Connected in Motion: a weekend of T1D community
Debriefing a weekend of T1D community with Connected in Motion.
Debriefing a weekend of T1D community with Connected in Motion.
My first professional speaking gig on sport nutrition with type-1 diabetes is booked and I am super stoked!!!
Type-1 diabetes is not textbook, so there’s no way textbook guidelines are suitable for all. This is me majorly veering from those guidelines!
The year was 2010. The date was October 10. It was the Portland Marathon, my first marathon. I had just crossed the finish line. And after more than 4 hours of alternating between sucking back GU gels and sipping a lemon-lime electrolyte drink, the last thing my belly wanted was food. The thought of a banana roiled my stomach. The thought of breads, pretzels, cookies, candy turned my face green. Pretty much anything presented on the post-marathon food table had feelings of retch creeping up into my esophagus. I grabbed a Greek yogurt cup; no joke it took me 3 hours to get it all down! How many of you have been in this situation? I’m betting quite a few. It’s a common one. The high consumption of fast-acting sugars during an endurance race, and the constant up and down force that our stomachs endure, especially in those long-distance runs …
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