Hello everybody, and welcome to my blog. I have decided to create this blog in order to share my experiences living with, and competing with diabetes. A little about myself, I am currently a sophomore at Stony Brook University, and an athletic training major, and one day I want to become a certified diabetes educator. I am from the wonderful state of New Jersey, and a type 1 diabetic. I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 15 years old, and after my diagnosis, I thought that I would never be able to run again, and that my life was never going to be the same. All those thoughts did was show how uneducated I was. Despite this hurdle, I ended up succeeded in track while in high school. To date, here are my personal bests (updated 3/26/2017):
mile - 4:53.00 2 mile - 10:42 5k - 18:10 (fun run in college) marathon: 3:24:07 In high school, I suffered some unfortunate events pertaining to proper diabetes control, which effected my running. There was a point where I wanted to throw in the towel, and I almost did. Despite all of the obstacles, I didn't give up, and it gave me more of a reason to want to succeed. I am going to be running my second marathon on May 1st (New Jersey Marathon), and the 2016 NYC Marathon next November. I hope this blog helps anyone in need of a little motivation, advice, or just needs someone to talk to who knows what they're going through. I hope this serves that purpose. -The DiaRunner
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