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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.

Hell and back?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Gillian

I posted on Facebook on Saturday that I had been to hell and back.   After I posted it I sort of regretted it.  My ride that day was hell but not like the hell that my friend Katie goes through … Continue reading →

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Dirty little secret and my open water swim

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Gillian

I have a secret.  As you may know I am an avid bike commuter.  I bike 12 months of the year.  Well, my secret is that sometimes when ironman training gets tough and work hours are long I drive to … Continue reading →

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Stop and Start

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Gillian

The question has come up lately about whether or not to stop your watch during a workout.  For instance at a rest stop during a bike ride do you stop your watch?  Or at a stop light while running do … Continue reading →

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Leadville training weeks ?

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Gillian

I am here. I arrived in Leadville today.  It seems like the last month has been a whirlwind.  This is it.  This is the true test.  I’m not going to spend a lot of time rehashing the past but I … Continue reading →

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TOUR DE UCAN

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Gillian

No this isn’t a race.   The name of the post signifies my experiment with  UCAN this weekend. I did two completely different rides and had two completely different results.  I found it pretty interesting to see the difference they had … Continue reading →

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Perfect storm for procrastination

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Gillian

It was one of those days today. It went from getting up at 7 to drive to Indiana to do some single track to getting up much later and riding out to botancal gardens and back. The perfect storm was: … Continue reading →

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Leadville training weeks 8-10 – flatlanders unite

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Gillian

Although it looks like my average day blood sugars the above picture is the elevation changes of the leadville mountain bike race.  I try not to look at this too much.  Depending on what minute (yes minute) of the day … Continue reading →

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Leadville training week 7?!!!!!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Gillian

Whew! I can’t believe I’ve been training for Leadville now for 7 weeks, my plan was to blog every week but time has been a tough commodity to come by lately.  In order to make things work these last few … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 11, 2013 by Gillian

Originally posted on Typical Type 1 :
So most of us know what happened last week with our super top-secret cure-that’s-not-really-a-cure exploding Internet DOC rage fundraising nonsense. And everyone has an opinion on the subject; most of those opinions have already been…

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First week of Leadville training done!

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Gillian

This was my first official week of Leadville training! My week was a little disrupted by having an out of town guest at work who was training me on some software.     Monday night was 4 intervals of 20 minutes … Continue reading →

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