Survival Game and Diabetes Game

Howdy from Some Hotel in CA,

Yesterday was tough. But there were some cool parts. In the neutral section before the race, we rode across The Golden Gate Bridge. That was pretty darn cool. Then it was full gas. I was doing ok for a few minutes. At the top of the climb my glasses fogged a lot, so I took them off. Then all the crap from the road, and rain were in my eyes, and I couldn't see a thing. This would have been ok, other than the fact that we were doing 35mph on the flats in 50++ down the hills. Then as soon as we got to open roads, I had a mechanical. Got in the cars, and spent a long time off the back of the group fighting to get back up. I would move up 1 car, then back 3, then up 5, and back 2. For those who don't know, we have massive caravan of team cars, officials, police behind us. This caravan is probably 2 miles long, and is an extension of the field. So as long as I was in the cars, I was still racing. With the help of a few directors, I was able to get back in. So for 30ks, I got to ride with the bunch, and chat with some friends and teammates. Then we hit the next climb, which was 7 miles long. Rock Racing lined it up, and after some time I was off the back. Played the car game up the climb, and met up with Fabio, 3 Liquigas guys, 3 colavita, Fred Rodriguez and a few others. We rode lt tempo for an hour, then hard tempo for another hour, then an 8 mile climb, and a long descent to the finish. It was hard, but we snuck through the time cut, and survived to race another day.

Before the race I was having some trouble getting BS to go up. I was eating tons, and finally at the line able to see 177 with an upward trend. During the race, I had a 2 cliff bars (80gm carb) 6 shots (120gm carb) 3 cliff blocks packs (150gm carb) and a coke (25gm carb) I was fine and dandy for most of the day, but about 45 kms to go, I felt the vibration going off. It was hard to tell if it was the long vibe (low BS) or short vibe (high BS) so I went with the safest, and guessed low, and ate... On the last climb, I had our doc, Mark Greve reach into my jersey, and pull out the FreeStyle Navigator, which said I was 111. This is when I had the last of a coke, cliff bar, and shot. Finished, within the cut, and then did 7units of Apidra, and took in 60 gm of carb/20 protein from a drink. A cookie, and some chips. Then had a sandwich, and other stuff to hold over until dinner. 2.5u for a huge plate of rice, some sort of red meat, and 4 pieces of cake.
13u Lantus at 9am, followed by cereal, and a protein shake.

Woke up at 3am at 254, and did 2.5u. Woke up with Projected low alarm at 4:45am, ate Dex4 glucose, and protein shake. Back to sleep. Low alarm again, and had 25 gm carb from Dex 4, and then woke up at 7:30 for breakfast.

Today is gonna be hard, wet, and cold. I need to have the ride of my life for the first 15 miles today, and then should make it to tomorrow.

Huge thanks to everyone for your comments, and support! It means the world to me, and I am gonna go give em hell today!

Have a great day.

Phil
TeamType1.org
http://twitter.com/PhilSoutherland