Helpful information for diabetics
It’s about time I wrote my third and final instalment on my Ironman and diabetes considering I completed it a few weeks ago 🙂 I’d chosen a 30 week plan by Don Fink and stuck to the Competitive programme as best I could. I went down with an awful cough in week 18, the second … Read more
(Background: I’ve entered a long-distance (Ironman) triathlon, the Outlaw, in Nottingham, July 7th. A post on my first 10 weeks of Ironman training and diabetes is here.) The second 10 weeks of my Ironman training were marred by a terrible cough I developed in week eight which continued for three weeks. I got some antibiotics … Read more
I’ve entered an Ironman triathlon, the Outlaw in Nottingham, on 7th July this year. Woo hoooo! I did the Wild Boar half-Ironman last September and had a couple of months afterwards of not doing a deal of exercise. The first batch of tickets sold out within a week so I was glad I got in early … Read more
I went spinning at the gym last Sunday. What fun. Not done it for years. Glucose levels, fine. I cycled a different route to work on Tuesday and took in part of the course for the duathlon. It’s a lovely route. Very pretty. As I pounded the pedals I remembered the class, getting out of … Read more
I sometimes cycle to work – a 40km trip – and back. It’s a nice ride. However I still find it difficult to keep my sugar levels high on the return journey. The morning ride is generally fine. Have a bowl of cereal about an hour before I set off and 1/2 the amount of … Read more