Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Does anyone belong to the Diabetic Athletes association?? Or know anything about it? I am type 1 and a triathlete in Austin, Tx looking for other athletes Awarded " Lab of the Year " by ExpressDigital at PMA 2006 johnmoore@... Awarded " Lab of the Year " by ExpressDigital at PMA 2005 All American Photo Awarded " Top Labtricity Lab " by ExpressDigital at PMA 2004 1010 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78703 come see us in person May 8th, Austin, Tx Ph. at a training session July 10th Denver Fax July 17th-19th Denver users meeting www.allamericanphoto.com http://www.allamericanphoto.com> Sept 18th Los Angeles Nov 6th Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I'm not exactly what you'd consider an athlete by looking at me but I'm in training to ride my first century (cycling). If you find any info pass it my way. I have lots of " athlete " type questions when it comes to dealing with my diabetes and have not found a great deal of info. > > Does anyone belong to the Diabetic Athletes association?? Or know > > anything about it? I am type 1 and a triathlete in Austin, Tx > > looking for other athletes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Played soccer for eight seasons after my T1 diagnosis the fall of 1968. Also took a bicycle trip around Scotland with my sister and a friend the summer of 1973. Worked for nine years as a peanut vendor at the Metrodome. Walked 10 miles a game for on average 110 games a year. Help prevent insulin shocks by keeping close tabs on your sugars during practices and adjusting accordingly. Practiced for the Scotland ride by riding for an hour each day in Milwaukee for the three months before the Scotland trip. Carry fruit juice and snacks. In my case I reduced my Regular insulin dosages by almost 40% for the day long bike rides. Be sure to discuss your exercise plans with your endocrinologist. Each individual case of managing diabetic exercising is unique! Happy cycling! Tim --- compugrl02 compugrl-news@...> wrote: > I'm not exactly what you'd consider an athlete by > looking at me but > I'm in training to ride my first century (cycling). > If you find any > info pass it my way. I have lots of " athlete " type > questions when it > comes to dealing with my diabetes and have not found > a great deal of info. > > > > > > Does anyone belong to the Diabetic Athletes > association?? Or know > > > > anything about it? I am type 1 and a triathlete in > Austin, Tx > > > > looking for other athletes > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I did a 38 mile bike ride for my birthday this past Friday. I stopped every 10 miles and had a 'snack', usually half a Clif bar, or half a banana and some watered down Gatorade. I've found that whenever I go for longer rides my blodd sugar actually increases. Does this happen to you too? I think I understand physiologically why this happens (liver releasing glycogen, etc) but what have you found to combat it, if anything? > > > > > > Does anyone belong to the Diabetic Athletes > > association?? Or know > > > > > > anything about it? I am type 1 and a triathlete in > > Austin, Tx > > > > > > looking for other athletes > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 My son plays soccer some and he has found that his bs doesn't go down during the game (even when playing the full 90 min of the game) but it goes down drastically sometime later in the day, like around 3-4 hours later. I'd suggest you check your bs during your bike rides and if it is getting lower, have a snack, if not just have water to stay hydrated. Eventually, you'll get a sense of how far you can ride before you need a snack and then won't need to test quite as often. When ds was diagnosed, the nutritionist suggested he have a snickers bar before the soccer games...so we did that. Then his coach wouldn't play him much and he'd be over 300 at the end of the game! So I'd make him run for awhile! Barbie _____ From: diabetes [mailto:diabetes ] On Behalf Of compugrl02 Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:06 PM To: diabetes Subject: Re: diabetic athletes I did a 38 mile bike ride for my birthday this past Friday. I stopped every 10 miles and had a 'snack', usually half a Clif bar, or half a banana and some watered down Gatorade. I've found that whenever I go for longer rides my blodd sugar actually increases. Does this happen to you too? I think I understand physiologically why this happens (liver releasing glycogen, etc) but what have you found to combat it, if anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm type 2 (diagnosed last Nov) and am interested in this topic. I'm training for a 1/2 marathon. I noticed that my BG was much higher than my starting BG after more strenuous exercise. With less strenuous exercise (like walking) my BG was much lower afterward. So now I make sure I eat something a hour before the strenuous exercise to get my BG up to 135 –140. If I do this, my BG after is lower when I'm done exercising than if I started with a lower BG. I guess the liver decides it doesn't need to help. I'm fine-tuning the magic starting BG number. Boy, the human body is a complicated and amazing thing! Anyway, I'm curious what will happen as I run longer and longer distances. I plan to keep testing and adjusting. The marathon is in October so I have a few months to figure this out. Congratulations on your 38 mile ride and keep cycling!! - > > I did a 38 mile bike ride for my birthday this past Friday. > I stopped every 10 miles and had a 'snack', usually half a Clif > bar, or half a banana and some watered down Gatorade. > I've found that whenever I go for longer rides my blodd sugar > actually increases. Does this happen to you too? I think I > understand physiologically why this happens (liver releasing > glycogen, etc) but what have you found to combat it, if anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 That's a good idea! I always eat before I start riding but maybe I need to eat more. I'll play around with that and see what happens. My goal is to do a metric century next year and a full century the year after so I have lots of time to figure it out. Thanks for the tip (and the congrats :-)). > > So now I make sure I eat something a hour before the strenuous > exercise to get my BG up to 135 –140. If I do this, my BG after is > lower when I'm done exercising than if I started with a lower BG. I > guess the liver decides it doesn't need to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm a swimmer. The longest I've ever swam is a 1k for part of a triathlon. When I was training for a swim meet a couple months ago I tested before and after my swim and I was higher than when I started. I had eaten a snack before swimming but I still went up. Anyway, I'm on a bit of a swim break so when I start again I will have to try some things to see what happens. I've been biking lately but not strenuous and only for about 30mins. My goal is to someday complete a FULL triathlon but we will see....my biking skills aren't very good at this point. ~Marisa --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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