Daily Total: 37.80 Ride Hours: 03:34

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 13.85u
Corr: 1.20u
Basal: 22.75u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 246g


Good long ride today on the Superfly. Trails and weather where just perfect!

10:00 ride start.

This road in Chapel Hill is one small section of my hill repeat loop. Even though I have ridden it tons of times, it didn't really dawn on me how appropriate the street name is:



I have been finding more trail signs and markers in the Chapel Hill North trail system. I think they are being put up by runners (who have a hard time knowing where they are going I guess). Anyway, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure our which way I went.

Right -> BOTH. Went the Certain Death way first, as I found it funny. Then looped around and road "Camelot". Funny, but Camelot has a much uglier and technical climb on it. Reverse psychology?

Vertical Distance:		427.00 yd
Max HR:		182 BPM
Avg HR:		148 BPM
Calories:		3,177 kCal

After the ride I played with the family outside. I hook the wagon up to the back of my Trek Mod super trike, then pull everyone around. I was joking that this is going to be the secret of my success. :)

Looking forward to a great week!! Big appointments and some new announcements coming this week. :)

Daily Total: 45.51 Ride Hours: 03:47

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 11.70u
Corr: 7.85u
Basal: 25.96u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 175g


Jumped out on the HiFi from the UNC Wellness Center at 10:00 sharp. I had set my temp basal rate about 60 minutes earlier. Plan was just to roll a nice and easy 4 hours of base level training.

Saw this cool rainbow as I left Chapel Hill towards the trails.

What made today's ride great was the 3 separate groups of people who have Type 1 in their family that I got to talk to.

Ran into a friend with a Type 1 teenager out at the trail head. Hadn't seen him in a while, and we took a few minutes to talk about the mission of the ADA and of JDRF. I also got a great idea what is of greatest importance to a parent of a high schooler with T1.

About 75 minutes later I was completing a hill repeat and got snagged at a red light in town. Met a couple and their twin UNC freshman children who are both Type 1. They saw my kit and came up to chat. Of course they where quite worried about the young adults being 1000 miles away from home. I sensed that their children where a little uneasy about it as well. Spent about 15 minutes with them. Hopefully they will email and let me know how school is going.

And finally, I was sitting at the corner of Columbia and Franklin St. heading home. I saw two young ladies cross the street, and then come back to ask where I ride for diabetes. They have a sister who is Type 1 and they were interested in doing something for her. They mentioned riding in the Tour de Cure. I told them that I co-chair that event, and gave them my contact info.

What struck me, and of course I already knew this, is that Type 1 affects a TON of people. And, obviously not just the people that have the disease. It affects everyone involved with that person in one way or another.

I was very moved to see the high degree of interest that these people had for their family members. It was great to have a chance to meet and talk with all of them.

Vertical Distance: 434.00 yd
Max HR: 182 BPM
Avg HR: 148 BPM
Calories: 2,643 kCal

Woke up feeling better today. More rested and lively. Love it!!

Saw this the other day, and forgot to post it. A warning sign in a Durham neighborhood for speeders. No one has been paint balled yet:

Wow. Another day of not feeling right. I'm just so exhausted. I am definetly not racing this weekend. If I don't at least begin to start feeling a little more normal tomorrow I will need to head to the doctor.

Maybe I just need more rest. Like a couple of days off from the gig. Seriously.

Things are moving forward a bit though on some fronts. Spoke with 8 Dot Graphics today and the New jersey design for '10 is taking some baby steps. (New colors in store).

I also have been getting the first two weeks of my food diary together for analysis by Chris at Endurance NEWtrition. Along with that I should be getting together with my coach sometime next week to start the new training program.

The clock is indeed ticking....

Night.


-- Post From My iPhone

I just read something online that knocked me completely sideways. So, just for the record, here are some basic facts:


I was born in Nov. of 1968.

My very first mountain bike was a 1990 Schwinn High Plains.



Type1Rider was founded in May 2005.

My first 24 Hour Solo experience was Oct. 9th/10th 2005 in the 24 Hours of Adrenalin Series race held in Conyers, GA. I finished 12th.

I have completed more than 340 hours of competitive solo endurance racing since June of 2006.

