I like all your gear! 
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ALMOST A HEATSTROKE DAY:
OMG! It was pushing 100 degrees out as early as 10am this morning with a Heat Advisory (to stay indoors). Talk about HOT!!!
At least once I left the house, all the anxiety I had built up dissipated, and I was able to really enjoy my run. Now Iâve got to say that its awful nice to be able to run with a partner, but I prefer my solitary runs much more. Its closer to the experience of swimming for me. I donât have to make conversation, I can run as far or as little as I want; generally speaking, I feel a freedom when I am alone that I donât feel when I am with my husband. I hope that doesnât sound ungrateful of me, bc I do love him to death (27 years of a happy marriage, I mean, come-on !)
here are todayâs stats:
8:30 BG 92
9:30 BG 112 (starting to feel anxious) turned my basal down to 85%
10am BG 121 out the door
10:45 BG 112 took 1/2 a Gtab (2gms)
11:15 BG 93. took 1/2 Gtab
11:45 BG 78. took 1/2 Gtab and turned my basal up to 95%
12:30 BG 85 Finished, drank 48oz water and bolused 4 units for refuel
I was surprised that my numbers were as high as they were today bc it was my second consecutive day in a row. Perhaps the heat was to blame. I was really struggling and drinking so much water along the way. But the heat was truly oppressive. I was grateful that I had left the AC on in my home for my return! 
(smart move!)
Wont be running tomorrow; I am seeing my endo next week and I need to get to Quest Diagnostics to have lab work done. I am dying to know my latest A1c !!!
signing out,
DM
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Wow, fantastic run and BGs! Looks like you are D free while running!
I love the purple color of your new Hoka One One shoes, too!
Good luck at your end appt this week!
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Kind of a parallel - today I had a low and I ate a little stuff and sat down to try and recover enough to where I could test my BG. My wife started talking about a tree we needed to take out.
I told her to please not bug me with stuff like that when I was low. Canât do anything about it now! Donât even want to know about it!
After about 10 minutes, I got up and tested and I was 39. And I thought, âOkay, NOW I am ready to take the tree out!â 
Itâs kind of like how you donât want to hear about work on a Friday evening. Leave my low alone!
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So funny!! But yep, I guess we all experience this! But boy, that was some low today, if you were 39 after 10 minutes!
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Daisy Mae and I chatted a little bit about heat acclimation. Acclimation is the process in which your body makes numerous adjustments over time to changes in the environment.
Here are some of the changes your body makes over time to adjust to the heat:
- decreased core temperature (at both rest and during exercise)
- increased sweat rate
- increased blood flow to the skinâs surface
- increased thirst
- reduced electrolyte loss
- increase in total body water (you might gain water weight, which is nothing to stress about!)
- increase in your total blood plasma volume
- improved cardiac efficiency (lower heart rate, improved pumping volume)
- lower metabolism (might mean lower basal requirements!)
The key to helping your body make these changes is daily heat exposure. If you keep running in the heat, you will become better acclimated. There are some things you will do to help with this:
- First of all, DAILY exposure is helpful. Even if it is for only a short time.
- Drink plenty of water (which you are doing). Try the salt tabs I told you about if your stomach gets sloshy.
- Understand your runs will be harder in the heat than they are when it is cool. That is fine. Just make them shorter and/or at an easier pace.
- Even if it is only 30 minutes, that is better than nothing!
- The process takes several weeks. Even after you acclimate, runs in the hot weather will always be harder than they are in the cool weather. But what you want to do is elevate your fitness to be able to handle it in the hot weather. Once it cools off, you will be amazed at how much faster you have become!
- Skipping days because it is too hot will cause you to somewhat lose your acclimation (not all of it, but a little bit). Just like how skipping runs causes you to lose fitness. Be tough, get out there.
I want you to start considering - at some point - once racing returns to the landscape, to think about competing in a race. You could own your bracket! All the people who are hanging out with the air conditioning, not maintaining, not elevating - youâd crush them. Youâd be a beast. Consider it.
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Thanks, @Eric, for sharing this with us. Great observations, things Iâve observed myself, but could not actually describe in words nor enumerate!! And great advice to stick with the daily exercise despite the fear weather forecasts sometimes instill in the public⌠ie., Warning: Heat advisory!!
@daisymae, I hope you had a great run today. At least today the heat has subsided, now, get ready for the week of rain!!! 
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I told DM the last time I ran in the rain how awesome it was. I was the only one in the park. It was like the park belonged to me.
People are so afraid of rain!
I think if you have a chance to run in the rain, you should! You would probably be the only one out there. You wouldnât need to wear your mask.
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Ha, you convinced me! I tend to hide out during a rain storm but given our forecast of a week of rain, I think I will follow your advice!
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My issue with rain is this: how do I keep my D supplies dry? How can I test my BGs when my meter and my strips are wet? I know, Eric, that you always run in the rain; but I also know that you âwingâ it and donât worry about crashing. I have absolutely no hypoawareness whatsoever. I wouldnât have a clue as to when I would need to take my Gtabs or not.
