There are two upcoming Arizona Road race 5k events in July that I ought to enter, so today I aimed at that sort of run, doing my shorter 3 mile or so loop around Chaparral Lake (1 3/4 times) and going at a faster clip than my 6 mile runs.

I may have accomplished that for 80% of the route, boy was I sluggish. It was not until the last mile where the normal, “I Feel Like I Can Run Forever” buzz came in. Nice to know it was there.

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I did not get much running in at all last week while I was in Cleveland for my organizations annual conference. Do you want the excuse parade, as I have a long list of drummers and baton twirlers.

So I am home now, in the lovely AZ heat, and with 3 days off this week, the parade does not have much steam. I aimed to go today for my “regular” 6 mile loop, ultra easy pace. I was about 4 in when I felt myself dragging and the blood sugar dropping, so I ended up walking the last 2 and sucking the glucose tablets.

Even with the sun peaking out and over the top of the wall along Pima, it was not too bad. My shoes are getting worn, so it is about time for a new investment. And I am not doing anything special yet with the insulin pump routine.

I did register today for Team Diabates to run the 2007 Rock and Roll Marathon, the full enchilada this year and I hope to try and do the July 5ks from the Arizona Road Racers series.

For extra exercise fun, I rode the bike 2 miles to my wife’s office, where our truck was parked, to take it in for repari, then rode home. It is still a decent warm breeze when one is moving. We’ll see about that after lunch when I need to go back to pick up the truck.

Not Walking in Memphis… and I sure as heck have lapsed on Running in Phoenix, but today my shoes hit the pavement in Cleveland. I am here all week as my organization is running their annual conference. I was pooped from the travel yesterday, the time change, but it is time to stop making excuses and get out there more than once every 2 weeks or so.

So I did a slow 30 minutes, just around the University Circle area, just taking a right here, a left there, enjoying some new and unknown scenery.

I am also about 4 weeks into my insulin pump routine, still getting adjusted (it goes whereever I go). My sugars were super out of whack all day yesterday, and I chalked it up to travel, but when I woke up still high I decided that maybe my last infusion set change the morning I left was not smooth (it did not go right in on the first attempt). Sure enough, the little tube was crimped, so I was not getting any insulin over the last 18 hours or so.

The hardest part is getting the meal estimates right, and telling myself to pass on those hefty seconds. The first 2 weeks I had the lowers consistent numbers eveer, nothing higher than 130, but I’ve been bopping a bit up and down since, much because of instable routines.

But so far, no problem at all running while hooked on the pump.