Training
The (in-progress) Art of Running in the Rain…
Now that we’ve been back in the good ole USA for just over a month and successfully made the move up here to Portland, I’m out of excuses for not getting back back into exercising regularly. My last A1c was atrocious after three months of traveling in Asia, and I’m committed to getting that number [...]
Hey, remember me? Your old friend exercise?
You may remember from many months ago a girl who worked out a lot. I went to the gym several times a week, went running and hiking with wild abandon, and even indulged in the occasional kettlebell class. I haven’t seen that girl in three months, and man, is she a tough gal to track [...]
Oh High Midnight!
One thing I love about working out in the mornings is that the risk of “interrupters” is smaller at that time for me. What I mean is that if I work out in the afternoon, I could still have rapid-acting on board from a meal or correction, I could still be digesting, or running high [...]
Training for mornings.
For the past six months, I’ve stuck to a workout regimen that makes a lot of people cringe. On Mondays and Thursdays, I get up at 6:30 and go for a run. On Wednesday, I get up at 5:15am and go to a boxing class from 6am-7am. Then I throw in a fun workout like [...]
Upper limits?
Wednesday morning, I woke up at 5:15am with a blood sugar of 219, thanks to a serious steak dinner the night before. I didn’t bolus, but suited up for the gym, made a cappuccino, and went to a kickboxing class for an hour. I came home to a friendlier blood sugar of 150mg/dL We all [...]
Guest Post: Diabetes Training Camp, A New Kind of Paradise
I met Fran Damian last year at the Diabetes Sister’s/BDI Weekend for Women. She showed up for the running group I was leading early Sunday morning, and we spent the next hour with other Type 1 women working out and discussing the frustrating issues of athletics and diabetes. Fran recently had the opportunity to attend [...]
A Hat Trick of Highs.
There are certain variables with diabetes that are tough to control. When there’s one of them, the consequences can usually be mitigated with some mild adjustment. But when three notorious high blood sugar triggers all happen at once, the result looks like your CGM is trying to create an Etch-A-Sketch of Everest: [...]
Surf’s up! But where’s my BG at?
Summer is on the rapid arrival here in San Diego, and that means warmer days and warmer ocean temperatures. And it means I’ve been able to try out my birthday gift (a surfboard!) that I got back in December, finally. On Saturday, my fiancee and I went out in our wetsuits and put in a [...]
What you can learn from your local diabetic Ironman…no really…
At this year’s Tour de Cure, besides it being one of the biggest days of my life, I had the pleasure of meeting a diabetes hero of mine named Mari Ruddy. Mari is a two time cancer survivor and has also had diabetes for decades. She’s also an avid cyclist, and when she went to [...]
Really? Right NOW?
Things I don’t ever want to see 20 minutes before boxing class at 6am for which I rousted myself at 5am include the following: The downturn was all caused by the high in the middle of the night which I corrected around 3am, sending me steadily lower for [...]
