Posted on December 21st, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Diet, Exercise, Medical care |
My diet has been lacking the last few months. I’ve known this was going to be an issue and my recent lab results show my hemoglobin a1c at 8.9, a far cry from the 7 it’s usually at and the 6.1 considered normal.
This despite the fact that my exercise schedule has been reasonable if not optimal.
It’s easier to keep your sugar down if it never enters your system. Of course, that’s often easier said than done.
So I’ve targeted my diet. I have to stay as far away from excessive carbohydrates as possible, although I’m far from perfect (for instance, I had a pasta dish on Saturday night). This weekend has been better; salads from Costco and the micro priced (but also micro sized) Side Salad from McDonalds (on their dollar menu, and looks like it, although the picture from AboutMcDonalds.com is really impressive).
It’s time to get those numbers back down again, and working out, while critically important, isn’t even half of what I need to do.
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Posted on December 18th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Motivation, Training |
I’m writing this on Thursday night–my triple workout day. Since I’m more focused now than I’ve been in awhile, it was pretty successful: four miles of running in the morning, an hour on the bike, and a half hour of swimming. My heart rate training seems to be working out although I continue to find […]
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Motivation, Organized events, Personal, Running |
Several of my Twitter friends ran in the Honolulu Marathon this past Sunday. I was not one of them; having done the 2008 marathon (horribly injured and not well trained) I’m not thinking runs of that length are really for me. That said, it was inspiring to see how well some of them did. Two […]
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Personal, Running |
I’d like to do more. I’m starting over with some of my training and cutting back on my overall effort to keep my heart rate down. I’m doing what’s called building a base of aerobic fitness, and while it’s necessary, it almost feels like I’m slacking off. I feel like I can go harder, but […]
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Organized events, Personal |
I’ve decided on a bunch of organized events for 2010. It’s pretty ambitious, but I think I can do them all. January 10, 2010: 8K run January 31, 2010: 10K run February 15, 2010: Great Aloha Run April 3, 2010: Ford Island Bridge 10K run April 25, 2010: Hale’iwa Metric Century Ride August 21, 2010: […]
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Exercise, Organized events, Social aspects |
I’m inspired. The combination of last weekend’s 5K, my new heart rate monitor, decent weather, some reasonable training runs and rides, and considering the Livestrong Challenge in Philadelphia has lifted me out of my doldrums. And to make it even better, a bunch of my friends ran in the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday. Right now […]
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Administration |
Both from blogging and from running (my back is acting up while I write this on Thursday night so I’m planning on not running on Friday morning). Be back next week with more Athletic Diabetic goodness. [ad#Google Adsense]
Posted on December 10th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Organized events, Running, Technology, Training |
I’ve had a few heart rate monitors over the years; unfortunately they’ve tended to die on me after a year or so of use. I just got a new one from Nashbar for pretty cheap, so I’m using it to help in my training again. What is a heart rate monitor? Simply, it’s a way […]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Organized events, Personal, Running, Social aspects |
I was excited not just for myself, but for my buddies. It was great to place in my age/gender group at the SAM’s 5K, but seeing my pace was much more exciting, and seeing how well my buddies did in the same run was even more exciting. Seeing how fast John was–and hearing how he’s […]
Posted on December 8th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Organized events, Running, Technology |
The SAM’s 5K is the first 5K I’ve entered, and like in my other runs, I was lifted by my Team Twitter buddies, this time @alohajohn, @tadasauce, @bevclemente, @janck, and @shmerin. 5K isn’t very far; according to Google it’s 3.10685596 miles, meaning it’s about the same distance I’ve been running a few mornings a week. […]
