Daily Total: 28.39 Race Hours: 09:59
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 2.65u
Corr: 8.02u
Basal: 17.72u
Daily Carb Intake: 40g (recorded)
Raced the Wilderness 101 in PA today. Was a crazy event, with a not so great finish, but all in all a fun time! I was pretty happy with my BG performance - the rest could have gone a bit better.
Check out the details here: Wilderness 101 Race Page
Daily Total: 47.45 Ride Hours: 00:00
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 8.70u
Corr: 10.90u
Basal: 27.85u
Daily Carb Intake: 179g
Last chance to post before heading to State College, PA tomorrow morning. Lots of things on my mind.
Went to the grocery store to pick up "supplies". I got to the check out line, and as I put the stuff up out of the basket I realized that I must be a little more worried about this event then I have been aware of. The hypos of Cohutta left more of mark on my subconscious then I could see or feel from the surface.
I bought 20 small bags of M&Ms, 2 bags of jelly beans, a 6 pack of regular soda, a small jar of Nutella, 2 Three Musketeer bars, 3 cans of Monster Java lo-ball, and some bananas.
Are you kidding me?
As I walked out of the store and to the car, I tried to reach out to one of the few peeps who would understand. A Type1Rider teammate.
None where available, which was a good thing as I needed to relax and just come to terms with what the problem was.
NO WAY I was going to have another situation like TN. That was a fluke since I was so sick the week before. I know that. I am as prepared as I possibly could be for the challenge of a 101 mile loop through the mountains of mid PA. I have a great new tool in the Cozmo Insulin Pump that will give me assistance that I didn't have before. This will be a challenge as a T1 for sure, but I have been faced with TONS of challenges before, and I relish the opportunity to attempt another 100 miler. Besides, I would have enough food (read emergency funds) on me to feed a small army, and I just needed to ride my race and finish.
Period.
Truthfully, I do feel a bit more pressure for this one, though. I have received hundreds of emails this year from other Type 1's commenting on my race efforts. Telling me that they think of me on my race days and how they go for ride. Or they try just a little bit harder in their spin class on that morning knowing they have a 1 hour class and I have 10+ hours more to go. Very inspiring stuff to read.
One message in particular I received about 3 weeks ago has been rattling around in my head for the past week or so. It was from a young 5th grade BMX racer (and his dad) from St. Louis who thanked me for giving them the belief that it was still safe for him to ride his bike after a very recent Type 1 diagnosis. I was about the same age when I was diagnosed, and, oddly, that's the second time this year I have heard that same statement.
I feel a huge responsibility to all of these other people who take time to write, and, like me, have diabetes. I MUST prove that I can indeed do an endurance race like this, regardless of the challenges and possible "risks". That Type 1 diabetes, when managed correctly, can be controlled enough so that ANY diabetic may participate in ANY event they may choose.
Today is one of those days that I feel really anger towards this disease. It affects 10s of millions of people here in the US alone, and, as mentioned, alters their lives in ways that cannot be measured, tracked, or surveyed. From my past 32 years living as a Type 1 I know first hand what this disease can do, and I obviously still let a glimpse of the fear of it creep into my head every now and again.
I can guarantee you that I will be almost solely thinking that specific thought as I hear the click-click of my cleats going into my pedals at 7:00am on Saturday morning. With each turn of my pedals over the 10+ hours, 101 miles, and 10000 feet of climbing I will relentlessly and repeatably hammer that black voice of worry and doubt back into oblivion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will push myself as hard as I need to so that these two young people in particular (and myself) know that darn right, it is perfectly safe to go ride your bike. For as long as you want to.
Just one more....
Daily Total: 42.79 Ride Hours: 01:15
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 16.05u
Corr: 0.30u
Basal: 26.44u
Daily Carb Intake: 240g
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Last ride day before Wilderness 101. Got started very late tonight (20:25), but was planning on only 90 minutes or less anyway. Set the pump down to a 55% basal rate reduction at 19:07. BG was a little low (66) at 19:13, so it was cool having me wait until 20:25 to start riding.
Rolled out of the Wellness Center parking lot on the Kona, and headed for the Chapel Hill trails. Just wanted to spin the legs out some and stay fueled and hydrated. Normal hydration and fuel schedule (2 PowerBar Gels and 16-20oz of water per hour).
