Why at 55 years of age, would a man start running you may ask? After a terrible motor vehicle accident in October 2012, I found myself looking for a lot of answers. I had a lot of trauma to my body and that just threw my body into shock. Just to list a few problems… I had a internal head injury, Fracture my chest in three places, contused lungs, contused heart, With time in the hospital I began to recover. But not without problems! I was now faced with having seizures for the first time in my life. Due to all the trauma that my body had endured my blood pressure began to spike and I began having problem with elevated blood sugars.
I was determine to take back control of my life but things/life was changing by the day. I no longer could hold down my job as a truck driver. Funny thing is our Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) does not want me driving due to the seizures. Everything has it’s pros and cons. Due to being confined to home the rest of my body didn’t want to play well so my Blood Sugars went out the roof. My doctor said running would possibly help with the seizures and would also the high blood sugar and blood pressure. The first Pro… I began to run. The first Con you ask? When you run and have seizures sooner or later you will have a seizure while running! Second Con…When you have a seizure while running you fall down and that never a good thing. I have been picked up by Emergency Medical Services many times on the greenway here in my hometown of Charlotte, NC.
Having said all of that, it brings me to the real story of here and now. Since I began to run I’ve run some and stop, run some and stop. I love running but I am afraid of having seizures during a run or having my blood sugar to drop to low. I signed up with a local running group called Run For Your Life (RFYL) Wow, what a group of amazing people. They have help me in so many ways learning to run at a older age. My dream now has always been to run a full Marathron! Yes, you heard me right a FULL 26.2 miles Marathron. Since the wreck the only thing preventing this is my health. Now at the beginning of 2016 my blood sugar is getting the best of me. I struggle daily with readings in the 400 to 500+ range. My doctor has taken me off some of my meds and now has started injections up to 5 per day. I can see my dreams going down the tube quick.
Let the training began! So I will be logging my daily activities as I began my training for the Niagara Falls Marathon. Check it out here! On October 30, 2016 I will be in the Niagara Falls Marathon that will start in Buffalo, New York and end at the Niagara Falls on the Canada side.
- Sunday October 30, 2016
- Point to point course starting at Albright Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY
- Finish right at the brink of the Falls!
- 10:00 a.m. race start, course closes at 4 p.m.
- Boston Qualifier
- No strollers or walkers allowed
- Minimum age requirement to race: 18
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