Diabetes game: winning more

Howdy from Hotlanta,

So riding has been getting good... It is amazing how much better my legs feel when not traveling all the time. Early last week, I was getting some decent rides in, but not much intensity, and having a cool basal rate of 15 units of Lantus. On Tuesday I got 4 hrs in and went hard... 14 units, with a morning blood sugar post in the 70's. Then easy ride, and on Thursday a am ride, and a pm hard ride. Down to 13 units. Friday went easy, in prep of Saturday's torcher fest...
For one, I had too much basal on board, as I woke up Sat am, at 70 carbs with no Apidra, and only went up to 135 before starting a 125 mile ride. For the first 2 hours of the ride, I was eating DEX4 like it was going out of style, and any kind of food I had my hands on. Still the FreeStyle Navigator leveled off at 65, and after the first stop, and a liter of Mt Dew, I was able to get BS up to 85. Felt really good on the ride, other than feeling really bad which is the expected result of a 6.5 hour ride.

How about some #'s??? So last I wrote, my goal was to get rid of some of the below target #'s.
Last A1C: 5.1
How about some statistics:
28 Day Average: 106
Above target: 6% of time
Within Target: 90%
Below target: 4% (new record for me)

So, I am getting better at keeping #'s right where they need to be, without going low.
How??? Small adjustments. Thanks to metabolism boost from riding, and eating a healthy diet, have been doing less than 20 units of insulin/day.

In my experience:
Exercise DOES make insulin work better (diabetes or no diabetes.)

I ride so I can eat, and I ride to help with control.
I ride to I can get faster, and hopefully help the team at USPro Champs in Greenville this Sunday. First real race since April, but time to get the legs moving looking to 2009.

Have a great day, and please wish our guys luck in Ireland. Fabio (type 1 for 7 years now) will be the first type 1 to compete in a race of this caliber in Europe. Big deal, and he was looking good in UTah for prep.
Thanks for reading.

Phil
www.teamtype1.org