So, I decided I am going to write July’s blog to make sure I
get my training in for the Tely 10! :)
For those who don’t know me, my name is Renee Alivio, also
known as Marc’s wife. Isn’t that right, Dan Bobbett? I tried running back in 2011 shortly after
having our first daughter but my body didn’t think that was a good decision AT
ALL and had to stop. Not long after that attempt to run I got pregnant again,
so I was off the hook! Our second daughter was born August 2012. Many PRC’ers
know that I didn’t have the most pleasant pregnancies so running was not an
option. In both pregnancies my pubic
bone separated, I could hardly walk let alone run.
I remember running with Sharon Ralph doing 3 and 1’s and couldn’t
even run 3 minutes without feeling like I was dying! I was for sure dying! I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t talk, I wanted
to stop and go home! But I didn’t stop, I kept going and I am a LTR graduate.
Class of Winter 2013, thank you very much!
Once I got the hang of things and could actually breathe
while running, I actually started to like running. Yes, yes Marc, you were right.
In my 2013 running season I completed LTR with PRC, found
out I was a Diabetic (which sucks by the way), ran the Mews 8 km (came dead last), ran the Tely
10 (signed up when I was doing 7 and 1’s) and ran the last leg of the Huffin
Puffin relay.
So with everything that I did in 2013, made me not want to run
as much. I think I did too much too quickly and my 2014 running season
suffered. I didn’t run much and I
started to put on weight again.
However,
I did take more pictures so that is ok. It was nice to see my pictures being
used for so many profile pictures.
In November 2014, I was feeling like I wanted to get back to running again. I was feeling good and was enjoying my run. Then, my feet didn't want to work for a split second and I tell you, that split second is pretty important if you don't want to fall on a busy street in front of a busy Tim Hortons. That is all it takes, which caused me to fall about 4km’s into my 8km run. I got
up and kept running/hobbled to Tim Hortons on Water Street. It.hurt! It hurt a
lot and I ruined a really comfortable pair of running pants! I couldn’t even
fix them because the whole knee was gone! I ended up spraining my knee and I am still
being treated for it but it is getting better.
Part of my Tely training I decided to join Weight Watchers,
this has helped me so much with my training because I have the weight of a Back
Street Boy gone. I joined the end of
April and within the first month I had 10 pounds gone! Crazy hey! Such a good
feeling and an even better feeling for getting 2 free months of Weight Watchers
because of it! With Weight Watchers and running,
I now have 18.4 pounds gone! I am not done with the weight loss though, I have
another 30 pounds to go.
Running has helped me with bringing my sugars and weight
down. I now have to run with my meter
and Gatorade because I can’t tell if my sugars are low. I finished running just
Neil’s Pond one day and my sugars went from 9 (after eating a sandwich) to 3.2, didn’t even know, it is just a
habit to always check my sugars before and after a run. I am open to suggestions for any other
diabetics that run.
Now that you know a little about me, I will update you on my
running over the month of July!
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