A rest week...woohoo!! Well it was supposed to be an easy rest week, but I still had some issues this week. The issues were primarily with my blood sugars, however I think I might need to increase my caloric intake a little bit.

Tuesday's run was very good. I took it very easy and gave a little kick at the end to get the muscles going a bit. Wednesday and Thursday I felt a little drained in the middle of the run, and I was pacing pretty slow so that wasn't the problem. My guess is either my blood sugar was dropping, or my energy was lacking. I think I am going to add another 100 calories of carbohydrate a day to my eating plan and see if that helps. My training is picking up a little too so I might need to add some more calories on top of the current bump.

On Sunday my blood sugar was all over the place but I actually managed it well and had a good run. This has been happening the last few Sundays. When I got up at 6a for my prerun snack my glucose was 309!! Yet when I got up an hour later, after eating no less, my glucose was already down to 176 and I still had a lot of insulin in my system. I quickly adjusted my basal insulin, but right before the run my glucose was down to 85 with 2.5 units of insulin still in my system. Needless to say I stopped my basal insulin and ate a few shot bloks to maintain my sugar. In fact I ate nearly all the shot bloks I had with me, but the run was pretty short and I was alright without any during the run.

Ran a good pace today too. Supposed to be a rest week, but I felt good and Ted was setting a nice pace so I kept up. Oh well, I can rest next week, or not.

Last weeks training:

• Tuesday - 5.77 Mile Easy Run - 45:23 min, 7:51 pace

• Wednesday - 5.88 Mile Easy Run - 43:02 min, 7:19 pace

• Thursday -  5.86 Mile Easy Run - 45:11 min, 7:42 pace

• Sunday - 6.53 Mile Long Run - 48:12 min, 7:22 pace