In the past 12 months I have done just a tick over 300,000 vertical feet of climbing on my mountain bike.


I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1977.





Hopefully that clears some things up.

Daily Total: 38.18 Ride Hours: 01:58

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 11.60u
Corr: x.80u
Basal: 25.78u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 174g

After work and hanging with the boys I headed over to the UNC Wellness Center to leave on a MTB ride on the Superfly. Plan was to meet Marcee at 20:45 and ride for about 90 minutes. I set my pump to a 55% reduction at 19:00 and had a leg over the Fly at 19:50.

Trying to just ride base level and spin the legs. Still not feeling 100%... maybe 70%... so I don't want to push my luck. Probably won't be racing this weekend, but I will make a determination in a day or two.

Marcee got hung up, so I just rolled around the CHHS trails for about 2 hours - then headed for home.

Vertical Distance: 233.00 yd
Max HR: 175 BPM
Avg HR: 127 BPM
Calories: 1,121 kCal

Aquired some pics from Trek World of a handful of the 2010 Fisher models and Bontrager stuff. Some of my personal favs:

Fisher Gritty

Fisher Simple City 8 (drool)

Fisher Gritty cockpit

Fisher Triton

Fisher Rumblefish (5" travel 29er trail bike. SWEET!)

This tool is wicked and comes in multiple colors based upon the number of tools:


I can't wait to see the whole line for 2010.

Out....

This has been an extremely rough work week. Work has been brutal and stressful as we are migrating off of 4 database servers tomorrow. I have been on the brink exhausted, and working late into the night to make sure we haven't missed a detail.

Also, I have been feeling very under the weather. Might be coming down with something. Makes sense that after last weeks complete sleep deprived debacle and the 18 hour race last weekend that my immune system might be all jacked up.

On the extremely positive side I had a wonderfuly productive meeting with my agent and publisist yesterday. Lots of great things being to role!!

Haven't been on the bike since after work Monday. Since I am working tomorrow all day, might not ride until Sunday afternoon or evening. Maybe that's why I feel so bad. :)

On a humorous note, any guesses as to whom bib #299 was at ORAMM:

http://trianglemtb.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=17635.0

Pretty well written I must say. :)

With any luck tomorrow will go smooth, I can get to be early, and then get a chance to tear it up Sunday.

Here's hoping!

-- Post From My iPhone

Daily Total: 36.83 Ride Hours: 01:11

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 12.85u
Corr: 0.00u
Basal: 23.98u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 193g

Back at work today, and trying to keep the ball rolling. I am pretty tired, but happy with the outcome of the weekend.

Race report is still being assembled, but the photos and raw stats from the race are up at the main site on the 2009 18 Hours on The Farm page.

After work today I was able to catch up with Marcee for a nice recovery road ride. Marcee had been off the bike for 3 weeks due to some surgery, so it was great for use to just roll around today.

Vertical Distance: 134.00 yd
Max HR: 169 BPM
Avg HR: 126 BPM
Calories: 642 kCal

Slowly but surely I am getting the site rebuilt. Might be another week or so before I can all the items restored, but I am making good progress.

Been keeping a much more detailed food log for Chris, my nutritionist. I am still looking for a good way of doing this - so if you have a good program or system please let me know.

LOTS of stuff going on, so stay tuned.....

2009 18 Hours on The Farm - Result: 11th

Saturday August 15th

Daily Total: 33.20 Race Hours: 08:00

Time BG Carbs Units
---- -- ----- -----

22:48 91cz
21:14 113cz
19:46 79cz
18:23 81cz
17:08 73cz
16:00 Race Start
15:32 64cz
14:49 59cz
12:12 143cz
08:47 273cz
05:36 57cz

Sunday August 16th

Daily Total: 39.09 Race Hours: 09:45

Time BG Carbs Units
---- -- ----- -----

20:14 71cz
17:07 90cz
15:24 221cz
11:18 103cz
10:00 Race End
05:15 90cz
04:42 71cz
02:47 142cz
01:14 104cz
00:46 94

Calories: 15760kcal
Avg Heart Rate 135 bpm
MaxHeart Rate 182 bpm
Ascent: 19888ft

My third race of the 18 Hours on The Farm event was held August 15th and 16th at the Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation in Goochland County, Virginia.  The course and venue are among my personal favorites for an event like this.  The course is 9 miles of fun fast single track with about 2,000ft of vertical per lap.  The Boy Scout camp has a wide sweeping layout, so getting a pit on the course is a relatively easy affair.  The race begins at 16:00 on Saturday, and ends at 10:00 on Sunday. Last lap needs to be completed by 10:00 in order to count - makes the finish more fun.

