Weeks #6 & 7, by the numbers:

28.9 miles run on the road.  11.5 miles on the treadmill.  87.3 miles on the bike, and 5 hours on the trainer.

I had no two/day workout days.  2 rest days.

Average Blood Glucose: 122

Significant pattern of low blood glucose between 6:00am and 8:10am.

No significant pattern of high blood glucose.

Comments about training for the past two weeks:

The past two weeks were a little weird, in that everyone in the family was sick, except for me….I’m normally the sick Dad, hiding under the covers for 3 days when everyone else was fine after 24 hours.  Oh well, I’ll take it, just kept on training.

About Being Brave

There’s been a lot of talk in the news and on Facebook this past week about brave people.  The Priests in the Ukraine, standing tall and peaceful among protesters.

Demetrius de Moors, the Atlanta, GA high school wrestler who just did the right thing.

Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, Toledo, OH firemen who died in the line of duty.

These are all great examples of brave people.  No doubt about it.  However, I want to share with you what brave is in the T1D community.

The Study Participants-

People like my daughter and my niece, who are participating in TrialNet, a prevention study for those that have a blood relative who is T1D.  They participate because they are asked.  Not because they want to.  They go and allow themselves to be subjected to fasting mornings (without meals) blood work taken, and deal with highly anxious parents the whole time.  They think they are helping me, but in reality, they are helping the people that are years from being diagnosed.

The Parents of Those with T1D –

These parents face every day knowing the potential for disaster.  Essentially, they are helping make decisions about insulin delivery that, if a mistake is made, could kill their child.  The parents have to remain calm, allow their child to grow socially and still face the fact that they are solely responsible for their child’s health until they can educate and transfer care to their child.

The Kids with T1D –

They often don’t feel different, except when their blood sugar levels aren’t correct.  They are looked at differently and treated differently.  By other kids, by other kids parents, by educators and by the school districts.  It is most likely derived by fear, a typical human emotion.  And though not right, it often happens anyway.  But the children with T1D forge on and wake every morning knowing that they will face these challenges.  It takes guts to face the world every day when you know negativity is coming your way.

So – I will continue to train.  For my health, for the example for my children, and to show children with T1D that there is no need to pay attention to the negativity that they will face.  That they should not be afraid to face the day.