Training tips for diabetic runners, from Missy Foy.

 

Missy Foy going fast in 2001

Missy Foy is the gold standard for endurance runners with type 1 diabetes. She was the first type 1 to qualify for Olympic Marathon trials and in 2005 she ranked top 10 in the world for 50 miles (80km). Earlier in the year when I was preparing for HypoActive’s AcT1vate conference in Victoria, I asked Missy for some tips to pass on to Type 1s wanting to run endurance. One of the main reasons I asked her was that she was my most important source of advice and inspiration in initially taking on the marathon myself, post-diagnosis. (RH)

Her advice is well worth reposting here. Hopefully some of the attendees at tonight’s presentation on Overcoming the Challenges of Type 1 will integrate some of these into their own management strategies.

Missy Foy’s tips for T1s training running and endurance

Filed under: exercise and type 1, Marathon running, type 1 & ultramarathon, Type 1 diabetes, Missy Foy, no excuses, running long, running with type 1

100km to go to halfway: Octember’s first 100km race report

As you’d have seen from this post just over a week ago, I’m launching my diabetic self headlong into a serious challenge of personal endurance. In 20 minutes I’ll race out of the house to get a last bit of bodywork on my calves before the weekend. It seems that they are already copping the brunt of things, as I may have got a bit eager to hit a certain time goal 60km into last weekend’s 100km on the Hume and Hovell track near Wagga Wagga.

So, I have just posted my race report on the first of 4 running challenges for the month. 2 down, 2 to go, 1 still to write up, and 2 still to run.

Bring. It. On.

http://hokaoneoneaustralia.com/2013/10/25/still-100km-to-get-to-halfway-octember-pt-1-the-great-ocean-walk-100/

Filed under: exercise and type 1, Marathon running, run like you stole it, trail running, type 1 & ultramarathon, Type 1 diabetes, endurance, get off your asses, health and fitness, people, running challenges

Big Octember, the 474km Ultra Challenge begins

Hit the ground running yesterday, for the first 30km at least!

Awesome scenery all day as we ran 100km from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles. Such a lovely group of runners and supporters in action all day, it was hard to feel anything but grateful as we kept the ocean on our left and punched on along beaches, brutal staircases and switchbacks, rolling fast sections, and National Parks death traps. More on those later.

Here’s a tiny portion of my day at the Great Ocean Walk 100s.

Filed under: exercise and type 1, Hypoactive, Marathon running, trail running, type 1 & ultramarathon, Type 1 diabetes, Great Ocean Walk, ouch, trail running, type 1 ultra marathon

Running 4 ultramarathons within 1 month with type 1 diabetes

Hi, this is Roger. The aim of Type1Ultra is to bring you a variety of information and news relating to type 1 diabetes in endurance sports and especially ultramarathon. Advertising is not the aim, and once I have a few tasks out of the way the aim will be to feature some of the other type 1s out there doing extreme things.

However, I’ve just put this clip together explaining what I am doing in the next month. Saying that you’re going to do something and actually getting it done are two very, very different things – so let’s see how this goes. Hoka OneOne has been an essential part of my running and this was cut together to feature on the Hoka OneOne blog. Sorry for corrupting the purity of cyberspace with any kind of commercial message, but if you can ignore the highly advanced subliminal marketing techniques, you’ll hear from a Type 1 who’s discovering the joy of launching himself into adventures whose outcomes are uncertain.

Filed under: exercise and type 1, Marathon running, run like you stole it, trail running, type 1 & ultramarathon, Type 1 diabetes, diabetes, endurance, running on insulin

Big Red: Lessons from a Type 1 Runner

This is exceptionally clear and personal storytelling. If you’re someone who loves an adventure, loves a good yarn, or has any interest whatsoever in the most uplifting moments of the human condition, then you need to absorb Duncan Read’s tale. Like a 250km run in the desert, it’s substantial, undulating, and over too soon. His flattery made Jess and I blush and giggle but compliments from admirable characters you respect are always welcome. Thank you Duncan. Just like your endurance, persistence and courage, it seems your frank writing also deserves its own place in legend. Anybody with the slightest trace of imagination who reads your story must find inspiration from your reflections on your undertaking of the Big Red Run 2013. RH

A 250km race through the Simpson Desert
By Duncan Read

Big Red Runners in the Simpson Desert

 I’m not an experienced ultra-marathon runner.  I’m a regular guy, with a regular job, a great wife and two kids.  I’ve always been sporty, and looked after my fitness. But I have type 1 diabetes. I’ve had it for 27 years, since I was 14.  I entered the Big Red Run, which is a 250km run over 6 days in the Simpson Desert, for a great adventure.  I also entered to prove that type 1 diabetes is not a barrier and does not set limits. On my adventure I found out that I was running for a whole lot more, and that it wasn’t about my legs.  This is my story.  This is a story about the second time type 1 diabetes changed my life.

Filed under: 250km, Big Red Run, Born to Run Foundation, Duncan Read, exercise and type 1, Marathon running, Multiday desert running, trail running, type 1 & ultramarathon, Type 1 diabetes, courage, Duncan Read, Greg Donovan, humour, Jess Baker, Lisa Tamati, passion, personal story, Simpson Desert, Team Born to Run

Big Red Video

http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/big-red-run/x7lfb62

Will hopefully get a version sorted that we can embed this week, but for now – if you haven’t seen it or even if you have – here is the Today Show‘s summation of the Big Red Run launch of the Born To Run Foundation’s ultra campaign in Australia with Steven & Duncan rocking out completely.

Filed under: Marathon running, run like you stole it, Type 1 diabetes, Big Red Run, multiday, type 1 and running

Type 1 diabetes never quits

I’m setting up this site with the intention that it will become a collection and selection of practical, useful, tried and tested links, shared experiences, and useful articles and features all relevant to the aspirational and possibly baffled type 1 diabetic (newly diagnosed or old school) looking for a way to get it done, endurance style. To that end, it should feature at some time in the near future a number of motivated type 1s and their own stories.

Marcus kindly made this short clip for me a few months ago when I presented to the Hypoactive AcT1vate conference in Victoria, alongside T1 legend and author Gary Scheiner. When I was first diagnosed in 2008, I began following Marcus’ quest for a Boston Marathon qualifier. His example was one of determination, common sense, and self-belief. I’m grateful that his blog Sweet Victory was part of my life at that time. He certainly inspired me and I hope his simple but clear message will inspire you too.

Filed under: Gary Scheiner, Hypoactive, Marathon running, Marcus Grimm, run like you stole it, Type 1 diabetes, inspiration, running with type 1