Training Hours: Ride: 02:04 Run: 00:00 Other: 00:00

Insulin Delivery Summary:
Daily Total: 53.15 units
Bolus (54%) 28.50u
Basal: (46%) 24.65u

Whew.  Sometimes it takes a LOT of work to get the BGs to co-operate, sometimes not so much.

Today was an example of the former.  :)

Work up a little after 09:00 with a nearly perfect BG of 107.  (I mean, yes, 7% off target, but in the ballpark right?  LOL!)

Had a great breakfast of Veggie Eggs Benedict (english muffin, tomatoe, and an egg), and a small (legit) helping of blueberry pancakes.

By 12:30 I was a little high, 165.  Not to surprising given the pancakes sampling as they usually cause a slight rise about 3 hours post.

Now, the BG day got interesting....

By early afternoon I was at 225.  I bolused, and, do to other factors (lunch, other activities) I ran a positive temp basal of 135% for a few hours.  I wanted to prevent the climb, and figured the BG would be creeping up due to my schedule of events.

I ended up being correct, and ended up at a perfect 99 at 16:03.  SWEET!!

What I forgot, was to set my normal pre-ride temp basal rate of a 65% reduction at 15:30, which would have been an hour before my ride start.

Since I was on a schedule and needed to get my ride in, I needed to try to figure out what might work to allow a stable BG target of 150 while on the bike.

What I did was set a temp basal rate of a 85% reduction for 4 hours to cover the ride.  This was done at about 30 minutes before ride start.  I also took in a generous 60g of simple Cs to cover the insulin that was active from the positive temp basal I was running about 3 hours earlier.

Make sense? I agree, lots going on there...  ;)

103 at ride start time of 16:35. Looks good.

About 40 minutes into the ride I could feel that my BG was off the mark.  Obviously too much insulin still around, and the exercise induced insulin sensitivity beginning to take hold.  Tested at 17:11 at a 42 mg/dL.

Hmmmm.... well.... that didn't work as expected.

Stopped at convenience store and took in a 34gC soft drink.  Also, counting on my normal post ride spike, I paused the ride for about 15-20 minutes.  Figured this would correct me and get me back where I needed to be.

Bingo.

At 17:33 I was an 87 and back on the bike and rolling.  I made no modification to the 85% temp basal reduction.

The next hour and 25 minutes where great.  I was able to get my single legged climbing drills and interval work in.  I didn't cover the miles I wanted (loosing that 20 minutes) but I did reach my vertical and HR goals for today.   A great training ride!!  I totally love my Ion CX.  So much fun!

BGs for the rest of the ride where 104, 124, and 93.

Cancelled my temp basal about 30 minutes before the end of the ride, and got off the bike with a BG of 78. Not ideal, but not unexpected given the earlier lower event.

I did not do a standard post ride bolus that I normally do, as the BGs where slightly trending down for the second half of the ride.

As was re-enforced to me today, life with diabetes will, inevitably, not always go exactly as planned.

It will, in fact, through you a curve ball.

It may try to stand as barrier to your success, and take you off your game.

But that is completely ok.  Completely OK.

Just be prepared, make adjustments, have a little patience, and KEEP CHOPPIN'.

Nothing will stand in your way.

Training Hours: Ride: 01:33 Run: 00:00 Other: 00:00

Insulin Delivery Summary:
Daily Total: 50.30units
Bolus: (47%) 23.40u
Basal: (53%) 26.90u

After a hectic day, including 336 emails and an office move, I was able to get out after work for a ride on the Superfly.  I just needed a day to go ride and enjoy the perfect temps and blue Carolina sky.

No heart rate monitor.  No loaded pack.  No cycling kit.

So I set a normal temp basal ride rate of a 65% reduction a little late in terms of ride start time, only about 30 minutes before, but the ride was going to be an easy spin.  So no worries.

BG was a 75 as I slid out the door of my apartment.  As I walked down the stairs I took in a quick 25g of simple Cs.

The ride was great and very refreshing.  Shook the dust of the day off.  Refreshed the soul and mind.

Chatted with others on the American Tobacco Trail who where out doing the same as I.

Playing with their toys.  :)

About an hour into the ride I cancelled my temp basal rate.  30 minutes later I was pulling up to check my mail.

BG was a 65 when I dismounted.  Not ideal, but understandable given the late temp basal start and no carbs in at all during the ride.

Perfect for making great post ride meal for dinner.  :)

Got up this morning to a unexpected rain squall.  Oh... and 42 degrees.  Weather teams where predicting 68 and sunny. Go figure.

And sometimes that is how life, and in particular life with diabetes, rolls.

I had my quarterly endo appointment today with the good folks at the UNC Diabetes Care Center.  I actually forgot all about it, and had to quickly leave my office and basically sprint the 13 miles or so to get there.  In 35 minutes. With the fully loaded pack.

Interval work right?  Yup.

I was pretty psyched to go and see if I was able to whittle that A1C down from the last appointment in January.  Not that it was all that high at 6.4, but I had made it a personal challenge to try to drop it to around a 6.0.

