Howdy again,
On a roll now... So yesterday was a day off. Having backed Lantus down to 9 on Sunday, was great for Monday am. Woke up with perfect BG, but as the day wore on, and I was inactive, it became apparent that I needed more basal. I had my usual salad, chicken, fruit during the day, and then had a salad with fruit for dinner. If it was Saturday or Sunday, I would have bolused 1 unit of Apidra for the Salad, but knowing I took the day off, I went for 3 units, and my blood sugar...
skyrocketed!!! So I ended up doing an additional 4 units, and new the metabolism had slowed. Instead of just going to 10 units for Lantus, I decided to make the jump to 11 units. This was a bit of an overkill, and I touched on the low end in the am. I think 10 units would have been wiser.
Today, I woke up, ate, went to the gym, ran for 15 minutes, worked out, then came home ate some oatmeal, and out on the bike for 1 hour. Felt really tired for a while, then halfway through, the legs woke up and life was good. Looking forward to a 3+ hour ride tomorrow...
So tonight, what should I do??? I am thinking 10 units initially, but then again, if 10 would have been perfect last night, and I did jump start the metabolism with gym/riding, then maybe I should go back to 9 units of Lantus. I am undecided at this point, and will make the call depending on the trend at 9:30-10:30pm. Let's see how I react to the salad tonight.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any specific questions I could address, please feel free to comment, and I will try to get to them.
Have a great day!
Philpott
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Diabetes- travel-training and food...
Howdy from Atlanta,
I am obviously really good about constant updates (joke, joke). My apologies for not being more consistent. Life has been very busy, but very good. We, at Team Type 1, are finalizing our sponsor agreements. Our sponsors have all been so supportive. The year 2009 looks to be even bigger than 08. Should have 50 athletes flying the TeamType1 banner next year, including twenty-seven with Type 1, ten with type 2 (Team Type 2!!!,) and another 15+/- who are embracing sharing the message that people with diabetes rock and can do the "same" as normal people - just with a little more discipline.
Anyone ever spent 24 hours straight traveling? I did, flying back home from visiting Italy, and Abu-Dhabi, where one of my best friends, and teammates, Daniel Holt lives. Had a great time there, and then proceeded to travel for 24 hours to get home. I returned home to watch UGA beat LSU, and then head to bed. Woke up and rode on a 50 mile bike ride (spin for kids)
My blood sugars had been pretty phenomenal while on vacation. I was eating a fair bit, running some, and all was good. I was doing an average of 15 units of Lantus, and 10-14 of Apidra each day. When I got home, day 2-3 upon return, things got all out of wack. If I looked at an apple, my blood sugar would rise. I was up to 20 units of Lantus, and another 20 of Apidra. Exercise and diet helped get me back in the groove. I returned and soon began to travel again. I totaled 10 flights in 10 days!! When I was on the road, I ran, and I was eating very low carb diet, and by day 5, I had lantus back down to 15 units.
Morgan and I went to Vanderbilt. We met some great people at the Ped Endo Day, where I have now spoken for the past three years.
Sunday, base began, and I have ridden 9 days in a row, including 2 days in the gym. No more travel for me for a while, and I am focused 100% on being ready hopefully for the Tour of California in February. That has meant between 2-4 hours a day of working out.
Avg day now:
This week, I have been a little behind the curve on my Lantus adjustments. I went from 14 units on Sunday, down to 9 on Saturday and Sunday. If I wake up with a low BS, then I will typically reduce 1 unit/night until I find the magic #. This time, that was not quick enough. I had gotten down to 11 units by Friday, woke up on the lower side for the 3rd day in a row, so jumped to 9 units Saturday night after a 4 hour training day. I woke up at 208 at 5am, then went and did 3 hrs on the bike. Sunday, stayed at 9 units factoring in the additional training, and woke up at 5am to a low alarm on my FreeStyle Navigator. I prepare for this by keeping Dex 4 (glucose) on my night stand, and so took down 15gms of carbs and was good to go.
Tonight, with no exercise today, I am still contemplating whether to take 9 units, or increase to 10... I will know when I know:)
Last 3 days total insulin intake has been between 15-18 units, which is a record low for me.
I look forward to learning more this next week, and putting week 2 to the test.
They don't write books about your personal life with diabetes. You are your own best doctor. I would encourage you to be pro-active about adjustments but also run them by your endo, or your diabetes educator the first few times to make sure they are on the same "wave length." I have had many years of doing this, and am on the same page with my Dr, Bruce Bode.
I hope this helps. Hoping to be a more consistent blogger in future! Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for your TeamType1 support.
Have a great day!
Philpott
www.teamtype1.org
I am obviously really good about constant updates (joke, joke). My apologies for not being more consistent. Life has been very busy, but very good. We, at Team Type 1, are finalizing our sponsor agreements. Our sponsors have all been so supportive. The year 2009 looks to be even bigger than 08. Should have 50 athletes flying the TeamType1 banner next year, including twenty-seven with Type 1, ten with type 2 (Team Type 2!!!,) and another 15+/- who are embracing sharing the message that people with diabetes rock and can do the "same" as normal people - just with a little more discipline.