Legs felt GREAT! Had to hold myself in check a couple of times as I was having such a good time riding. Took a little tumble sticking the front wheel into a big hole while riding a rock garden. Always awesome to hit the deck hard once you know you are ok. A little bloodletting and an adrenalin rush to wake ya up. You know? Yeah, ya do. :)
More Karans appearing on the trails EVERYDAY!! I am always careful to go around them, as to not upset the navigation gods.
Turned the Cozmo back to the normal basal rate as I headed back to the car at 21:39. Was back at the car and tested at a 90 at 21:50.
I made no mods to the basal rate at bed time.
Daily Total: 49.98 Ride Hours: 00:32
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 20.50u
Corr: 2.00u
Basal: 27.48u
Daily Carb Intake: 310g
It was a strange emotional roller coaster of a day today.
I was overjoyed with the results of 2008 Ironman Lake Placid FINALLY (well it was only yesterday) being posted. I kept checking, and I was finally able to locate Candy Davies finishing time in her first Ironman distance triathlon event.
For those who don't know, Candy has overcome HUGE challenges to become an accomplished athlete. From her first ever cycle class with me 3 years ago, to her personal victory as an Ironman finisher she ALWAYS amazes and impresses me.
I am SO proud of her, stand in awe of her dedication to training, and am truly, truly, truly honored to be able to call her a friend. Candy you are simply inspirational and YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!
It seemed fitting that the day that I am recollecting about Candy's first cycle class, is the day I will teach my last scheduled cycle class. I am fortunate to able to stay on the staff as a sub, and will possibly be teaching some outdoor cycle stuff near the end of race season. However, the weekly rotation is over.
I started teaching near 14 years ago, and never in my wildest dreams imagined what a journey it would be. I have spun enough miles as an instructor in cycle class to circumnavigate the world once. I always told myself that when I couldn't give 100% to the members taking the time to come to my class, I would hang it up. Its time.
Although this sounds like a cliche, I REALLY have taken more from the members in class then I have given in return. Almost every part of my life has been affected by being an instructor.
I met my wife while working as an cycle instructor and she was a member. Some of the people I am closest to I met for the first time as they came to my class as members. I have seen people grow and conquer their physical hurdles, become better cyclists and athletes, introduced people to bike riding, and, hopefully, learn to live healthier lives.
I have even had Robin Williams drop in on one of my classes. (No, I'm not kidding).
So although it makes me very sad, I want to say thank you to the approx 40000 of you that have attended my classes.
It has been an awesome ride.
RIDE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!!
Daily Total: 43.70 Ride Hours: 00:00
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 11.80u
Corr: 5.35u
Basal: 26.55u
Daily Carb Intake: 177g
The only thing on my mind today is:
GO CANDY GO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daily Total: 44.60 Ride Hours: 03:15
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 17.55u
Corr: 1.85u
Basal: 25.20u
Daily Carb Intake: 287g
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Well, this might be a first... Two road rides in the same week. Before you know it, my Tri buddies will be hittin' the trails on mountain bikes. Yeah, yeah, I know. Never going to happen. :)
Worked in 3:15 on multiple road rides today. Was pretty fun actually. :)
Forgot to post on the other road ride in the past 48 hours:
Daily Pump Detail Download For July 17
I am one week out from Wilderness 101, and am feeling pretty decent. Will not ride much next week, but just enough to not feel stale.
I am a bit nervous about the race in terms of diabetes related stuff however. You are out there on your own, and that can be/is a bit nerve racking. I know I will good to go, and feel very confident about finishing. Just need to ride steady and smart to get done. Um, duh.
Enough of that already. :)
Daily Total: 47.39 Ride Hours: 01:56
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 16.10u
Corr: 4.90u
Basal: 26.39u
Daily Carb Intake: 242g
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After work today I got out on the 5.5 for some high tempo work. I experimented a bit with the modification of my basal rate for this ride. Details in the pump download above.
I saw this sign as I entered the local trail system from a different way today. I believe it is a new sign - which kind of worried me. I slowed just enough to grab the photo:
Too funny!!! (I do REALLY wonder what the heck it means....)