George Scott and his wife Sara arrived at the race site about 30 minutes before me.  We had a little competition going to see who would get there first... I lost but got off cheap as Domino's wouldn't deliver to the Boy Scout Camp at 01:30.  :)  It was pretty warm and humid Saturday afternoon, and although the pits went up quickly I was mighty wet.  Hydration would surely be a significant factor for this event.

Race started right at 16:00.  My goal was 13 laps, which I figured would give me a 7/8th place finish.  I used my high tech lap counting system (bits of tape attached to tent pole) to keep track.

Race went pretty much on schedule and according to plan.  Lap times were just where they needed to be to hit my 13 lap goal.  George had a problem 4 or 5 laps in and got a flat tire on his tubeless wheelset.  I helped him to change his cassette to a backup wheel to get him rolling again.  We rolled out together just before midnight to do a lap together.

Luckily he was with me on this lap, as about 3 miles from the end my light went out.  Totally my fault as I was pushing the time of the light pretty far.  Lost about 30-35 minutes here. 

At 5:00am I stopped to take a 20-30 minute break.  Wanted to refuel a little, find out where I was, and get ready for the upcoming morning hours.  The short break lasted closer to 1 hour longer than expected. I didn't realise how wet my bibs got, and that had lead to some wicked chaffing. (Yeah, rookie mistake – some damage). Brought three changes of kit, but forgot the 3rd pair of bibs. So, I had to dry a pair of bibs before continuing (no small feat in a Boy Scout camp at 5:30am). Also, although not normal low, I wanted to try and bump my BG the 60 point to the target 150 for the final planned 5 hour push.

Once I got back on the bike, I was at 8 laps done.  I realized that I really needed to hustle to get as many laps as possible in the remaining 3.5hrs.  I new I couldn't get 13, but didn't want to settle for 10.  So, 11 was the new goal.  Time to go.

Did 11 laps which is a couple of feet short of 20000ft of vertical, 100 miles of single track, and I burned 15760 calories. In the past 18 hours.

But that doesn't paint the full picture. This was one of the races I am most proud of myself for pushing to the end, and the placing doesn't tell the whole story.

After I waited those issues out, and some calculations, I knew I needed my 3 fastest lap times of the race during the final 3hrs and 20 minutes or so to reach 11 laps. Wasn't sure if this was going to make a difference in my overall placement or not, and it didn't matter to me either way.

Although endurance races are about beating the other riders, it is just as much about testing and proving yourself. As one of best friends Marcee told me after the race "...it's about control of your body. Forcing it to do something that it doesn't want or need to do. Proving you have control over it. Proving you can control diabetes, and it doesn't control you".  Wow.  She's absolutely right.

It was a very difficult challenge to push through to get it done in those waining hours.  No time to fuel and test, so I ended up just turning my insulin pump off for the last 2 hours and pedaling as hard and fast as I could. Was able to keep the fluids flowing though.

Overall the race went mostly perfect, save for a miscalculation on the first battery charge and the wet clothes issue.  I continued to turn my planned lap times throughout the event, and my legs and lungs feel ok.  The Superfly was great!! Just perfect. I mean unbelievably fantastic on this course.

BG was good as well.  Stayed on the exact eating, hydration, and pump adjustment plan.  No complaints at all.  Maybe one of my best endurance races.

Not sure if I finished top ten, but I dug deep to get it all in. With 10 minutes to spare.

Yeah, I am in control.

Just finished up about 9:50am. I'm whipped (good thing), so I if this post doesn't make a ton of sense...

Did 11 laps which is a couple of feet short of 20000ft of vertical, 100 miles of singletrack, and I burned 15760 calories. In the past 18 hours.

But that doesn't paint the full picture. This was one of the races I am most proud of myself for pushing to the end, and the placing doesn't tell the whole story.

