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Join me in honouring the memory of AlisonM in the Southampton Half Marathon

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Good luck for tomorrow Alan. I hope the weather is kind to you.
 
Wishing you all the best for tomorrow. Hope the conditions are perfect and you enjoy the event. You've worked so hard and we are all really proud of you for what you're doing 🙂
 
Hope the wind's behind you all the way, good luck.
 
I hope all goes well tomorrow, Alan, and that the weather's not too hot for running. You are doing Alison proud - just checked Just Giving site and I see the donations for Diabetes UK are up to nearly £450 now, and will be well over £500 when gift aid's added 😎
 
Thanks for your good wishes everyone! 🙂 I don't know why, but even 33 years after I ran my first marathon I still get a bit nervous! I will be glad when it's all under way, I don't really like all the hanging about at the start and I don't really like crowds - I'm used to starting my runs on my doorstep and at the crack of dawn when there's hardly anyone around! 🙂

I think the weather will be good. It's been actually quite hot and sunny here this afternoon, but was cooler and overcast this morning. If all goes well then I should be finished round about midday 🙂

Trickiest business has been sorting out the timing and dose of my insulin. The half marathon doesn't start until 10:00 am, so I need to take my insulin later and have my breakfast later. The chief problem there is that if I have my breakfast insulin later then I don't need as much as I do if I have it earlier, so it will be a bit of a guess. I did a 'trial run' this morning and monitored my levels with the Libre - got up at 5 am, but didn't inject until 8 am - you can see what my DP did to me in the graph - levels doubled from the 5.5 on waking up to 10.9 about two hours later 😱 I then monitored for the next 4 hours to see what happened to BGs and it seemed to be OK, so will follow this tomorrow 🙂

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Right, I'm off! I will be thinking of you all and carrying your memories of Ally around with me, and also the memory of my cousin, who will be laid to rest tomorrow.

I will try and post an update as soon as I can, but I don't carry one of those new-fangled phones around with me, so it will have to wait until I get home again! (Frustratingly, I practically run past my house at about 9 miles! 😱) 🙂
 
Good luck. X
 
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Right, I'm off! I will be thinking of you all and carrying your memories of Ally around with me, and also the memory of my cousin, who will be laid to rest tomorrow.

I will try and post an update as soon as I can, but I don't carry one of those new-fangled phones around with me, so it will have to wait until I get home again! (Frustratingly, I practically run past my house at about 9 miles! 😱) 🙂
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Good Luck, thinking of you.
 
Too late, you've probably left, but good luck anyway!
 
Good luck Alan. I'm sure Alison and rolley will be cheering you on ⭐️⭐️
 
Good luck, hope the run goes well hun xx
 
Alan your amazing in all you do the best of luck xxx
 
Sorry I'm late. I hope the run is going well.
 
Hope you are having a great run, am thinking of you and Ally today
 
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