Daily Total: 41.21 Ride Hours: 01:55
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 12.75u
Corr: 4.25u
Basal: 24.21u
Daily Carb Intake: 192g
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Set the basal rate on my pump to a 55% reduction at 9:02 in preparation of a road ride with K later in the morning. We left from Wilson Park at 10:09 with a group we ran into from the Wellness Center MS Team.
As we left my BG was a 142.
Ride was planned to be a base ride, just to go out and enjoy some time on the bike. It was a fabulous day, and was GREAT to ride with K!! Love it!!
About an hour into the ride I modified my basal rate to make it a 30% reduction in reaction to the lower pace.
Stayed pretty well hydrated, but only consumed one PowerGel during the ride.
Energy Expenditure 969 kcal
Number of Heart Beats 14060 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 89 bpm
Average Heart Rate 122 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 153 bpm
Ascent 919 ft
I arrived back at the car at 12:00, and I set my basal rate back to normal at this time. BG was a 85. Pretty good.
A photo from today showing another corn farm that we road past. What a awesome fun ride today!!
No mods to basal rate at bed time.
Daily Total: 32.63 Ride Hours: 04:27
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 8.55u
Corr: 0.90u
Basal: 23.18u
Daily Carb Intake: 148g
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Able to get out for a mixed mountain and road ride today. First set my basal reduction of 55% at 08:29, but did flip it back to normal, than back again before my 10:19 ride start time. Rolled out of the Wellness Center parking lot on the Fuel intending to do two "laps" of the Chapel Hill hill repeat route, then get on the road bike and ride with Laura for about 90 minutes.
Plan got a little screwed up as I started later than I wanted to (I always talk about flexibility), but I did cut 6 minutes of my target time for my first loop.
Stayed right on the normal feeding and hydration rate, which worked out perfectly. BG levels during the 4.5 hr training ride were 101, 111, 89, and 112. Can't get much better than that.
This photo is a pic from the road ride. LOTS of farms (both dairy and corn) less than 20 miles from our house. Nice huh?
You will notice in the Cozmo log that I did debate the amount of basal reduction to use at bedtime. I ended up with a 75% reduction for 6 hours.
Daily Total: 37.55 Training Hours: 01:57
Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 6.55u
Corr: 4.90u
Basal: 26.10u
Daily Carb Intake: 98g
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After another what seemed like LONG day in the office (man I have been struggling this week with work overload), I headed over to the UNC Diabetes Care Center for my quarterly appointment with Joe Largey. Laura Ely (from Type1Rider) works over there, so I got a chance to talk to her for a while. We are setting up weekly training times to ride road together - mutually beneficial.
Anyway, I was REALLY interested to see what my A1C was going to be. I was pretty bummed last time when it crept up to a 6.0. So I wanted to find out if I could nail it down a little bit more.
Sure enough - 5.6. Sweet. Toeing the line a little too much, as I would like 5.8/.9 better. Always room for improvement. Right?
We spent a fair amount of time coming up with a plan for adjusting my basal rate when I transition from "normal endurance pace" to higher "race pace" after I had been on the bike for a couple of hours. Say, I wanted to push the pace a bunch to finish out a 12 hour event, or, as happened last week, I run into a fast group after 3 hours on the trail. I got some stuff to test out, and will report on it as I learn more about how to transition back and forth smoother.
So afterwards, I ran home and grabbed the 5.5 for a ride. I dropped my basal rate to a 55% reduction at 16:49, and was out on the bike at 18:00 even. I tested at 18:00 at a 92, and decided to just roll with that.
Wanted to push the pace just a little bit tonight, to keep my heart rate about 10 beats faster then normal. Again, trying to figure at what point does my HR and intensity affect the BG.
Road a quick hill repeat loop, and then got back to the Wellness Center to store the bike and put on some running shoes. Headed out for a short 25 minute run.
I only consumed 1 PowerBar Gel while training, but did take in about 20oz of water.
Got done at 19:51 and set my basal rate back at this point. Normally, I would more than likely set the basal rate back to normal much sooner with a slightly higher work load.
