A few days before, I’d been diagnosed as prediabetic and needed to do something about it.
Having been pretty much inactive and eating unhealthily for a decade, I immediately changed my eating habits dramatically and discovered C25K. So, that Saturday afternoon I did W1R1. My heart was beating through my chest and my throat was burning but I finished it. I hadn’t discovered this forum yet so I was trying to go way too quickly. A few weeks later I took the advice I found on here and slowed right down.
To cut a long and boring story short, I have run every other day (with 4 or 5 exceptions) ever since. I’ve read about training and diet and have slowly and warily increased my mileage.
A few months ago a second blood test showed that I was out of the prediabetes zone and my cholesterol was normal. This was a happy day.
A couple of weeks ago I ran the Loch Ness Marathon with some friends - something that would have seemed unthinkable a year before.
This forum has been invaluable to me - I read it voraciously though I rarely post. I take great support and comfort from it. I’ve linked to four or five people from here on Strava and the inspiration I take from their great feats helps me keep going.
I’m writing this to say thank you to everyone, my life is very different to one year ago and this forum has played a huge part in my change.
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This is so inspirational to read Chickenears - I read your Loch Ness Marathon race report on the Fun beyond 10k and Race Support forum but it is great to hear the story of your journey there - just brilliant! 🙂👏💪🏅
That is such a motivating, inspirational post. I'm here after veing diagnosed as prediabetic too. My A1c level is out of the danger zone after just a couple of months. I'd love to be able to run a marathon one day but am only on week 6 so that's all a long way ahead of me. I will remember your post and file it away for inspiration. Thanks so much for posting and best of luck with future projects.
Thanks very much RiceAndPeas . I’ve read your other posts and it seems like you’re doing brilliantly. It took me much longer than you to get out of the diabetes danger zone, so you’re definitely heading in the right direction. Wishing you the best of luck with your running and health in the future.
Amazing. I am very far from a marathon, but doing week 5 and have just been told I am out of the diabetic range (my numbers were crazy high at last read in July). Of all the different things I have tried, this programme is by far the most motivating. Run days are hard, but once it’s done you feel so great!
RJN12 so pleased you’ve dropped out of the diabetes range - that’s brilliant. Funnily enough, I had just finished week 5 when I signed up for race. Knowing that I had that coming up, especially not wanting to let my friends down, kept me going out the door even when I would have rather stayed on the couch. But yes, you’re right, the sofa feels much more comfortable after a run!
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