I also wanted to mention that due to the extreme heat and the advisories (day after day) I have stayed indoors and chosen not to run.
I have found myself very depressed, had troubles managing my BGs (which were terribly erratic despite increasing my basal to accommodate my sloth), and, I have been missing my swimming terribly. With swimming, I was never concerned or dictated by the weather. I was swimming indoors for goodness sake. This running thing has gotten me so confused, so at a loss, and so damn angry bc I have been dying from the summer heat. I know that Fall is just around the corner, and I am very much looking forward to it as far as the weather is concerned, but yet, right after the season is over, winter will come, and that will be an entirely new set of circumstances. OY VAY. 
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Yes, that is an issue for me, too. I mentioned before that I carry empty doggie bags for sudden inclamate weather in my waist bag. I donât usually remove any of my devices or supplies during a run other than the carbs. If I need to I would run under some trees. You could probably do the same but run under some awnings or other protected area??
Donât be depressed, DM!! We are fortunate to have tge opportunity and ability to run! Youâll figure all of this out. You are smart and persistent! Enjoy todayâs fabulous weather !!!
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Thank you! Iâm only going out for a 1/2 hour run today (Ericâs suggestion for me to acclimate to the heatâŚlittle bits at a time). To me it doesnât seem like much of a workout, but I tend to follow his advise, as you well know!
hope you enjoy your run today!!! I know it will be MUCH longer than mine. But, as Eric has told me, a â1/2 hour is better than nothing.â
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2 HOURS, I COULDNT RESIST:
OK, so the original plan was to run for 1/2 an hour. But it was beautiful outside, and I was well rested. How on earth could I not take advantage of that??? Of course I couldnât resist. And somehow less than 2 hours doesnât feel like much of an exercise experience. Maybe if I were a fast runner doing a short race, things would be different, but thats not the case, and I really need to work up a good sweat while I am out there. Mission Accomplished.
here are todays stats:
8:20am BG 76
9:30 BG 83 turned down basal to 90% (would have turned it down lower, but Iâve been on 105% TB for the past couple of days since Iâve not been exercising.)
10am BG 99 took 1 Gtab and left the house
10:20 BG 96 took 1 Gtab
10:45 BG 86 took 1.5 Gtabs
11:15 BG 87 took 1/2 Gtab and raised basal up to 95%
11:30 BG 77 took 1/2 Gtab
12pm BG 66 took 1/2 Gtab drank 24oz water
12:15 BG 75 bolused 4 units for 32gms refuel (2 Boost Shakes)
tomorrow there is an 80% chance of rain. So I will have to see what it looks like outside before I head out of the house. But I plan to be up, fully dressed for a run and ready to dash out the door if I can.
weâll see how the afternoon and evening go. hopefully no spiking or crashing. I have no cumulative running days, so today I might stay flat. I am crossing my fingers 
signing out,
DM
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youâre too kind 
(but it was pretty damn good, huh? 
)
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Stellar! ! 
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I just thought it might be worth mentioning, bc I didnât have that pre-run morning spike today: I did 3 things differently:
- No peanut butter with my breakfast
- No pre-run jitters bc I didnât think a 1/2 hour run would b a challenge
- No Diet Pepsi (caffeine which can cause cortisol elevations)
That last one probably made the biggest difference, so I will now repeat the Diet Pepsi experiment and see if there is a correlation for me. You never know!
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MAKING THE MOST OF A TERRIBLE MORNING; A PUMP FAILURE:
so my overnight wasnât so miserable, but I kept doing corrections and seeing no results. I even increased my basal, and that didnât help. Finally, at breakfast time, my BG had risen to 152. I did a long pre-bolus and gave myself 1/2 unit IM. and then I waited for my BG to come down into TR. This took almost 45 minutes. I had come down to 100, and then I ate a light meal.
but at 8:30, my BG had started to rise again. 121. So, I changed out my entire pump. I also did a mini bolus of .2Units. (not wanting much IOB for my run)
here are todays stats:
9:30 BG 146 turned TB off and left basal at 100%
10am BG 155 turned basal down to 95% and dashed out the door
10:30 BG 142
11am BG 118
11:15 BG 102
11:30 BG 88
11:45 BG 77
12pm, BG 64 finished. took 1 Gtab
12:15 bolused 4 units for refuel (still on 95% TB)
God only knows how the remainder of my day will play out with all these crazy BGs. I truly donât know what to expect. The one thing that thrilled me was coming home with a nice soft in-target landing. So for that I am grateful.
Also, when we left this morning, it was raining. I brought a plastic ziplock bag with me for my meter, test strips, and lancet. Smart move. (I think that this would make Eric really proud!)
and just as a PS, I got my A1c back from the endo: 5% !!!
signing out,
DM
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Although the photo is quite small, notice the washcloth hanging from my Spibelt. Eric suggested I use this to wipe the sweat off my finger tips so that I could get an accurate finger stick blood drop for testing during my run. Itâs covered in blood stains, but it does the job ( and yes, I do wash it regularly).
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Look at this 
nice gentle landing!
Super awesome! That is really great!
I am always impressed with what you do!
Those are not blood stains, it is our war paint. 
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