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Category Archives: Motivation
The road to Rebecca’s Private Idaho – part 1
These are my hi-lights of the summer getting ready for RPI part 2 will be the race report. I wanted to write about them as I went but well, you know, life. I just returned from Sun Valley, Idaho. A … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes Education, Motivation, Race nutrition, Race Reports, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged axeltree, blood glucose, Dairyland Dare, dexcom, diabetes, Diabetes Education, diabetics, Endurance, fund raising, Gravel Road Racing, marathon training, Rebecca's Private Idaho, Team Katie Cyclemonsters, Tour de Cure, Vision Quest
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DIABETES BLOG WEEK
This week I signed up to participate in diabetes blog week. Diabetes blog week was started by a diabetes blogger – http://www.bittersweetdiabetes.com. Each day bloggers write about a certain topic. I didn’t really realize when I signed up that we … Continue reading
Power of positivity
Power of positivity. Following up from my last post, here is a picture of my blood sugar levels on the third day. If you ever wonder what I mean when I say each day is a different, this should be … Continue reading
The Dirt on Dirty Kanza
THE TRUTH ABOUT MY DIRTY KANZA TRAINING. If you’ve looked at my race schedule for this year you may have noticed the “Dirty Kanza” aka The Dirty. A couple of things to note – there is no “tri” in the … Continue reading
Posted in Motivation, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged blood glucose, commute, Destination Races, diabetes, Dirty Kanza, Endurance, fitness goals, Mountain Biking, Tour de Cure, Vision Quest
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An Evening with Andy Potts
Mental Toughness: “the ability to consistently perform towards the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of competitive circumstances.” I recently had the chance to see Andy Potts speak. Andy, started with a recount of his journey to winning … Continue reading
Getting through the Leadville 100 MTB Race
Early in 2013 a group of 30+ Vision Quest (http://www.visionquestcoaching.com/) athletes had signed up to do the Leadville 100 MTB race many were roadies, some were triathletes (me) some were avid mountain bikers. I did have a little background in … Continue reading
Stop and Start
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
Posted in Coaching, Ironman Arizona Training, Motivation
Tagged blood glucose, dexcom, diabetes, Endurance, ironman, living with diabetes, triathlon
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Leadville training weeks ?
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
Perfect storm for procrastination
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
Posted in Leadville, Motivation, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged blood glucose, Endurance, fitness goals, Leadville 100 MTB Race, Mountain Biking, Team Wild
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Leadville training weeks 8-10 – flatlanders unite
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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