The short 30 minute break lasted closer to 1 hour longer than expected. I didn't realise how wet my bibs got, and that had lead to some wicked chaffing. (Yeah, rookie mistake). Brought three changes of kit, but forgot the 3rd pair of bibs. So, I had to dry a pair of bibs before continuing. Also, although not normal low, I wanted to try and bump my BG the 60 point to the target 150 for the final planned 5 hour push.

After I waited those out, and some calculations, I knew I needed my 3 fastest lap times of the race during the final 3hrs and 20 minutes or so to reach 11 laps. Wasn't sure if this was going to make a difference in my overall placement or not, and it didn't matter either way.

Although endurance races are about beating the other riders, it is just as much about testing and proving yourself. As one of best friends told me after the race "...it's about control of your body. Forcing it to do something that it doesn't want or need to do. Proving you have control over it. Proving you can control diabetes, and it doesn't control you". She's absolutely right.

It was a very difficult challenge to push through to get it done. No time to fuel and test, so I ended up just turning my insulin pump off for the last 2 hours. Was able to keep the fluids flowing though.

Not sure if I finished top ten, but I dug deep to get it all in. With 10 minutes to spare.

Great job to George "Dirt Dawg" Scott for grabbing third in his class! Always fun to go racing with you. What week is it?

Full write up coming soon. Time to start breaking down the pit.

I am in control.








(it's a sign: Tony Cervati - Diabetic sticker post race)



-- Post From My iPhone

It's almost 5 in the morning, and I'm taking a 30 break. I am 8 laps in (just shy of 90 miles), and am somewhere in the top ten.

Race has been mostly perfect, save for a miscalculation on the first battery charge. Lost near 40 minutes riding in the last 3 miles in the dark. Thank goodness George was there, he road behind me and got me back without dying.

Good news is I am still turning my planned lap times, and my legs and lungs feel ok.

Bad news is I have had a hard time eating, and although they have been ok my BGs are beginning to run a bit too low. Last on was a 71. Hopefully the stop will raise it some.

Can't eat as I have been battling nausea all day. Nothing tastes or sits right.

Also, I have been wet for too long. My bibs have "done some damage", and I am hoping this time off sitting in dry stuff will help.

The Superfly has been great!! Just perfect. I mean unbelievably fantastic on this course.

Alright, let me dry off and try to comfi to put in 2 or 3 more.

Update again later. Ouch....


-- Post From My iPhone

On site, pit setup. BG is a little off, but I have changed my target from 100 to 150.

Installed my target lap countdown system.





I am feeling a little rushed, so this will be my last pre race post.

It's just under 90 with variable clouds. Overnight low in 60s, with a fair chance of rain.

K , I am number 115. Oh yeah, swag bag has a pint glass in it. :)

Got a couple things to take care of, so I'm out.

Thanks for the well wishes from folks. I really apreciate it! Will post when I can - like tomorrow at 10:15am.

And yes Viginia, there is a ship on course.





-- Post From My iPhone

Now I have everything. :)

Car and equipment is all packed, sans bikes. Weather looks great, and the race should be pretty sweet. Figure 17 laps for solo open mens winner.

I'm a bit more nervous about this race than usual. Not exactly sure why. Probably since I have done mostly 6's and 12's this year. This race is going to be tough.

There is a free real time scoring link for this event. If I can find it, I will post it here tomorrow morning.

Is there a ship on this course Dirt Dawg? Didn't I ask that last year?

Have a bet with George about racing up there. Just don't remember the start time. :) I know last one there buys Dominos at 1:30am. LOL!

The only thing I don't have packed is my "No Place Like Home" Bontrager RXL mountain shoes:





I'm not sure if they are going production in 2010 or not. Hey Marcee, I think these have your name on them!!

Gotta grab some zzzzz's.

-- Post From My iPhone

Daily Total: 39.57u Ride Hours: 01:22

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 8.90u
Corr: 2.60u
Basal: 28.07u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 133g

Last very light ride tonight before racing the 18hr this weekend. Course looks tough this year (1800ft of vert per lap), but I am looking forward to it.

Kept the HR below 140 the entire time, and just spun the legs out for a bit. Nervous about this event, and the other moving parts involving Type1Rider next year. The race will be fine, as I've placed in the top 10 there the past two years.