Over the past 4 years my A1Cs have ranged from 5.4 to 6.8.  All numbers that represent good control over long periods of time.  My care providers and I decided that 6..0 to 6.4 would be a target range given the amount of training and the events that I try to do.  It has been working perfectly, as my performance on the bike (sans the injuries - Natch) has been improving and my BG levels are very stable.

I have been monitoring my BG via my Insulet OmniPod PDM very careful, and, as I got to the Endo's office, I saw a 90 average of 113 with 9 BG tests a day.  That should put my in a range of 5.8, and, with error, I was fully expecting a 6.0.

Stoked!

They did the quick A1C test with the blood glucose drop, and did the other standard check in work.

BG 65. BP 118/60. Pulse 70.

All great numbers. I waited....

A1C 6.6.

I laughed to myself.  To me this is always just a number.  A measurement that may or may not indicate the need for modification of some care or setting changes.

This number really would give me no indication to do either.

It just re-enforced to me that as hard as we all try, and with all the tools and technologies we have, sometimes diabetes in just unpredictable.

It just is.

Period.

Like the weather.

Not fretting or freaking.  Just a number.

A number I am rightfully comfortable with right now.

Keep Choppin!!

Great ride in on the bike this morning.  BGs where running a tad higher than normal (150-180s) overnight, but after the correction and 50 minute ride in, I was at a perfect 100 before heading down to grab my latte (a MUST today by the way!).

Today was the the first chance I had to ride with my my new LifeProof Bike & Bar Mount device.  I set my LifeProof protected iPhone in it, and activated the Starva Cycling application that I had downloaded for free from the iTunes app store.

It worked GREAT!!  The application seems very accurate, and the mount made it simple to use.  The Biek & Bar Mount held the phone in the spot I set it too, even over the curbs and stair jumps that make up parts of my commute.  

I totally love this new tool!

Keep Choppin Everyone!!!

Nothing runs like a deer....





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Interesting ride into the gig today...

A little Chrysler sedan did not stop at the red light,  and that there was a no turn on red sign as well.

I tagged his driver door with the shifter and then, after coming to a near complete stop,  toppled over.

Any damage you can fix with a good couple of pushes and pulls is really a "non-event".  The guys at Trek Raleigh are just going to love me.  :)

BTW - I don't ride with my fast acting regular soda in my bottle cage, but some things fell out of my outer section of my bag -  Mountain Dew included.  So I just through it into my cage to ride the 1/4 mile in.

No harm, no fowl.  I am uninjured.  Completely, uninjured.

Not upset about it at ALL actually.  I am thankful to be unscathed, and that my bike is not too messed up.

I am not sure what the mindset of the person driving the car was... maybe someone he loved was in a critical situation in the ER,  or maybe he was driving himself to receive emergency medical treatment.

No judgement.  I hope his troubles are temporary and he finds relief and peace.

All in all, still a GREAT ride in.... weather was good this morning.  Probably going to be raining on the way home.  I brought my rain gear with me, so I am actually looking forward to it.

Riding is a gift.

Keep choppin'!!!

A GREAT photo sent to me from Diane....

Too funny!!!!





Not sure if they are giving the pops a title, or giving people with diabetes directions.

Small things that make me smile during the day...




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Great, albeit a little chillier than I thought it was going to be, ride into the gig today.

Traffic was pretty lite:

And the sights where, as usual spectacular:

If you have the chance to ditch your car and ride your bike to work, I would strongly recommend it.

You won't miss the car.... not even for a second.

Fact.

Keep Choppin'!

Got a new office mate today....

As the weather is taking a major turn towards, perfect,  the miles and hours are beginning to pickup a bunch.  Left the CX at home today an road in on the Superfly to test out some tire combos, and the placement of the bar-ends and control positioning.

Hopefully, I will be close to 4 hours of saddle time today before I get home before dark tonight.

I am trying to find a good balance between useable on the street and still very successful on the fire roads and dry single track we have in the area now.  It seems that the Bontrager Team Issue 29-3 in 2.0 size on the back and the Schwalbe Racing Ralph 2.25 on the front make for a good mix.  It rolled pretty well on the 12 miles of blacktop on the way in today. I am running them tubeless, btw.

We have some wind moving through the area tomorrow, so it will be a great day to test the positioning of the bar ends.... we shall see.

I have just set a temp basal of a 65% reduction for 5hrs in preparation for the ride home tonight.  I am going to loop through the Chapel Hill North Forest, so I will get a good mix of road and single track.  CAN'T WAIT!!  :)

I hope everyone is having a GREAT day...  I can't wait to get outta here in about an hour to go for a ride!

Keep Choppin'!!

Some days can be summed up in just one word.

One thought.

One instinct.

Today is one of those days.

Go Big.

Be Fierce.

Keep Choppin'!

After getting 40 or so messages and comments about the new hash tag I made up this weekend, I decieded for fun to put it on a shirt in the Type1Rider Store:

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Happy Monday!!!!

Keep Choppin!!!

Took an out of town cycling trip this past weekend, and flew out with my still in the box Trek 5th District.

The good folks at the airline took great care of it (only $50 to ship a boxed bike on Southwest and JetBlue flights btw - cool) and I got it assembled and out the door pretty quickly.

LOVE this bike.  LOVE IT!!