# Running a marathon! :D **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports & Exercise\ **Created:** [December 24, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963 "2019-12-24T17:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/62 "2020-01-26T23:00:40Z")
Lots of fun accomplishments! 🤪 I think I’ll be going to bed by 8 tonight. My long run today got me sore and mentally drained. Worth it for a PR on 13.1 and for the farthest distance I’ve gone yet (14)! ---
**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, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/63 "2020-01-28T23:29:32Z")
Workouts are not just physical. They are also mental. And while all workouts are important, some of them are the kind that will stay with you and give you more mental strength than any physical benefit. Remember this day @LarissaW. Remember what you were thinking about it yesterday. Today was worth a hundred easy runs. * * * > Bad to the Bone > by George Thorogood **Me!!** > > On the day she started training > FUD all gathered 'round > And they gazed in wide wonder > At the joy they had found > > Then her coach spoke up > When he hung up the phone > He could tell right away > That she was bad to the bone > > Bad to the bone > Bad to the bone > B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone > B-B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-B-Bad > Bad to the bone > > She’ll run a thousand miles > A thousand more than you > She’ll run a thousand more, baby > Before she is through > > Keep going little lady > You won’t be alone > I’m here to tell ya honey > That you’re bad to the bone > > Bad to the bone > B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-Bad > Bad to the bone > > I know what it’s like > I know how you feel > You finished your reps > 'Cuz you’re the real deal > > Keep going little lady > You won’t be alone > I’m here to tell ya honey > That you’re bad to the bone > > B-B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-B-Bad > Bad to the bone > > [INSTRUMENTAL] > > And when she runs the streets > Kings and Queens step aside > Everyone she passes > They all stay wide-eyed > > Keep going little lady > You won’t be alone > I’m here to tell ya honey > That you’re bad to the bone > > Bad to the bone > B-B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-Bad > B-B-B-Bad > Bad to the bone [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IyhJ69mD7xI/maxresdefault.jpg "George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhJ69mD7xI) ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/64 "2020-01-29T00:35:51Z")
Ah thank you coach! 🙈 you’re too nice sometimes, well most of the time really!! ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/65 "2020-02-02T03:31:38Z")
15 miles ✅ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/66 "2020-02-02T03:58:25Z")
🌟 Great day!! Super easy, right? Awesome work today! 👍 * * * * * * BTW, today was a great day for me too. We had a payment contract for the coaching. And today I got a special package in the mail… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/4/458bad3e010cdeb8694ce675d3d7575349111512.jpeg) This was exciting for me because I was paid today, and that means I am now officially a professional coach! 😀 Payment received and now 1/3 eaten. ## Thanks for the tasty goodness! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/67 "2020-02-02T04:08:08Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Super easy, right? 🙄you saw my RPE! Are you just making fun of me now??? > [@Eric](#): > > I was paid today O I hadn’t intended those as the official payment! Those were just serving as superior stuffing for everything else in the package. Have you tried the cupcakes ? Those are my favorites ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/68 "2020-02-02T04:12:10Z")
> [@LarissaW](#): > > Have you tried the cupcakes ? Those are my favorites Yes, I had one! Was very delicious! > [@LarissaW](#): > > you saw my RPE! Are you just making fun of me now??? Yeah I saw it. It wasn’t really 15. 😀 That’s a solid run all the way around. Money in the bank! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/69 "2020-02-12T16:10:16Z")
Today is a cool milestone, Larissa… Whenever I am running a hard workout, the halfway point is always a good mental mark. I tell myself, “I did it once, just do it one more time.” Or a lot of times I think through the idea that as soon as I take the first step after the halfway mark, I am _more_ than halfway done. If you are going on a long trip, once you get to the half point, it makes no sense to turn back. The destination is now closer than the origin. Today marks halfway on the training calendar! Congrats on what you have done so far! You are now closer to the end than the beginning. Seems like just yesterday when you started, right? * * * * * * * * * > **Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer** > > … … … > > We’ll give it a shot > > Woah, we’re halfway there > Woah, livin’ on a prayer > > Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear > Woah, livin’ on a prayer > > … … … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lDK9QqIzhwk/maxresdefault.jpg "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk) ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/70 "2020-02-12T18:51:44Z")