Everything else will fall into place. Hopefully. Just need to keep the pedals turning. :)

Going to have a chance to get some last minute items tomorrow after work, then get everything cleaned and packed up. Making a list and checking it twice.

Want to wish Chris great luck tomorrow on her exam. Good vibes heading your way all day!!

Some new Bontrager shoes being displayed at Trek World. Both are SPD compatible. How cool are these!?!?





And, yes, wingtips!! I am thinking Dan and George would love these for commuting to work.





Just send me a pair or two of each please!

-- Post From My iPhone

Got in a lite 90 minute ride tonight before the rain rolled in. Took the HiFi out, and just granny geared around.

No water bottle, no recording of ride data. Just keeping HR below 140. Easy.

As I was rolling past the CHPD Hq I saw a friend coming back from the trails heading the other way. Road with her back towards the WC were I parked the car.

Got home about 20:20 or so. Nice ride. Saw a killer rainbow that stretched from horizon to horizon. Just a nice way to get some time. Ya know?

Started keeping a better food diary for my nutrionist. Have to find a better way to do it. Something easy for me to generate, and easy for her to read and go through. Ideas anyone?

Less than 72 hours until the start of 18 Hours on The Farm. Weather looks ok, but it is going to rain for the couple of days before hand. Could be a little messy.

I'm exhausted. Gotta hit the hay. Out.




-- Post From My iPhone

A new journey begins.

A tremendous thank you to Chris, Amanda, and Dr. Eschbach at the Human Performance Lab (www.humanperformancetesting.com) for your time and patience today!! I greatly appreciate it.














-- Post From My iPhone

What is it? Once is an accident, twice is a pattern. Up again today at 05:11 to work on a server problem. Are you freakin' kidding me?!?!!??!!

Got the servers up by 08:00, which is just before start of business. Geez.

No riding today, just get the day and get to bed.

Of course, just as I put my head on the pillow, my pager goes off again and tells me there is a server problem. This went on to 01:15 Tuesday morning. Awesome, a 20 hr day. Just freaking great.

This is really going to mess me up for the rest of the week if I cannot get some quality sleep. Very frustrated, annoyed, and aggravated. That might just be the lack of sleep talking.

Daily Total: 38.52u Ride Hours: 02:07

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 11.60u
Corr: 3.40u
Basal: 23.52u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 174g

Well today started off at a ridiculous hour. Our production database server paged me a little before 05:00. Yeah, read that again. I was not a happy camper. Took almost 3.5 hours to get everything squared away. Only downside, is that I am less then a week out from the 18hr event, and getting my sleep pattern interupted is NOT a great thing. I was less then happy.

We had breakfast and K rolled out for a ride in the morning, and the boys and I played hard. The temps today are going to be in the low 100s, so outside time was going to be at a minimal.

I was able to roll out on my road bike around 11:30, and set the pump to a 55% reduction about an hour earlier. I had about 2.5hrs to get some mileage in, as we were all going to Tracy's for a swim in the pool later at 15:00.

Ride started out ok, but I just was feeling it. I guess the not sleeping the last couple of days, with the getting up early today, plus the heat just took it all out of me. I did squeeze 38 miles out in the 2 hours, so the pace was ok. Flat, but ok.

Vertical Distance:		273.00 yd
Max HR:		183 BPM
Avg HR:		150 BPM
Calories:		1,374 kCal

We had a good time at the pool visiting, but everyone was exhausted I think. At least I was.

Tried to get to bed early, and did a fairly good job. Have a busy week coming up with Trek World going on (not doing anything with that, just excited), a test at the Human Performance Lab at Meredith college, a meeting with a nutrionist with an expertise in diabetic athletes, and then the 18 hours on the Farm at weeks end. Whew....

Daily Total: 38.82u Ride Hours: 02:23

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 13.35u
Corr: 1.40u
Basal: 24.07u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 201g

Today was going to be a long slow ride day. Just a 1/2 dozen hours of base miles to put myself in a "happy place" for next week's 18 Hours on The Farm. Weather was HOT HOT HOT, but dry.

Grabbed the Superfly and left for the trails at 15:45. Due to some scheduling I had set the basal rate down, then back up, then down, and then up, and then finally down. Sitting at the Wellness Center to head out at 15:30 I was at a 60. Drat. Took in some quick simple carbs and rolled out easy.

