Good luck Mike/everydayupsanddowns!

[Northerner]

I'm sure you'd all like to join me in wishing Mike every success in the Bath Half Marathon today, raising money for Diabetes UK. Good luck Mike, hope you enjoy the run and that your blood sugars behave! 🙂

Sorry I'm not there to run with you

 

[MeganN]

Good luck mike!!

 

[Dory]

GOOD LUCK MIKE!!
let us know how you get on - both with times and readings!!

 

[AJLang]

Good luck Mike🙂

 

[LeeLee]

Good luck Mike, so glad the weather is being kind today.

 

[Steff]

Mike all the best mucker good luck

 

[ch1ps]

Good luck Mike 🙂

 

[Vix]

Good luck Mike!! xx

 

[Austellian]

Best of luck Mike!

 

[happydog]

Hope it all goes well Mike. Enjoy yourself and have fun 🙂

 

[lucy123]

Hope it went well Mike and you aren't too sore today!🙂

 

[AlisonM]

Hope you enjoyed the run Mike.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Best of luck Mike 🙂

 

[Northerner]

I see that Mike has finished in a very good time, but will leave him to tell us all about it when he is recovered! 🙂 Congratulations Mike!

 

[trophywench]

Oh - brill !

 

[Newtothis]

Well done...🙂

 

[gail2]

well done ...

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Thanks everyone! Never expected to see a thread like this!

I was very happy to have been able to take part (a bit of a New Year rush of blood to the head, and my first distance run of any kind). I was lucky to have Northerner as a training 'guru' and he answered all my questions about the day itself having run at Bath before.

I was able to finish the 21km (13ish miles) in 1hr 45 mins, which is just about as fast as I ever thought I'd be able to do it. It was blooming cold standing around before the start though!

I think the D fairy must have been having a day off, as my levels were bewilderingly good. The race started at 11am, but even so I reduced my breakfast dose to 90% of normal. Thanks to the pump I was able to set a TBR which took my basal down to 10% an hour before the start and throughout the run. My levels today so far:

3.00am - 7.3
8.00am - 7.5 Breakfast
9.30am - 7.9 waiting to start
1.00pm - 7.0 Finish! I downed a 60g CHO bottle of lucozade on the way round
2.51pm - 6.8 Lunch

To say I'm pleased with those is an understatement! Maybe I should run a half marathon every day?

 

[LeeLee]

Well done on your remarkable achievements today!

 

[Northerner]

Excellent levels Mike! When's the next one? 😉