Sept 24 outdoor 3 mi @ 6.4
-No basal-iq for a couple of hours
-No zb
-Yogurt at home
-Half mile walk to start
Starting bg: 163
Leaving basal on
Mi 1: 163
Mi 2: 171
*.35 unit bolus
Mi 3: 178
*Walk half
RPE 3. Tried to stick to the pace…and did it for the most part. 
And to me, too! Thank you 
What you, and many others here, are doing is far from just a little extra activity, it’s a lot of purposeful exercise. I’m not surprised it is a bit complicated to answer in a few words - there are a lot of variables that factor into it!
And your answer did/does make complete sense
The difference Nicky sees is easy to illustrate with 3 different types of runs we can look at:
Unless you are doing a full out race, 2 miles does not use much muscle glycogen. Even at a fast pace it might not use a lot, just because it is so short.
10 miles at a slow pace would use part muscle glycogen and part fat metabolism, because you are running slower. But since it is longer, you might ultimately be using a good bit of muscle glycogen, even if you are also burning a lot of fat.
A 6 mile run at tempo pace might use even more muscle glycogen than a slow 10, because you are running at a faster pace, so you are shifting over to more muscle glycogen than fat metabolism.
All of that is to say, the more muscle glycogen you have used, the more your body will need to replenish, and the longer you will see BG drops afterwards.
The muscle glycogen synthesis rate is highest during the first 2 hours after exercise. If your body can adequately replenish everything during that 2 hours, you might not see any BG drops at night. But if you have used a lot more muscle glycogen, it will take more than 2 hours to fully replenish, so you can see the effect for much longer.
Thanks @Eric! I find all of this quite interesting and I appreciate your detailed explanation very much!
Thursday sept 25 indoor 1 mi warm up and 6 sets of 30 sec @ 8.5 with 1:30 jog
No basal-is, zb, or coffee. Was crashing about 40 min before starting so had a muffin. Or two. 
And I think I was supposed to do this yesterday…
Starting bg: 119
*Turning basal-iq on but not suspending
Mi 1: 99
Mi 2.5: 70
*2 glucose tablets and think I will cruise after this
RPE 4
Yeah… I saw that, Eric… just not until it was already Thursday. Calendars are only half the solution. Looking at them is the other half.
Anyway. 
Friday sept 27 outdoor gear check easy 2 mi
Bg of around 140 without basal-iq so having a banana on my way to start
Start bg 135
Ending 122
That’s done.
And went to the podiatrist for my follow up. Told you it wasn’t an infection. I went with a concern over infection… and left with a concern that my toe nails are just that ugly. I didn’t think they were actually… but the doctor actually diagnosed it. He said, “the good news is there’s no infection. The bad news is there’s nothing to fix that ugly.”
Seriously?
Had a happy finish to my race today. Followed the paces to a T, or at least to an S, and it was a world of difference. I felt capable right up until the end rather than feeling like I might not survive another step. I do know this was only 6 miles rather than 13, but I also know I could’ve run out of energy just as easily and made the rest of the race just as miserable. So I get it now. In a good way.
Cool things that happened were:
I was able to not worry about who was
doing what around me. I realized it made no difference to my times, so there was no reason to waste energy on keeping tabs. Because I didn’t care who was doing what, I was also able to realize it didn’t matter who was passing me in the beginning.There ended up being quite a few ladies who I watched buzz out in front of me early only to come back to me towards the end. I didn’t get to enjoy that during the half. At all.
Not coincidentally, I didn’t have a single person pass me in the last 3 miles. I don’t think. Definitely not in the last 2.
I felt stronger as the race went on. Which was just cool.
Instead of begging myself not to slow to a walk as I neared the finish, I actually had a sprint in me. I won’t go so far as to say it was graceful, but I was kind of moving out.
And instead of spending an hour in the medic tent, I walked a mile, listened to some music, grabbed a banana, wrestled with my blood sugar a little, and enjoyed the sun. I really was proud. Even met a lady runner and had a 20 minute laugh.
BG stuff:
Starting bg: 114
Mi 1: 132
Mi 2: 151
.3 bolus
Mi 3: 150
*Huma
Mi 4: 170
.5 bolus and resume basal
Mi 5: 138
Mi 6.2: 185
2 units
Time: 52:52
3rd in my age group
10th overall female
35th overall
And I’m feeling very happy and ready to knock out tomorrow.
Thank you, @Eric, for your patience. 
Congrats Nick! Another podium for you!
Great work with the pacing. This was a really wonderful training race for you. A lot of things connecting for you here on this race. Super stuff today!
Very happy for you. Get through your surgery and recovery and then we will get back on it.
Thank you very, very much. 
Great job today, I hope you do even better tomorrow.
Congratulations! Great run!
I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers that all goes well with the surgery!
Thank you for the endless support. @T1john, @T1Allison, @Tapestry, @Eric… I was just looking at the nice comments and realized I hadn’t said thank you. I’m thanking you guys here, but I’m really thanking everyone. I’ve been doing all of this for years—-running and exercising and struggling with my blood sugar and having surgery, all of it—but I’ve done it without all of this warmth and kindness. So thank you. It’s really nice to know you guys are out there. 
I’m in bed, Eric, and will be for another couple of days. The great news is 1. There were no complications from the surgery (which was huge), 2. It did not end up a laparotomy (also huge), and 3. I got to leave without a catheter (
). I had a great surgeon, and he ran a great procedure. It took him 3.5 hours, and the anesthesia team really dropped the ball on my blood sugar management, but he did an outstanding job on his end. So I’m very happy. Regarding running, I really have no way of knowing what this is going to mean. I have 5 more days until I can use the stairs and no driving for 2 weeks. As soon as I can handle the stairs without pain, I think i’ll try for a little walk, but that’s not even on my mind today. There’s really a lot of pain now, so I haven’t gotten to feeling antsy yet.
My blood sugar is a royal mess, and it has been since Saturday night. And I mean a royal mess. It’s been days and days of highs, and I’ve really limited carbs and have been doing injections and temp basals as high as 200%… and still bouncing up to 350 again as soon as I look away. I’m not trying to dwell on it, but I also do hate these kinds of numbers knowing I need to heal. I have a lot of experience with surgery and highs in my past, and infection is almost always the end result. So. I’m working on that. And I think that’s about it. I am looking forward to getting back to running but am nowhere near actually considering it. So I’m turning on Mindhunters. And not having ice cream.
Hang in there, in good time all things will work out. Of course don’t try and push, be patient. I hade to fight both high and lows but it did get back to … normal. If your in need let me/someone anyone know. There are alot of friends ready and willing to help, listen whatever.
I wish you a great recovery and looking forward to reading about your progress and then your next run!
Bev
Thank you, @Bev! Feeling better already. 
Congratulations, @Nickyghaleb, on a fabulous race!!! Well done!!! So happy for what you are achieving!
Thank you, @Trying. 
I even made a new friend, who beat me by the way, but she might even be a new running buddy. If I didn’t scare her off… which I really may have done.
Oct 8 or 9th Wednesday
Accountability post…
So I can try to keep on the straight and narrow, or, rather, so I can get back on it.
Outside jalk (jog-walk) 4.5 mi
Jogged 2/wogged (walk-jogged) 2.5
Cut basal before leaving house and had yogurt
Starting bg 107
Mi 2 98
Mi 3.5 67
*transcend
*resume basal
4.5 mi 79
Walked very short walks for a couple of days, wogged yesterday and jogged and jalked today. Most of jalking took place at a crogging, crawl-jog, pace, which is just a hair faster than moving backwards. Yesterday I had to hold my belly on. Today was better.
Onward.
