Tag Archives: Tour de Cure

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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DIABETES BLOG WEEK

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Gillian

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 →

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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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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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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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TEAM WILD!!!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Gillian

On top of everything else I’ve decided to do this year (more on this in a later post) I am officially one of the triathlon coaches at Team Wild Camp this year!  I cannot wait to coach and mentor other … Continue reading →

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