Well, the ride just went down hill from there. Some days just go bad - and this training ride was a circus. A complete circus.

Was a struggle to get the BG anywhere near low-normal during the entire ride. Dropped the basal rate to a 65% reduction 1 hour in, and then to a 80% reduction about 20 minutes later.

It didn't help. I ended up riding like a drunken slug (laying the bike down a few times - gently at least), and eating too much. Hovered in the 55-75 range the whole time. Began to really screw up my gut, and was close to being ill.

I wanted to hang with it and continue to pedal at atleast some pace just because this could (sometimes does) happen while racing. Riding low it the worst. Your brain is telling your legs to fire, but it take about 3 complete pedals revs to get the message there. You look down at the smallest hills and you find yourself in granny gear doing 2.1mph. You hit everything you look at, and your logic goes south. So you began to affect your mood by thinking "man, this race is over" or while training "what a waste of day. I just want to stop".

Fought through those thoughts for a bit over 2 hours, and then called it a day. Good thing too, as I was so sloppy I dropped a full water bottle on the ground about 8 miles out. So much for hydration.

Vertical Distance:		380.00 yd
Max HR:		180 BPM
Avg HR:		140 BPM
Calories:		1,441 kCal

Very frustrated after I got done. Just need to let it go.

I did actually lower my basal rate BEFORE falling asleep tonight. I have a feeling it is going to creep up do to the carbs and fat I took in while in a quest to correct my BG. We'll see...

Daily Total: 44.25u Ride Hours: 01:46

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 11.25u
Corr: 6.99u
Basal: 26.01u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 169g

After a completely wacky day (I mean WACKY) I was looking forward to getting out on a bike for a couple of hours after work. Weather was pretty dang hot and humid, but not terrible. Much.

Set my pump to a 55% reduction at 16:30, and made my way towards the UNC Wellness Center to park. SetUp events was there beginning to get setup for the triathlon that is to be held on Sunday. Nice.

On the way I ran into a "technical" difficulty that left me leaving the WC at 18:00 sharp (aka LATE) to meet Steve Gisselman for a ride at Chapel Hill North. I have known him for years, and he is a fantastic strenght and conditioning coach at UNC CH, and the fastest mountain biker in the area. Steve has been grateful enough to coach me for the rest of this race season, and into some of the bigger events of next year. I am amped!

Got a decent ride in, but my lateness cost me some time chasing him around. No worries. Me and the bottom-bracket-is-toast-and-creaking HiFi finished up a and headed home. I cut the ride a little short as I wanted to see the boys before they hit the hay.

Vertical Distance:		240.00 yd
Max HR:		175 BPM
Avg HR:		147 BPM
Calories:		1,272 kCal

I forgot to set my basal rate down when I turned in at night. Of course I paid for it in the morning..... :)

At Carolina Beach today with the family. A BLAST!!

Daily Total: 39.33 Ride Hours: 02:51

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 9.65u
Corr: 4.80u
Basal: 24.88u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 164g

Vertical Distance:		360.00 yd
Max HR:		189 BPM
Avg HR:		151 BPM
Calories:		2,187 kCal

Was able to get out on the road bike at 17:39. Plan was to ride road until sun down, and then jump on the mtn bike with the lights for a couple of hours. Mother nature had other ideas. :)

Set my pump down to a 65% reduction as I was a triffle low at ride start.

Stayed on the 1 20oz bottle of Nuun water every 90 minutes, and 40g of carb intake per hour.

Had a quality road ride, and saw a bunch of folks out there on the road with me.

BG never really recovered while on the bike. It didn't get worse, but just never got to where it was supposed to be.

Hustled back to the car around 20:15, trying to out run a beautiful set of monster dark clouds that where closing. Great.

Ran into a friend who is a HUGE runner when I got back to the car. She is going bike shopping this weekend. Nice!

Chatted with her about that for a few minutes, and then the rain came POURING in.

No worries.

I am going to the beach with the family tomorrow, but will be able to get out Friday after work and late on Saturday. If you around for a ride give a shout!

Later....

