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Ive come last LOADS
and do i get a prize????????
Bah!
well done francy-which will be your next
hm
cardiff(but its two loops)
Abingdon
your feet will be fine in a week
Ive never been given a prize either Hippo
i suppose though it really doesn't matter because you can walk up the steep bits anyway.
i don't suppose either of us is ever going to do a 3 hour marathon so what the hell
no jet lag to the isle of wight either
the prize is good, the best is being hugged by a six foot duck. am trying to change my picture but not being very usccesful can't remember how i did it before
diana
IOW is great
I tried and tried to run but my legs just waren't having it! Walking and 'running' I finally made it to the finish to huge cheers from the other runners, (except from my mates who were 'cheering' abuse! Gits!)
I was strangely satisfied at being the last finisher as I found out quite a few people had dropped out!
Two days after the race I found out why my legs wouldn't run... I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes!! My blood sugar was 28.5! I wasn't producing any insulin to let it enter my muscles, so I was in effect hitting the wall all the way round.
I've had a lovely letter from the race organisers and my mates at the gym have all been great.
I've now got to take it steady and learn how to fuel my running, any ideas?
I haven't any advice I'm sorry but I'll bet on here in the health bit and on the net there will be loads of stuff.
Keep it up!!
As Mike says there are some good threads in health, one entitled Diabetes and running which I found useful at first.
If you are on MDI using fast acting(novorapid) with meals and Lantus or Levimere for your basal its invaluable to learn to adjust your insulin to your carbs, there is a course to do this in Britain but I'm in France and learned how to do it by reading. It is though a much more flexible way to control your blood sugar than using fixed doses and fixed carb levels.
At the moment you may well be honeymooning which means that you may still produce some insulin which will effect the amount of carbs needed and will change over time. Obviously you need to discuss this with your doctors as at the moment they will be concerned to get your BS stable.
(when looking up info on the net much of the world uses mg/dl for BS readings not mml so divide by 18 to make sense of info)
You then have to learn how to adjust your insulin/ carbs to your exercise and everybody is different! Trial and hopefully not too much error.
The most important thing is to test regularly.. before, during and after exercise to find out what happens and what works for you. I take my meter with me and to start with tested every 20 minutes.
I have found that I need to start with a BS of around 120mg/dl(6.6mml) but not too high, most authorities say that it is dangerous to start with a BS of over 250 (13.8mml). I need to take a dextrose tablet about every 25 minutes. I can't exercise within 2 hours of taking rapid insulin as I go very low far too quickly. I have recently found that I can run in the mornings if I eat a small amount of carbs without insulin (though the basals still there) and then to have another small breakfast (with insulin according to BS reading).
After running a longer distance I find I have to reduce the amount of insulin with later meals during the day and don't always get it right having to correct a hypo within 2 hours of eating.
I am lucky in that my basal insulin (lantus) does keep me fairly stable over night but some people have to watch out for hypos during the night after exercise.
I have also discovered that anaerobic exercise sometimes raises blood sugars so that if there us a hill or you sprint at the end your BS on finishing can be higher than you thought.
It is a huge learning curve but not impossible. The plus side is that exercise does help to keep your blood sugars lower which can help avoid future complications.
I hope that this is not too much too early.
Good luck.
Helen
I've finished last three times this year.
First time I was chasing down the number two 3k runner in the whole of the north of england, almost got him as well, but I still ended up in last place, albeit as a junior in a senior race and in just over 5 m/m.
Next time, I finished last but only a few seconds behind the Eastern Counties senior gold medallist in the 1500. He just outkicked me on the last lap. We were running at around 4:30 for the mile pace over the first two laps and finished at about 4:40 pace.
Final time was in a sprint hurdles race which I'd never done before in my life. Finished last in 24.57 WAY behind the others who are all top national standard hurdlers. They all finished in times equivalent to sub 30 10k clockings, my 24.57 is equivalent to a 47 min 10k apparently.
I'm proud to be the last finisher of the Macc Half Marathon!
Some people are scared to race in case they come last - but if you are, it DOESN'T MATTER! The important thing is you are exercising, improving your health, having fun and feeling good. And very often you get huge support as a back marker.
but
i am past caring
i race against myself and no-one else
At the risk of hijacking this into a diabetes thread, I had almost the same experience as you 10 years ago. I'd been a fairly competitive (ie not bad) hill runner for 15 years, but was finding training getting harder and harder to the point I was walking round "easy" 5 milers. I always managed to explain it away - stress, exhaustion, etc - but it wasn't until I ran a hill race and came in last that I was able to accept that something was wrong (I would normally finish in the top 20% or so). Diabetes was duly diagnosed the next day.
I would endorse all that Helen has said, but add the comment that diabetes has made me an even more determined runner than before! The health benefits are now so much more obvious, and I am driven on by the challenge. I've kept up the hill running and have run a few marathons in the last few years too. Fuelling can be an interesting challenge - I find that the goalposts are always moving, and what gave you satisfactory blood sugars last month might not work this month.
On topic again, has no-one considered the psychological trauma of being first? No other runners around, feeling exposed and vulnerable, all those people looking at you, no chance of anonymity...
Needless to say, I was last to finish ( I still have the 'souvenier' results page from the Coventry Evening Telegraph ) and they were starting to clear away the finish area when I arrived.
I got a big cheer though, and it made up for the embarassment of being beaten by 2 blokes dressed as Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men!!
and came in next to last my time was 1.38
i have since taken 12 min off this on the same course, Dorney Lake