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The Great Scottish Run

Adamski

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Location
Edinburgh
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Ok, so apologies of this has already been posted, I did a quick search and couldn't find any threads on it.

The Great Scottish Run is in October, held in Glasgow. As a recently diagnosed T1, I'm itching to show my diabetes the proverbial two fingered salute, and raise a bucket load of money for a diabetes charity at the same time

It's a half marathon - just over 21k. Piece of cake We could have a gathering pre and post race, put some faces to forum names?

Who's up for it?
 
You could have used another term of phrase to describe how easy it was going to be, I want a piece of cake now!
 
Love to come but it's a bit far (according to google it would take me 'In current traffic: 17 h 10 min' to get there (and I that would depend on ferries!)
But know exactly what you mean as I decided in hospital that I was making the London Marathon as my goal.(and I did)
 
Good luck Adam, hope you do well and give your diabetes a poke in the eye
 
definitely, go for it.

I did my sticking two finger up at diabetes last weekend. I would think about the great scottish run but I've got another HM on the 14th Sept, as another part of my two fingers sticking up process.
 
Training run today - pretty chuffed with that. Now I know I can do the distance (bloods afterwards were an ideal 5.5mmol/l), I'm going to start hassling family and friends for sponsorship. Does this site take donations? I've got a couple of diabetes charities in mind
 

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Decent pace, what's your target time?

Virgin Money Giving has JDRF registered, I'm raising money through them.
 
Would people be allowed to walk instead of run? My ankles aren't up to running

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Would people be allowed to walk instead of run? My ankles aren't up to running

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I think as long as the course is finished within a set time you'll be ok. The Edinburgh Marathon Minimum time was 6.5 hours. So guess for a half marathon it would be around 3.25 hours
 
I did the full Edinburgh moon walk a few years ago.took 7 hours anx 39 mins so might be pushing it.

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Also doing GSR this year. Doing it for JDRF and my first half, enjoyed my first 10k there last year.

It can be tricky to spot people you know with the crowds as it's very popular, however plenty of diabetics visible enough on the day from the Diabetes UK/JDRF charity vests.

Realistically I'd be happy just to get round, delighted if time goes under 2h.

Hope training goes well Adamski. Looks like it's started well already! Long run for me is just under 14k at this point so got a fair bit to do before the start of October.
 
Plenty of time, if you can get up to 18km easily enough, the adrenaline will carry you through the rest.

Just watch out you don't go off too fast; it's teh pace that kills, not the distance

I keep having to remind myself of that.
 
or in my case it's the achilles.

Went **** up on me last Wednesday, now going to struggle to make the start line in one piece.
 
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