funny you mention a cold....
Did my olympic distance triathlon and had a bit of a fail. The week leading up to it i tapered (about 6 days) and got a cold from my lovely son! bah! so not only did my insulin needs increase from not exercising as much with the taper, but im basically a human pin cushion being sick aswell. I tell you what, it is much harder to control diabetes without exercise.
Anyway, in the morning of the race, my bolus was done and dusted and i climbed from 7mmols to 9.4mmols from pre race nerves alone. I didnt need to eat anything. The 1500m swim was two laps of a large triangle. On 1/4 way through my second lap i gulped half a gel mid swim. Got to my bike and i was stuffed. My legs were like lead and i had no energy. I even had to sit down i felt dizzy. This was the effects of the cold probably. Anyway, blood sugar was 7.4mmols. Good times. I had a unit of insulin and 2 jellybeans and jumped on my bike to see if i could get my legs turning. I did half a lap and they still werent co-operating and my blood sugar was now 10.4....crap! I dont race well over 10ish usually anyway. End of lap 1 on the bike i was 12.4 despite 1 unit taken and a meagre 2 jellybeans. I bailed. Legs werent kicking, blood sugar way too high. I dont get passed much on the bike, its my favourtie leg, but i was the guy getting passed by road bikes when im on a tri bike with disc wheel, aero helmet etc like a douche. Oh well. So i have had a very light week in training from taper and sickness and i just could not get going. Seems too much taper reducing my insulin sensitivity does not bode well (as well as sickness!)
Got busso 70.3 in 3 weeks, need to bring things back up to normal in this time!
edit: it took me 4 units to get back to normal range and i have been yo-yoing all day, high/low its been a nightmare. Sickness aside, i dont think a major taper where insulin sensitivity is lost does me any good!
Did my olympic distance triathlon and had a bit of a fail. The week leading up to it i tapered (about 6 days) and got a cold from my lovely son! bah! so not only did my insulin needs increase from not exercising as much with the taper, but im basically a human pin cushion being sick aswell. I tell you what, it is much harder to control diabetes without exercise.
Anyway, in the morning of the race, my bolus was done and dusted and i climbed from 7mmols to 9.4mmols from pre race nerves alone. I didnt need to eat anything. The 1500m swim was two laps of a large triangle. On 1/4 way through my second lap i gulped half a gel mid swim. Got to my bike and i was stuffed. My legs were like lead and i had no energy. I even had to sit down i felt dizzy. This was the effects of the cold probably. Anyway, blood sugar was 7.4mmols. Good times. I had a unit of insulin and 2 jellybeans and jumped on my bike to see if i could get my legs turning. I did half a lap and they still werent co-operating and my blood sugar was now 10.4....crap! I dont race well over 10ish usually anyway. End of lap 1 on the bike i was 12.4 despite 1 unit taken and a meagre 2 jellybeans. I bailed. Legs werent kicking, blood sugar way too high. I dont get passed much on the bike, its my favourtie leg, but i was the guy getting passed by road bikes when im on a tri bike with disc wheel, aero helmet etc like a douche. Oh well. So i have had a very light week in training from taper and sickness and i just could not get going. Seems too much taper reducing my insulin sensitivity does not bode well (as well as sickness!)
Got busso 70.3 in 3 weeks, need to bring things back up to normal in this time!
edit: it took me 4 units to get back to normal range and i have been yo-yoing all day, high/low its been a nightmare. Sickness aside, i dont think a major taper where insulin sensitivity is lost does me any good!
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coates_hbk: Apr 13, 14 0:45