Sunday Trainer Ride

Ride: 21.5 miles
Terrain: Pretty darned flat on the trainer =)
Time: 01:12:34

Pre-Ride Glucose: 136 mg/dl
Post-Ride Glucose: 98 mg/dl
Intake: 16 oz Hammer - Heed
Run Pump Status: Suspend


   We've had a good bit of rain these past few days. Hey, it's spring right! Let those flowers bloom. So, flip a bond movie into the laptop and ride off. Tempo felt good, kicked it up 5-6 times to get some higher hr zones for 3-8 minutes per uptick. Glucose felt great during this trainer ride. Near the end of the ride though I felt my glucose dropping a slight bit and so I corrected with a little Heed. Sweat like a pig too close to the grill. It's nice to have that wind resistance to keep you mostly dry on the road during cooler weather. The days are coming soon.

Friday - Last Cold Ride

Ride: 18.1 Mile
Terrain: Mildly Hilly (Rollers)
Time: 1:01:55

Pre-Ride Glucose: 211 mg/dL
Post-Ride Glucose: 104 mg/dL
Intake: 3 tablespoons Hammer gel
Ride Pump Status: Suspend 2nd half of ride

   Todays ride was less then pleasant to begin with. The best part about a ride in crappy weather is when you finish and realize, "Man, that made me feel so much better". I felt not so great riding. My body has been fighting off whatever this is thats been taring people up for a week at a time here locally. It's pretty nasty stuff. I lucked out and haven't had it so bad, but it has really drug me down and the nausea and headaches I'm about over. But, I still ride and run. I ran out of time today to finish a brick, but I'll get it later. My sugar did drop a little quickly half way into the ride. I expected a drop, but not that fast nor for that long. All was well though. the gell stoppped it in advance of bottoming out. That's the glory ing trending data from my CGMS. I would have known this data without it.

I'm Sick of This

   Unfortunately, I really mean that. I been feeling my body trying to fight off some funk for like a week and a half. It's been some pretty nasty, what I call, "Underworld Black Plague" hitting a lot of people in this area. It hits most folks both up top and down below and man it's the roughest virus I've seen in a while. My Friday night last week was well, like having a large hurricane move through your GI. I'll just leave that there for safety sake. Many friends and colleagues have had the "UBP" and I've yet to see just exactly how it's passing. I have to say that my sugars have been not too bad, but I can definately feel fluctuations in glucose levels during sick sessions when I'm feeling like crap. So, I just do a temp basal rate for 30 mins to 1.5 hours to adjust for the bumps in the sugar. I'll be a happy camper when this junk is gone.

On a side note, I just got a sweet helmet (2003 Giro "Pneumo") for a sweet deal. Man I've never had a helmet fit so perfectly. Now I'm sporting all Red, White, and Blue.