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Tag Archives: Leadville 100 MTB Race
130 Mile Race Practice Ride
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
Posted in Training, Uncategorized
Tagged blood glucose, bolus, Destination Races, dexcom, diabetes, Dirty Kanza, Leadville 100 MTB Race, Vision Quest
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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
First Race
Last Saturday I participated in the Barry-Roubaix Gravel Road Race. http://barry-roubaix.com/ A 62 mile race in the middle of Michigan near Grand Rapids. The week(s) leading up the race I was both nervous and excited about it. Nervous because we’ve … Continue reading
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
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
TOUR DE UCAN
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
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
Perfect Training and Perfect Race Execution
Perfect training execution and perfect race execution. A few days ago, this is what I was told I had to do in order to finish the Leadville 100 mountain bike race. But first a catch up. I haven’t posted in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadville, Motivation, Race nutrition, Training
Tagged ART, blood glucose, Destination Races, diabetes, Endurance, Leadville 100 MTB Race, Mountain Biking, Vision Quest
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Endurance Diabetic 