Author Archives: Gillian

About Gillian

I am a type 1 diabetic diagnosed at the age of 30. I run marathons, participate in bike races , ironman triathlons and everything in between.

Below 7 / IMAZ

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Gillian

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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59 seconds – Edmonton marathon race report

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Gillian

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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DIRTY KANZA #4

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Gillian

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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Roughroad 100 – the ‘betes won this one

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Gillian

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

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gillian

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

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Gillian

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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Twin Cities Marathon and Global Hero Alumni weekend

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Gillian

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 →

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Ironman Wisconsin 2015 Race Report

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Gillian

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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DIRTY KANZA 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Gillian

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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This year and IMOO training.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Gillian

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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