so I tried making myself slow down, but I was having a very hard time getting a gauge of my pace. I maintained a 7:30 for the remainder of that set, but I was pretty busted up by the recovery. I had found a straightaway that was half mile, so I had planned just using that for the two sets, but there was NO BREEZE at all in there, so it was like an oven. The temperature for the area, according to my weather app on my phone, was 80 degrees, but it really wasn’t. My people had just come back from putt putt where they’d said it was so hot they couldn’t continue… and I had just called them a bunch of wimps as I headed out for my run. 
Anyway, I did the warm up too fast, the first set too fast, then I made it through the recovery. The recovery was at like 8:45–which I didn’t want. I really wanted it to be slower, but I just couldn’t get it. Then when I started the second set, I hit about a 6:45 again, probably for a minute or so, kept trying to slow myself down, then I was finally at 7:30… and dying… 8… and dying… 8:30… dying… looked at my watch and was only 3:20 seconds in. Done. Overheating. Near death and very sad. I checked my heart rate and it was a 195 so I walked. You know this is not my style, but I was having flashbacks of the race… and the heat exhaustion?? The medics… and I just said it wasn’t worth it. Felt like I was being baked. So I walked a minute and tried to pick up my feet again, but I couldn’t. Then right as I had maybe 10 seconds left, I turned up the next street, and there was a breeze. That’s all it took, and I was back running again. I went up that hill, considering redoing the whole set, and was reinvigorated. I figured I had found my street with the breeze… maybe it was just more open than where I had been? Ran to the end, turned around ready to try again, and ran right back into the still heat. No more breeze. And I was just over it. So I didn’t even bother. I turned and drudged back up the main road again, my head completely overheated, and did whatever I could of the cool down.
What was your question again?
I’m not disappointed. I have no business running hard in that kind of heat. So tomorrow I’ll get up and get out again before it gets like that.
That’s the longer version plus bonus explanation and future goal.
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@Tapestry, thank you for the warm thoughts (no pun intended) and gentle and sweet encouragement. It was unexpected. 
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That was your question… yes, I do think it was suspicious. I started to think maybe a spike with the heat and the exertion, but then it was back to a 117… so likely just a little banana residue. 
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The 6:45’s you were hitting… That’s pretty badass! But we gotta get you tuned-in to your paces a bit.
Remember the drill I told you about long ago, where your mom would adjust your treadmill speed and you would try to guess the pace? Let’s revisit that sometime when you are back. I’d like you to be able to know the pace by feel.
And if you ever get your iFit account setup, I could program your treadmill workout for you, so you could try to do it that way, without your mom adjusting it.
Let’s talk through that sometime.
Seems that way!
Anyway, nice work today. Hard effort!
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YES, I hate it when they don’t include HEAT INDEX!!! Could be 80 + 20 = 100!!! Great job getting any run done in that heat, much less at your super fast speeds!!! 
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Here is next week. Stick with the plan, do not add “bonus” miles!
Most of the week is pretty easy. That’s on purpose, because Thursday is going to stretch you a bit.
But if you are rested and have good BG for Thursday you will love it! I promise you that.
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So I’ll stick to the schedule starting first thing tomorrow morning. Since you didn’t specify this week, I skipped Friday and ran Saturday’s run just now. I figured you wouldn’t mind. 
Seriously—just trust me that I had to. Back on track tomorrow.
Oh! And thank you very much for the new schedule. I look forward kind of to Thursday.
8/4 Sunday
-Took a break Friday and Saturday so running today to make up one run
-Had coffee and coffee spike
-.3 units of insulin and walking half mile to try to bring down my 223.
-Blah.
7.4 miles at 6.4 speed on treadmill
Starting BG: 252
*.3 unit pump bolus
*Leaving basal on
Mi 1: 225
*Cutting basal
Mi 2: 214
*.2 bolus
*Resume basal
*Mi 3: 176
*Cut basal
Mi 4: 142
*Huma
Mi 5: 114
Mi 6: 104
Mi 7: 99
Mi 7.4 70 min
*Resume basal
Mi 8: 104
RPE 5.5-6 (switched up pace)
Doing a1c now 
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I am noticing a troubling trend with the coffee…
Do you remember our deal last year? You can drink as much coffee as you want. All day long, anytime, day or night. I said you can do whatever you want with the coffee…EXCEPT for the 2 hours prior to your run, and during your run.
So I give you 21 hours with coffee, and you give me 3 hours without.
That seems like a really good deal for you. Perhaps you would want to take me up on it? 
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Me, too.
And a troubling trend with the blood sugar.
I’m working on it??
It’s just that you get the good 3 hours.
It took me a lot of mental work to get myself where I was with the coffee. I’ve slid back to where not only do I want it for my run but where I believe I need it. It was a big relapse. And I am working on it. Just not sure what it is that I’m working on.
The problem isn’t the coffee. The problem is the 200+ it makes you start with.
Why do you think you need it? Are you sleepy? Or do you think you can’t complete the run without it?
You don’t need the stimulant before you start. Your heart will ramp up on its own. It might help you in the later stages of a long race. But not for a short 5-10 mile workout. It is not needed. And it’s jacking you up a good bit.
Starting over 200 is not the way to go. It makes the run much harder. Doing that totally screws up your body’s ability to metabolize anything but muscle glycogen. You are reducing the fuel options your body has.
When it does that to you, there is nothing in coffee that is worth it before a run.
Trust-fall with me on it, okay?
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Where’s all the running this week?
Read what I said in my post above, and in my email.
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