competition
Re-Post: We all have bad diabetes days. Even at the Olympics
I’m in New York today attending the BlogHer Conference, but that doesn’t mean I’m not still obsessively following the Olympics by updating my Twitter feed every 14 seconds. Today I’m paying homage to a diabetes hero, Olympic skier Kris Freeman who two years ago at the 2010 Winter Olympics had a really bad diabetes day. It [...]
And speaking of Olympians…I’m not one…
Ok, considering I just posted about the Olympics, I am feeling a little loser-ish about the post I’m about to write, but I just gotta get it out. It’s officially training time for the San Diego Tour de Cure, with the event only being 8 weeks away. Last year I barely trained for the 30 [...]
Inspiration Station
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of seeing the documentary “The Science of Inspiration,” about people with diabetes training for the ultimate test of physical fitness: a full triathlon. For anyone that doesn’t know, a true triathlon is a 2.4 mile swim, followed by 112 mile bike ride, topped off with a full marathon (that [...]
Counting my lucky stars…and stripes
As I mentioned last week, I participated in an awesome swim/run fundraiser on Saturday. The proceeds of the event went to helping a young man in the service who recently lost both of his legs in a land mine in Afghanistan. He’s currently undergoing major surgeries and rehab to rebuild the rest of his body, [...]
Working out the workout thing.
If you ever want the chance to feel like a little kid again, splashing through puddles of mud will do the trick. I would know, because yesterday I competed in a 10K Mud Run with a group of friends here in San Diego. It was a challenging course - 10 kilometers of mud pits, tunnel crawls, [...]
