Riding a bike 100 miles in a day is not something to try to do without proper training (just like how running a marathon is not something to try to do without proper training). Yet, I’d done it before, pre-diagnosis, so my feeling was that since I was getting into better shape than I had […]

Here’s a few organized events on O’ahu for running and cycling. I’m definitely planning on doing the Honolulu Bicycling League Century Ride and possibly the Norman Tamanaha 15K; not real sure about the rest, a lot depends on how my training is going. First off is a series of runs called the 808 Race Marathon […]

I was a cyclist in college, mostly as a way to get around. The University of Hawai’i has awful parking in the area, and I had a part time job off campus a few miles away. The only way to get to and from quickly was on a bike. For whatever reason, I had gotten […]

Diabetics are spoken to often about foot care. See all those folks without their feet (and higher)? Lots of them are diabetics. One of the things that happens to diabetics is their circulation is affected; in addition, for the most part, they have more sugar in their blood than non-diabetics. Circulation tends to get worse […]