Energy Expenditure 1497 kcal
Number of Heart Beats 16497 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 95 bpm
Average Heart Rate 169 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 187 bpm
Ascent 1398 ft
As an aside, I wanted to mention that my new car got delivered yesterday. I FINALLY took delivery of my Honda Civic Hybrid. I decided not to wait until gas was $6 a gallon before trying (probably unsuccessfully) to trade or sell my Ridgeline. Got a great trade in amount and an awesome deal on the Hybrid. Yeah, I was surprised to.
Anyway, the annual gas savings at current $4 a gallon prices should get me to 12 or 15 24 Hour events. :)
Daily Total: 47.09 Ride Hours: 00:34
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Taught class, as usual, after work today from 18:00 to 18:45. Nothing too new about that. Except that after class was over, and I was walking back toward my car, I finally crossed over the line of "I don't want to do this anymore".
I have been a cycle/spinning instructor for 14 years now. 14 years. I have led over 2000 indoor cycle classes, which equates to enough miles to have ridden around the earth once. At the equator.
I always told myself that I would hang it up when I couldn't give 100% anymore, and it was starting to become more work than fun. I have reached that point.
July 21st will probably (of course I need to work it out with the cooridinator) be my last regular cycle class. Ever. I would like to stay on the sub list, or maybe do some outdoor seminars come fall.
I am going to miss it.
Daily Total: 35.50 Ride Hours: 04:15
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Not a great nights sleep last night. Got to bed late, and then was up around 03:00. Just have a lot going on I guess.
After work I was able to head straight over to the Wellness Center for a ride. I set my basal rate to a 55% reduction a bit after 16:00, as I was planning on being out on the bike by 17:00.
As planned, I met Laura from Type1Rider at 17:00 and we headed out for a road bike ride by 17:10.
We did a great loop thru Chapel Hill and into Hillsborough, before heading back to the Wellness Center. I stayed on the regular 2 PowerBar Gels per hour, and took in 2 full water bottles during the 2.5hr ride. Got back to the truck at 19:45, and had a BG of 113.
At that time, I met Mike for a mountain bike ride. Changed bikes, and headed out for another 2 hours on the Fuel. A little lighter on the water intake for this part of the ride, but did take 3 PowerBar Gels while out.
Back to the Wellnesss Center at 21:54, and had a blood glucose of 83. Perfect BG levels, and a fantastic fun ride!!
Energy Expenditure 2903 kcal
Number of Heart Beats 36896 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 97 bpm
Average Heart Rate 142 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 188 bpm
Ascent 2142 ft
I set my basal rate back to its normal rate, and headed on home.
When I went to bed at 23:17, I set my basal rate down to a 20% reduction for 6 hours as is my normal procedure after a night training ride.
Daily Total: 48.78 Ride Hours: 03:29
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Got a fair amount of rain yesterday, so I headed out tonight to make up for yesterday's missed ride.
I set my basal rate down to the normal 55% reduction on the way over to the Wellness Center at 16:45. I borrowed a light set from a friend, as my Nite Rider Flight system that broke last week is being replaced with a completely new unit, and sent back.
Left on the Kona at 17:49 for a couple of hours.
I was making my way to the trails via the Hill Repeat loop, and I came upon a sight I will not soon forget. Where the Bolin Creek trail (paved bike path) meets MLK/Airport Blvd I saw three guys in their late 30s doing hill repeats. By the looks of it, they had already completed a couple and where encouraging each other to hit the next one. What makes this scene so amazing?
All three where in wheelchairs.
I was so impressed watching them head up the hill again, I completely forgot to shoot a quick photo. These three men weren't in racing chairs, just average looking wheelchairs. They weren't elite athletes, just guys getting their sweat on and trying to get stronger. I was completely blown away with their determination.
I was definitely motivated by this experience, and pushed the pace on the 29er quite harder heading up the long hill to the trails. For the remaining 2+ hours on my ride I turned up the gas, and thought about what I want out of the remaining races of the season. Funny how random events can have such an impact on your vision and goals.
Energy Expenditure 2602 kcal
Number of Heart Beats 31672 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 96 bpm
Average Heart Rate 151 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 192 bpm
Ascent 1824 ft
I got back to the WC around 21:30 and bolused for slightly high 221. This is for sure do to the higher intensity I was keeping.
Basal rate back to normal at 21:52.
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