Carlsbad Marathon

With the lack of posts here since Ironman you may think I have retired. However nice retiring to a nice bungalow on an exotic island off Mexico may sound, reality is far from that case. Instead I have chosen to keep racing.

Glucomotive, a part of Insulindependence that promotes running for the Diabetic world, is an official charity for the Carlsbad Marathon held near Sunny San Diego on Jan 24, 2010 and was my first race of the year. Diabetics from all over the country pored in. There was Kerry, the runner who as a young man went blind and has been diabetic since they had to mix up pee to get a highly inaccurate blood glucose count, to Ryan, the 11 year-old who was running his first half marathon. Quite a feat for any kid his age! There were so many stories at the pre-race dinner Saturday night that I was in awe.

I was hardly trained for a Marathon, but figured I still had some decent fitness so I should at the very least be able to compete. With that in mind we all headed out to the start line early Sunday morning decked out in fresh new Glucomotivetech shirts. The gun went off! My GF was doing her first marathon so with her we moseyed along wiith the 4:15 pace group for about half the Marathon. Since we both had plenty in the tank we picked up the pace. With a few miles to go she started to show she still had even more in the tank and picked it up to a fast pace reaching 7:30/mile. I wasn't able to hang on and finished at 4:08 - a minute after her.

It was a great race. Of course San Diego is beautiful, and we got to run a stretch down the PCH with a great view of the beach. I saw literally dozens of Glucomotive shirts out there and hi-fived as many as I could find. I even caught the 11 year-old Ryan (who happens to be sponsored by Newton Running) as I approached the finish line.

Overall an experience never to be forgotten. And I kept my blood sugars under great control as well.

Coming up I have some sad news regarding the first Triabetes Triabuddy that I would like to express my feelings about. And in another post I will review yesterday's Lost Dutchman half marathon.