Ooo. Some crazy stuff. It’s a lot to wrap my mind around. I feel like I did just start yesterday, but then again I feel like I’ve been training for years. Similarly it feels like the race is right around the corner but also like I’ve got a ton of work to do before then. No sense in turning back now! But there’s an intimidating amount of running left to do. And I’ll do it and I trust myself in that, but it may not be pretty getting this next half done Half way there half way there just do it one more time ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/71 "2020-02-15T00:34:55Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/9/98920d153ab8b1904113f6fcd7e57684da8d9ebe.jpeg) Got my preloaded syringes all loaded up and ready to go. Thank you @Eric for the idea of painting the bottoms of them with nail polish to differentiate the amounts. Last time the pen I used had rubbed off but this nail polish won’t 👍 These are in case I’m on a run and my pump fails (knock on wood…) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/72 "2020-02-15T16:36:15Z")
> [@LarissaW](#): > > Got my preloaded syringes all loaded up and ready to go. I like this type of prep! Great job here! I am a big fan of syringes for this. Looks like you are using your diluent/insulin mix at 20%. 👍 I can suggest also adding a 1/2 unit of the normal insulin, so you would also have a 0.5u dose available, if that is an amount you think might be useful to have. It gives you broader coverage. * * * * * * For nostalgia, here is what my setup looked like before I had a pump. With a pump now, I only carry 5 syringes. But before a pump I carried 15, with various amounts from 0.075 to 1.0 units. 😲 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/d/db36e565b60cd4a8560370ad3497a7d0f86cbded.jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/73 "2020-02-15T18:25:15Z")
## OMG!! Larissa had a very special “training run” today! A dress rehearsal for the main event. The tiny little emoji faces won’t do it justice, so I gotta post this one. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/2/2d0258610996afadbaadcfece6600ecaaa870cf7.png) * * * * * * Larissa, you were a beast today! Congrats on what you did! Out_frickin_standing today! Super proud of your day! Can’t wait to see you post your pictures! But before you post them, I got some video of you in your training race, and I am gonna post it first. Here it is! ![ClearcutImpracticalIbis-size_restricted](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/b/bb839d83e98a6302d456248dc4b75a3d255bf714.gif) ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/74 "2020-02-15T19:41:07Z")
Yay, @LarissaW!!! 👍❤👍❤👍 ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/75 "2020-02-16T00:51:10Z")
Aw thank you @Eric and @T1Allison!!! Today was quite the day, and I wish I had enough energy to sound as excited as Eric because I’m actually super happy and proud with how I did with my half marathon (which was a good practice for the marathon)!! Here’s some pictures 🤗 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/a/a6841fcfb2a3c6797a36c133d06e37fb4670089d.jpeg) My mom and I at the start. It was 22 degrees !!! 🥶 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/d/df1c2af0984d9f1458fc057b650e6ecb70533128.jpeg) Me finishing (UNDER 2 HOURS!!!) also you can tell just how small of a race it was. I really enjoyed that it wasn’t super crowded ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/3/301a1fa5c95f7f97e18386e3e7c0c274937b81a1.jpeg) Me with the metal on the way home. Getting under two hours was a huge deal for me. It felt like this big barrier. Breaking two hours today I finished almost 12 minutes faster than my last half marathon in November!!! That’s an increase in pace of \>50sec/mile (did I get that right @Eric??) Later I’ll write up some of the things from this practice. Big takeaway at this very moment is running is definitely mentally tough as well 😅 Very happy with today! As always thank you Eric for your time and help and endless dedication (and waking up before noon on a weekend for a pump up text!) ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/76 "2020-02-16T00:54:51Z")
Gratz on the huge accomplishement! ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/77 "2020-02-16T01:12:36Z")
Under two hours?? That’s amazing!! Love the photos and your big accomplishment smile!! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/78 "2020-02-16T02:07:16Z")
Wow, congratulations, @LarissaW!! Fantastic race and time!!! I bet you were hot by the end of the race at that speed, even if it was below freezing!!🏃‍♀️ 🏅 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/79 "2020-02-17T19:44:52Z")
@LarissaW, how are you feeling today? How are your legs? BTW, enjoy your recovery days! > [@LarissaW](#): > > That’s an increase in pace of \>50sec/mile Yeah, think about the difference between a 10:00 pace and a 9:10 pace. That is a huge difference for 13.1 miles! ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/80 "2020-02-18T00:02:28Z")
Legs are a little stiff, but they’re ok! They were much worse after the Philly half marathon in Nov. I did the Epsom salt bath again tonight. I don’t know if it really does anything for me, but it smells nice 👍 I sure am enjoying my recovery days!! I’d forgotten what sleeping in feels like and it sure is nice 😊 ---
**Author:** ![LarissaW](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/larissaw/32/5754_2.png) [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963/81 "2020-02-25T02:15:00Z")
Everyone!!! I had my long run today (15mi) and didn’t have any lows or highs! Kept my BGs between 85 and 123, which I’m super happy about. I starting running at 1pm and hadn’t eaten in ~18hours so pretty much no crazy IOB which I think made it easier. I also ran my basal at 20% for the first 7.5mi then dropped to 10% for the second 7.5mi. Having been fasted I didn’t need as much basal as normal, and this basal worked as a feeding basal so I was able to take in about 70g throughout the run. It was cool to be able to keep my BGs in a nice range, but it was definitely tougher to run on an empty stomach. Good to know this moving forward 👍 O and how’s this for throwing down crazy miles on a Monday, @Eric 😜 [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/running-a-marathon-d/8963.md?page=5)