Posted by Daniel Schneider Last week I realized that my big early season goal, a 180 mile gravel march across West-Central Nebraska, was less than 2 months away. I also realized that my longest ride of the year so far, 40ish miles, was not going to cut it for training and I better start putting […]
Category Archives: Training
We are YOUglycemia
Put simply, YOUglycemia is athletes with diabetes supporting athletes with diabetes. We believe that exercise has the potential to improve diabetes management and enhance quality and quantity of life. However, we also know that exercising with diabetes presents challenges not faced by a non-diabetic athlete. Those of us who started YOUglycemia manage our diabetes through […]
Winter Exercise
We here at YOUglycemia believe in the power of exercise and know that it can and should play a huge role in diabetes management. We are also big advocates of getting outdoors for exercise. Speaking for myself, I fully know the benefits of cross training and lifting weights, but I can’t recall the last time […]
Gillian’s Medtronic Global Hero experience
Gillian Forsyth, the Chief Financial Officer here at YOUglycemia, ran the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in early October. She attended the event as a Medtronic Global Hero, an award given to inspiring runners whose life has been improved by medical technology. In Gillian’s case, that technology is an insulin pump. On Gillian’s blog, you can […]