Category Archives: Training

Barry Roubaix

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Gillian

  My first race of 2015 is in the books. On Sunday I finished a 62 mile gravel bike race in Hastings, Michigan called the Barry Roubaix.  Although it’s a four hour drive it’s a great early season race and … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: WATERPROOF IPOD

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Gillian

I hate swimming laps in a pool.  I don’t hate swimming per se just the lap swimming.  I liked being in water and partaking in indoor tri’s or swimming on vacation.  It’s the boring monotony of swimming back and forth … Continue reading →

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The road to Rebecca’s Private Idaho – part 1

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Gillian

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 →

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2 weeks to Kanza-the final countdown!

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Gillian

This weekend called for two 4 hour rides.  Funny how 4 hours now seems like a drop in the bucket. Neither of my rides went quite as planned but I still enjoyed myself. For Saturday’s ride I needed to pick … Continue reading →

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130 Mile Race Practice Ride

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Gillian

I did it!  I rode to Wisconsin and back which also happened to be my practice ride for Dirty Kanza http://www.dirtykanza200.com/ .   My race is fast approaching (less than 3 weeks!) and I wanted to test out a few things … Continue reading →

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Kanza training and Dirty Mudd’r [Race]

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Gillian

Last weekend I completed two really great long (sloooooooooooow) rides. Saturday I left the house at 7:30 am to start my trek to Aurora, IL a suburb of Chicago.  Why ride to Aurora, you ask?  Well the American Diabetes Assoc. … Continue reading →

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Power of positivity

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Gillian

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 →

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A tale of two days.

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Gillian

A Tale of Two Days. I know I’m preaching to the choir for other diabetics and we all have crazy diabetes days.  I had such a rough Monday, Tuesday was better but not great. I am guilty of not prioritizing … Continue reading →

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The Dirt on Dirty Kanza

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Gillian

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 →

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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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