Thanks Herbert. This was an excellent article and really gave me some good insight into what racing with Diabetes is like. I have a pretty poor understanding how diabetes really affects peoples’ lives so this helped a lot.
http://www.slowtwitch.com/Features/A_Type_1_diabetes_triathlon_day_661.html
All of the “if X do not race” steps seem like they are good idea to
have as hard and fast rules.
Still, that has got to suck. Thanks for the article.
-Jot
yeah that’s pretty much it in a nutshell, altho each diabetic can differ in what they need to do.
i find i’m just about always high in blood sugar in races, cos of adrenalin. i’m much more concerned about going too low then being a lil high.
Yes, thank you for the article. My wife is a type 1 diabetic and has expressed an interest in triathlon, with my gentle encouragement.
It’s really difficult to get motivated when you know that your body’s own chemistry is working against you.
But it CAN be done, even at the iron distance. There’s a type 1 diabetic who has posted here on ST before who has a blog about his experience training for and racing IM Lake Placid. You can read his race report here: http://ringthebolus.blogspot.com/2008/07/race-report-2008-ironman-lake-placid-i.html
But he’s not the first. Bill Carlson finished IM Hawaii back in 1983.
See also, Triabetes, an organization devoted to supporting and encouraging diabetic triathletes. They’re making a documentary about it, too.