So, ummm, anyhow, I'm a type 1 diabetic of over 23 years now and since I got my wake up in August of 2005, I've made some changes to physical activity levels and just like such a change can be very good for any normal person, it certainly seems to be beneficial to me and having type 1 diabetes. The big challenge with being T1 is taking care of that metabolic function in a such a way that it ends up mimicking closely as possible what happens to a normally healthy person's metabolism when subjected to the physical stress of exercise and then the subsequent recovery period.
For a bit of history, August 2005 was when I began getting active. 2004 was probably one of the worst years of my life physically, my right shoulder was a mess and going through the worst stage of frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis. It began thawing in 2005, enough so that when an old friend visited the area and contacted me with a suggestion that we go golfing, I unearthed the old set of clubs, shook the dust off them and went out for 18 holes.
Since then, I've been working on getting in better shape. That's the biggest thing, you've got to be willing to put the work and time in. Do that and over time you will get in better shape most likely.
In August of 2005, walking 18 holes and pull a cart with my clubs behind me would pretty well gas me.
In November of 2007, I ran 13.1 miles. On May 4th, I ran a 10 mile race at slightly better than 10 min/mile pace. This last Saturday, May 10th, I ran 1 mile, then did 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, and 300 squats, then ran another mile in 51:28.
I've got some goals in mind for the rest of the year. We'll see what I do and what happens. If you stop in here to read this, feel free to ask me why I'm doing what I'm doing and I'll see if I can explain it.
But the most basic goal is to push my physical limits to new places. Cuz it's kind of fun somehow.
