It’s been three weeks since my last post on the half marathon goal for 2023. I had set myself a target of being able to run 10 km by the 28th of April in order to commit to the 21 km run. So far its undecided as I seem to keep getting a numb right foot during runs, although my fitness seems like its returning slowly.
Blood glucose Analysis for the last three weeks:
During this time I was using a dev branch of AAPS with automations to scale the insulin requirements.
Exercise analysis for the three weeks:
The last week was the start of my running ramp-up increasing distance more substantially from 3-4 km to 6-7 km.
Unfortunately I have been plagued by a numb right foot as I exceed the four (4) km distance. This prompted me to do a little research and the most common problem found seemed to be shoes that did not fit well, or that were laced too tightly.
This could of course be glucose related (neuropathy), as when my A1C was in the sevens (7) I experienced something similar, but It seemed to start as I laced up.
Today’s run I changed shoes to see if that helped, unfortunately I still experience the numbness quite early on in the run, but I kept going. At around the seven (7) km mark I decided to increase pace and this seemed to remedy the issue strangely. Below is a graph of the 9 km run from AAPS / Nightscout data using my custom Python scripts.
The next steps are to purchase some Omega 3 and Alpha lipoic acid and ascertain if that can assist with the foot pain.
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