I recently taught a class on dealing with stress. In the spirit of practice what you preach, I am working on healing myself.

Until I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 18 months ago, I was running half marathons. I had gone from completely sedentary to healthy eating, and training to run races.

Since my diagnosis, my blood sugar has been tanking when I run. I am trying a lot of options to make it work. It’s frustrating.

I knew one thing – I can run a 5k. So I set the goal of running 5k races.

Today I ran a 5k. On the sand, no less! I got it done, with stable blood sugar. It wasn’t my best time, but I finished. I had fun. Those are my two goals for any race!

I want to run half marathons, and I am hopeful I figure out this blood sugar thing.

In the mean time, I have an 8k trail Run next weekend.

One small, measurable goal at a time.

I’ll get there.