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Diabetes and the racing equation
February 27, 2015
Races
(It’s taken me longer than I intended to post this second part of my Vancouver First Half half marathon recap; again, I blame chemistry.) So where were we? Oh right,…
“Holy freaking hell, I did it!!!!!!!”
February 16, 2015
Diabetes
Yesterday’s half marathon effort was a personal best in so many ways. Oh my goodness the pride and joy I am still feeling today; seriously, the endorphins are in major…
Ramblings of a Type-1 No. 6076
February 8, 2015
Diabetes
The other day after reading one of my most favourite fellow type-1’s blog posts about a recent low she had, I started reflecting on the lows of my life. This…
“Oh bloody hell”
February 5, 2015
Running
It’s time to come clean folks. I am not going to lie. I did not want to do these hills. I dreaded these hills. Secretly, I hoped, wished, silently begged…
Direction by committee
February 4, 2015
Running
(Note: I am seriously behind on blog posts; this one should have been posted Sunday or Monday. Please send all your complaints to the Douglas College chemistry department.) You say…
All struggling. All smiling.
January 26, 2015
Diabetes
You win some, you lose some. And yesterday’s run, much to my dismay, was very much in the loser file. I could not get my bearings at all. My ankles…
The week of so-called “easy”
January 15, 2015
Diabetes
Easy schmeasy! According to our running program, this week is classified “easy” week, but I think the designer of the program uses that term a little too freely. On Tuesday,…
Beer-licious birthday
January 12, 2015
Personal
Another year has passed and Big Ring is still alive! Last Thursday was Big Ring’s birthday and we celebrated over three days: presents on Thursday; cake and friends on Friday;…
Nobody puts Dear Diabetes in the corner
January 7, 2015
Diabetes
I’ve said it before, and I don’t know how many more times I’ll have to say it, maybe forever. So please bear with me, because here we go again: I…
Running roller coaster
January 5, 2015
Diabetes
For those of you keeping tabs, and thank you so much for doing so, the results of the run vs. sloth week are as follows: Run: 4 Sloth: 0 While…
The Holidays: When will I learn?
January 3, 2015
Diabetes
I’ve pretty much always had a sensitive stomach. Growing up, I would complain of stomach aches day in and day out to the point of my locker companions rolling their…
Where for art thou washroom?
January 2, 2015
Diabetes
Eep! It’s 2015, how the heck did that happen? Big Ring and I aren’t big partiers; we rang in the New Year pretty much just like we do any other…