No airplane this week!!! Riding bikes...

Howdy from HotLanta...

No more travel!!! Or at least for 7 more days. I checked out my flight schedule, and this is the first 7 day period in 2 months I have not been on a plane... But it has been some great times! Last week, I got to Boston, with hopes of riding with my man Mark Supernaut, but endless games of phone tag, and the inability for me to plan made it not possible. I did catch a ride with Rob Campbell and Amy at Insulet, which was nice, and then cruised through downtown Boston, and Harvard to check out my future school (please let me know when you stop laughing...)

Great times at Omni-Pod, and that is a company that is just taking off. Great people, great products, and great ideas for the future! Then John G, Rob, and I took off for some fishing, and caught a bunch of striper, but no tuna. Saw a lot of whales! Then 3 hours later, wake up, and get back on the boat with John, Rob, and my man Steve Bubrick for another day of fishing! Again, no tuna, but did see more whales, and catch a bunch of striper. John and Rob laughed at Steve and I as we made fishing look hard.

Back to Atlanta, and still training. Hitting the gym to get some strength back, and also got my first 2 hour ride in yesterday. It is awesome holding onto Dan and Joe's jerseys as we go uphill to keep my heart rate down right now, and cracking on a 2 hour ride. Fitness come back please!!!
Now for some diabetes: I can't figure out what is going on just yet. I am doing more lantus then when not training, and in the morning, it seems to take a lot of insulin to cover the life cereal I have recently been re-united with. I am not sure if it is a dawn effect, or what, but am blood sugars are not where I want them to be. Solution: get on the bike. As soon as I do that, the BS comes right now. Tomorrow, I am going low carb for breakfast, then gym, then bike. We shall see how that works. Might try a little something else as well.

7 more days in Atlanta, with hopes of doing 3hrs by the end of the week, and 4 by this time next week. Then we head to Toronto for the DESA convention, then Sanofi National Sales meeting, and finish up the trip with Children with Diabetes conference in Orlando, Fl.

Also, a special note: Please say a prayer for my friend and teammate, Ben Brooks, who took a nasty spill today in the Cascade Classic in Bend, OR. He needs our support right now!

Thanks for reading. Have a great night!

Philpott