1). Was pretty sick early last week, and as a result did only 1 workout (a 7 miler on Friday) the entire week.
2). Had this SCARY episode last Friday as I was driving down the interstate. I’m okay, and am now sporting 4 new tires.
I guess the wheels fell off my exercise and car this week!
3). I’m working on a cool new service I’d like to make available to everyone. It will merge run data and CGMS data. I have big plans for including various devices (Nike+, Garmin, Minimed CGMS, Dex 7 etc), but will start out with just Nike+ and Minimed CGMS. If you use these two devices and are interested in participating, please send me an email, and I’ll let you know when I’m ready for people to start playing with it: DiabeticRunner@gmail.com
4). Got a cool story of a diabetic’s first marathon I want to share with you. It was written by fellow diabetic runner & blogger Ryan Nichols. He’s recently begun blogging HERE, stop by and say hello, and look for his story here soon.
5). Funny story to share from a run with my sister, yet another diabetic runner, the other day. We were talking about infusion sites and CGMS sensors, and how people like to stare at them when we are at the gym. She mentioned that during a trip to her gym a lady asked bluntly, “What’s that?” To which she replied, “I’m diabetic and it’s how I give myself insulin,” or something like that, and the lady replied, “You’re diabetic? You don’t look THAT fat.” Of course my sister, (who is far from fat BTW) was pissed! What did she mean “THAT fat?” We kept talking about it and I had to point out - you never really see FAT type I diabetics, and I hypothesized this is why: If they are in control of their BG, and actually getting the sugars they eat, they are likely into taking care of themselves in general, exercise and all that goes with it, so keeping weight in check is part of their (often) obsessive behavior. If on the other hand they aren’t in control of their BG, then they are probably peeing out all the sugar, and not gaining weight anyway. Sad but true… but on the bright side, we can medicate to eliminate the effects of diabetes, while the woman at her gym is screwed - she’s stuck with her ignorance.
6). Oh Yeah - there are 10 more Diabetic Runner Challenge Rockstars to check out:
Kevin Bonks
Bill King
Brett
Caitlin Field
Russel Hiatt
Mike Lawson
Dave Shack
Paul Funk
Kim
Kate Makinson
Way to go, and thanks again for signing up!!!!
Got some “skinny” on a story you want to share? Hit me up,
Jamie, The Diabetic Runner
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I hear you on the ‘you’re not THAT fat’ commment. I worry about that all the time. Type 1 and Type 2 are like night and day. One is due to people’s lifestyle choices, and one is due to genetics.
No offense to people with Type 2 obviously. But I constantly fear the average person doesn’t know the difference…all they hear all day long is about how many obese people are in the US and how there is an epidemic of diabetes…diabetes meaning Type 2.
Cool. You’ve got the famous Bill King signed up. I’ve been reading about his marathons for years.
Here’s the thing about type 1 and type 2 diabetics:
One is usually due to genetics, and the other is usually due to genetics.
Some people are fat, and that is almost always due to behavior choices.
Type 2 diabetes is a disease. No one gets it because they deserved it. Many people who have it are not overweight at all. Many more are overweight, but not any more than the average person who is not diabetic.
So I agree that it would be nice if people were better informed about diabetes.
For the record, I am type 1, diagnosed 34 years ago. My younger brother is type 2, diagnosed 3 years ago. Either of us could elicit the reaction, “You don’t look like a diabetic.”
As Jerry stated, pretty neat to see Bill King signed up, I actually spoke to Bill a few times in my preparation for the Marine Corps Marathon. I was lucky enough to see him speak a little over a year ago in Cincinnati, and he was quite inspirational. He is a member of an organization http://www.diabetes-exercise.org/ Check it out.
I had a tire fall off the jeep on the way home from a spun hub on a trail ride. Didn’t complete the trail repair well (that wheel bearing is oh so very important!) Then at 55 MPH, I was driving along 1 hour from home when the entire front passenger wheel left the Jeep. What a wild and exciting few minutes that was! It took about a half an hour to calm back down and repair the wheel enough to get home. A good samaritan did stop and help.
So, I know how these very fast, emergency stops can happen!
I agree, it’s pretty cool to have Bill in the challenge - and yeah, I know DESA well, as I am a subscriber/member. I’m amazed at the variety of people that signed up… I also see a few of the Triabetics in the challenge… check out what they are doing here: http://triabetes.org
And Charles… WHEW, I was just driving on the rim for a bit, but having the whole damn tire come off… SCARY! - and I can’t say it enough: WOO HOO for the Chicago Marathon!!!!!