Just a quick note:

I am in the process of moving the website to a new host provider. Some items will be unavailable for a couple of days while I complete this process.

I'm sorry for any inconvienence.

The old host provider was planning on shutting down business pretty quickly, so I didn't have time to make a smooth transition.

The new destination of the Type1Rider.org url will be this blog page. Links to the main site, race reports, photos, forums, etc. will be placed on the menu here as they become available.

The main site will be more static information, while this blog page will hold the dynamic content including the latest blood glucose readings, announcements, blog entries, training write ups, and the like.

Give me a few days, and we will be fully operational again. :)

Thanks everyone for the continued support of Type1Rider.

Feel free to email or Facebook me with any questions about the move. tony@type1rider.org


-- Post From My iPhone

Daily Total: 46.33 Ride Hours: 02:16

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 14.20u
Corr: 6.15u
Basal: 25.98u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 212g

Headed out on the HiFi after a seeing Joe Largay at the UNC Diabetes Care Center today. A1C was a nice even 6.0. Not too bad.

The appointment took longet than I thought, so I logged in from home to get some work done during the afternoon.

I picked up my boys, and took the Superfly to the Clean Machine and a visit to Marshall. Marshall is a great guy, an awesome rider, and a very detailed mechanic. He was able to figure out why the bike was missing a gear (heck I only worked on it for 3 hours over the weekend) in about 2 minutes.

Once home I lowered the basal rate to 55% reduction, and got out on the HiFi by 18:20.

Vertical Distance: 447.00 yd
Max HR: 179 BPM
Avg HR: 142 BPM
Calories: 1,534 kCal

Ride was going along GREAT until the lightning storm hit. Had to make a mad dash for an over pass to hide under for 30 minutes. Crazy lightning. Just crazy.

Once I headed to bed I lowered to a temp basal of 80% for 6 hours.

Good day. Time is ticking, and I feel that the 18 hours on the Farm is right around the corner. Need to get a couple more quality rides in to feel mentally prepared. Nutrition and BGs have been perfect.

Might have a chance to try a new CGMS for the race, so I am crossing my fingers.

2010 Fisher stuff is starting to trickle out... My FAV so far is the new Presidio.



Steel, slider dropouts for single speed or geared use, and can run 29x1.8 tires. KILLER! Definetly on my list!

Had the BEST RIDE OF MY LIFE TODAY. I took a 80-90 minute ride with J-man.  Road to Grandma's, then to one of his friends house, up the American Tabacco Trail, past his school, and then finally he ran out of gas in a 3rd neighborhood. He even had his first case of helmet head.

It was AWESOME!!

No kidding.. I don't think I have ever had so much fun riding. Ever.



When we got back  I hooked the wagon up to the back of the Trek Mod and towed my youngest around for a while.

A terrific day! Just terrific!!

Daily Total: 35.21 Ride Hours: 05:49

Insulin Breakdown:
Meal: 9.15u
Corr: 3.60u
Basal: 22.46u

Daily Carb Intake Bolused For: 188g


Vertical Distance: 815.00 yd
Max HR: 185 BPM
Avg HR: 144 BPM
Calories: 4,063 kCal

Long ride day today on the Superfly Single Speed. George Scott left from his house in N. Raleigh and road the 2hrs to my house. I lowered my basal rate to a 65% reduction at 08:45 while he was in route. We rolled out of my house at 09:45 or so.

Spent the next nearly six hours riding the Chapel Hill North trail system which was surprisingly dry. Started with some hill repeats, and then just played on the singletrack. About 4 hours in, we road back to the UNC Wellness Center to meet some others. The 3 of us hammered out the last 2 hours together.

We avg. about 10mph, so 55-60 miles on the single speed felt GREAT. I have been using Nuun electrolyte tables in my water bottles lately. They work great. Kona Kola and Lemon Lime are the flavors of choice.

Nutrition was spot on today with 40g of carbs and a full water bottle with two Nuun tabs in it per hour. Will keep this ratio at the 18hr race coming up in two weeks. My support person will be busy.

Also going to try warm chicken broth during the night. Salt and hydration boost for only $.89 a can. Perfect.

Blood Glucose was spot on after the ride at a 93.

Set a night time temp basal of a 25% reduction for 6 hours. Love ride days like today! Love it!