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Author Archives: Gillian
Below 7 / IMAZ
I ended my 2017 racing season with ironman Arizona. It was a busy season and I had set some pretty tough goals for myself. They included: Complete and beat the sun at dirty kanza in june. Complete Leadville marathon with … Continue reading
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Tagged 670G, blood glucose, closed loop, diabetes, Diabetes Education, IMAZ, ironman, Jon Fecik, medtronic, triathlon, Vision Quest
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59 seconds – Edmonton marathon race report
I had been wanting to do the Edmonton marathon for a very long time. Ever since my mom’s brother and family moved there and I started running marathons nearly 30 years ago years ago I have told them I would … Continue reading
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Tagged blood sugar, diabetes, edmonton marathon, Endurance, fund raising, Jon Fecik, marathon training, running
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DIRTY KANZA #4
Warning, this is a long post. I’m going to start with some training stories. Because the training this year was tough. Training in Chicago in the spring is never easy but this year I had some additional demons I was … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose, bolus, diabetes, Dirty Kanza, Endurance, Gravel Road Racing, Vision Quest
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Roughroad 100 – the ‘betes won this one
Roughroad 100 – the ‘betes won this one! Earlier this year I switched insulin pump brand from a T-Slim/Dexcom combination back to my tried and true Medtronic brand. This latest version of the Medtronic brand shuts off insulin delivery if … Continue reading
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IRONMAN #5 IN THE BOOKS
A recap of my 5th ironman- its a bit long, bear with me. This ironman I refer to as the backwards ironman, where normally it is hard to get through the marathon my last 4 1/2 hours (the marathon) felt the best … Continue reading
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FINDING YOUR LIMIT – DK200 2016
I needed to get this out before Ironman Wisconsin and it is so late because of trainig for Ironman Wisconsin.. so there. The theme for this years Dirty Kanza race which was written on the race t-shirt was “find your … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose, bolus, Dirty Kanza, Gravel Road Racing, skratchlabs, Vision Quest
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Twin Cities Marathon and Global Hero Alumni weekend
When I got the email about the 10 year global hero alumni event in twin cities for the marathon. I didn’t hesitate to sign up. I had such a great time the prior year. Although this year would be without … Continue reading
Ironman Wisconsin 2015 Race Report
Ironman #4 is done. I previously mentioned that I wasn’t really sure how it would go due to my lack of training. At the end of the day, for how I trained, it went really really well. My measure of … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose, bolus, diabetes, Endurance, fitness goals, ironman, medtronic, skratch, skratchlabs, triathlon, trimonster, Vision Quest
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DIRTY KANZA 2015
When I posted my last post I realized that I had never posted this!!!! It was sitting in draft mode (no wonder no-one commented!) so I re-read it and tweaked it and am posting now.. if you want to get to the … Continue reading
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Tagged blood glucose, bolus, dexcom, diabetes, Dirty Kanza, Gravel Racing, Rebecca's Private Idaho, Vision Quest
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This year and IMOO training.
So here I go again. In two weeks I’ll be hopefully finishing my fourth ironman. When I signed up I had every intention of beating my previous course record which was also my first ironman in 2011. I started off … Continue reading
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