Is anyone running a London Marathon this year?

Is anyone running a London Marathon this year?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 25.0%

  • No

    Votes: 3 75.0%
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No and I will not be sponsoring anyone either as to much disappears in costs! I would rather give to a charity direct but am wary as many do not use the money they get efficiently!
 
🙂 good point re donations.

I was only asking as I am running it for the first time and wondered if anyone had any tips on how best to monitor/ manage our sugar levels during the training and on the day itself.
 
No offence meant. I have never run or walked that far. For insulin users it can be quite tricky. The main thing for you is to follow the training program as it is not something you can tough out! Good luck!
 
I always fancied taking on the challenge of a marathon, but it was more something I wanted to do for myself, and it felt a little weird effectively ‘committing’ family and friends to provide the cash for a significant fundraising target.

I put entries in for the ‘drawn out of a hat’ ballot for a few years, but never got picked.
 
MikeyBikey said:
No offence meant. I have never run or walked that far. For insulin users it can be quite tricky. The main thing for you is to follow the training program as it is not something you can tough out! Good luck!
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Thank you! 🙂
 
Hi bharatb welcome to the forum. The two marathon runners have both been mentioned. I am running the London Landmarks Half Marathon for the first time this year. Last Sunday on my long run which was 10 miles for me, my sugars went down to 4 afterwards, and that was with eating a banana before running and a cooked breakfast after that included a slice of toast and a hash brown, which is a lot of carbs for me in a short space of time. Although not a hypo, I had hypo symptoms and when sugars stubbornly refused to move off of 4 I resorted to eating 2 jelly babies to get them back up as I was very sleepy and needed to prepare and cook a roast dinner and a sausage plait.
 
Glad that you enjoyed the write up. I got in via the regular ballot, I was incredibly lucky as it was only my third attempt. I am a very fit type two and I have very few problems regarding nutrition during endurance events so I can't really advise. Regarding charities, it is best to choose a small local charity rather than one of the really big ones. This year I have three triathlons booked so far and the Equinox 24 hour race. If I do a marathon it will probably be York.
 
Chris Hobson said:
Glad that you enjoyed the write up. I got in via the regular ballot, I was incredibly lucky as it was only my third attempt. I am a very fit type two and I have very few problems regarding nutrition during endurance events so I can't really advise. Regarding charities, it is best to choose a small local charity rather than one of the really big ones. This year I have three triathlons booked so far and the Equinox 24 hour race. If I do a marathon it will probably be York.
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That is pretty cool Chris! Good luck and thank you for sharing your tips.
 
bharatb said:
🙂 good point re donations.

I was only asking as I am running it for the first time and wondered if anyone had any tips on how best to monitor/ manage our sugar levels during the training and on the day itself.
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Well done you!
 
I am running it as my first Marathon got my place from our club Ballot, bit concerned about nutrition during my training runs
 
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