Leadville training week 7?!!!!!
Whew! I can’t believe I’ve been training for Leadville now for 7 weeks, my plan was to blog every week but time has been a tough commodity to come by lately. In order to make things work these last...
View ArticleLeadville 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...
View ArticlePerfect 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:...
View ArticleTOUR 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...
View ArticleLeadville training weeks ?
I am here. I’ve arrived 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...
View ArticleGetting through the Leadville 100 MTB Race
The hardware. 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...
View ArticleThe Dirt on Dirty Kanza
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...
View ArticlePower 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 case...
View Article2 weeks to Kanza-the final countdown!
This weekend called for two 4 hour rides. Funny how 4 hours now seems like a drop in the bucket. Neither of my rides went quite as planned but I still enjoyed myself. For Saturday’s ride I needed to...
View ArticleThe Dirty
As I sat down to write my dirty kanza race report I noticed the familiar shake in my hands. I looked at my Dexcom and saw 65 with a down arrow. I don’t recall giving myself too much insulin but...
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