diabetes, Stage 1 and cell phones....

Howdy,
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So toady was stage 1 of the Tour de Taiwan, which was also my first race as a pro, and also my first race with this rock star team... So here is an approximation of how the day went. Woke up at 6am with a blood sugar of 320... Not a great way to start the day. Why? Well, my metabolism was flying last night so I backed of my lantus by a bit too much. I might even venture to say that I was mildly ketonic upon waking as I had to do a lot of Apidra to finally get down. I ate enough food and espresso so I was good to go. 1.5hrs before race 132, 1 hr 155... I had been eating a good bit to make sure I did not go hypo.

Then 45 minutes before start 232, 30 minutes to go, and I am 254. Do .5 units. 15 minutes to go 297, so I did 1 unit more of Apidra, and ate some food. Started race and was feeling good. Ate 1/2 a cliff bar, and some other goods. Now the race is on...

Early on there was a flury of attacks. We had a guy in just about every move. Chris Jones was SUPER active early on. Then Emile and I covered some moves, and Shawn and Valeri were rocking it out at the front. First sprint, and we went to set the Trinidadian Torpedo Emile up. It was us battling Health Net. I screwed up and did not go early enough, and could only manage to get Emile up to 2nd wheel. He held it for the sprint. Then some recovery, and then covering attacks. We went to set him up for the 2nd, and I did not do a great job, but he still managed 2nd. After this my gas was going out. I could cover moves, but not stick them too long.

Juice was going. I had 2 cliff shots, 1 bottle gatorade, and then 1 Dex 4 liquid blast. Lights were going out. Last 10 laps I could get close to front, and then would fade. Then I was hurting to hold wheels, and even the easy gears were hard. I knew I was bonking. 10 minutes post stage, Blood sugar was 68, which is way too low to race properly. Valeri and Chris busted there humps, and road like supermen to bring back a 17 second gap down to 7, and then Shawn launched a leadout which nearly closed it. Sprint got tricky, and we did not do so hot.

With the sprint seconds Emile is now in 5th, with a 120km stage tomorrow. Cell phone story to come tomorrow, as I am ready for bed at 7pm.
Thanks for reading.
Philpott
www.teamtype1.org