Anyone ever spent 24 hours straight traveling? I did, flying back home from visiting Italy, and Abu-Dhabi, where one of my best friends, and teammates, Daniel Holt lives. Had a great time there, and then proceeded to travel for 24 hours to get home. I returned home to watch UGA beat LSU, and then head to bed. Woke up and rode on a 50 mile bike ride (spin for kids)
My blood sugars had been pretty phenomenal while on vacation. I was eating a fair bit, running some, and all was good. I was doing an average of 15 units of Lantus, and 10-14 of Apidra each day. When I got home, day 2-3 upon return, things got all out of wack. If I looked at an apple, my blood sugar would rise. I was up to 20 units of Lantus, and another 20 of Apidra. Exercise and diet helped get me back in the groove. I returned and soon began to travel again. I totaled 10 flights in 10 days!! When I was on the road, I ran, and I was eating very low carb diet, and by day 5, I had lantus back down to 15 units.
Morgan and I went to Vanderbilt. We met some great people at the Ped Endo Day, where I have now spoken for the past three years.
Sunday, base began, and I have ridden 9 days in a row, including 2 days in the gym. No more travel for me for a while, and I am focused 100% on being ready hopefully for the Tour of California in February. That has meant between 2-4 hours a day of working out.
Avg day now:
- wake up drink coffee
- talk on phone/email for 2-3 hours.
- eat oatmeal to get the blood sugar trend going up,
- ride 2-4hrs (or gym 2x week)
- return home 3-4 units of Apidra and appx 120 grams of carbs through Pasta which is also about 30 gms of protein.
- eat an apple-
- dinner: salad w/fruit and maybe some fish or chicken.
- Lantus at 10:00pm, and hit the hay.
This week, I have been a little behind the curve on my Lantus adjustments. I went from 14 units on Sunday, down to 9 on Saturday and Sunday. If I wake up with a low BS, then I will typically reduce 1 unit/night until I find the magic #. This time, that was not quick enough. I had gotten down to 11 units by Friday, woke up on the lower side for the 3rd day in a row, so jumped to 9 units Saturday night after a 4 hour training day. I woke up at 208 at 5am, then went and did 3 hrs on the bike. Sunday, stayed at 9 units factoring in the additional training, and woke up at 5am to a low alarm on my FreeStyle Navigator. I prepare for this by keeping Dex 4 (glucose) on my night stand, and so took down 15gms of carbs and was good to go.
Tonight, with no exercise today, I am still contemplating whether to take 9 units, or increase to 10... I will know when I know:)
Last 3 days total insulin intake has been between 15-18 units, which is a record low for me.
I look forward to learning more this next week, and putting week 2 to the test.
They don't write books about your personal life with diabetes. You are your own best doctor. I would encourage you to be pro-active about adjustments but also run them by your endo, or your diabetes educator the first few times to make sure they are on the same "wave length." I have had many years of doing this, and am on the same page with my Dr, Bruce Bode.
I hope this helps. Hoping to be a more consistent blogger in future! Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for your TeamType1 support.
Have a great day!
Philpott
www.teamtype1.org
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thanks to Morgan Patton
Howdy from my new House in Atl...
Yee-ha, finally a homeowner. Could this be a stressful situation, to which someone would want to pull their hair out??? I think anytime you move the answer is probably a resounding yes. However, not for me... Why? Because I had the professional help of my new assistant, Morgan Patton. She helped to pack everything, unpack and organize everything, pick out furniture, and call the cable company... I am very, very excited to have her on board to help keep me in line.
So this may be the first you have heard of Morgan, but it will not be the last. She was diagnosed at age of 6, lead a great young life, rocked the horse jumping seen for a few years (youngest competitor at most events,) and then in May of 06, by some freak twist of fate, our parents met at a pub in Tallahassee. My mom was talking away about what I was about to do in RAAM, and Morgan's mom, Debbie said that it may help her daughter to crew. My mom made me do it, and I am so grateful that we got her on. Video of Morgan
At that time Morgan's A1C was 16.7, and she didn't care about diabetes. But then she saw the team, and everyone checking their blood sugar, doing shots, exercising, and being pro-active about good control...
And began to do the same things. 8 months later she began to race, and win. a full year later just by checking, correcting, eating better, and RIDING her bike, her A1C had dropped to 9.3.
She crewed again, doing a remarkable job, and at that point switched over to Apidra (what the team was using) as well as FreeStyle Lite, and Omni-Pod. And began riding more and more, wanting to be a bad arse on the bike, and knowing that she was going to need good control to do it.
Another year goes buy, she gets better, gets stronger, suffers being hit by a car, and 2 broken collar bones... Then in May she gets her A1C, approximately 2 years after our mom's met in the pub, and it is 6.3!!! Then what: Then Morgan goes on (with the solid help of teammate Monique) to get 2nd place, and 5th place in 2 of the biggest women's professional crits in the country.
"The Power of Good Control"
Next year, she is going to embark on her first year as a professional for Team Type 1, while also being a full time student (via the internet) at FSU, and working for me. Pretty impressive, and then take into account that she is 19 years old. I would say in her case, as it was for me, diabetes made us better. It is the control that gives that power.
So please be on the look out for this rock star, and ask about her story. It is one of the most impressive that I know.
Thanks for reading.
Have a great day.
Phil
www.teamtype1.org
Yee-ha, finally a homeowner. Could this be a stressful situation, to which someone would want to pull their hair out??? I think anytime you move the answer is probably a resounding yes. However, not for me... Why? Because I had the professional help of my new assistant, Morgan Patton. She helped to pack everything, unpack and organize everything, pick out furniture, and call the cable company... I am very, very excited to have her on board to help keep me in line.
So this may be the first you have heard of Morgan, but it will not be the last. She was diagnosed at age of 6, lead a great young life, rocked the horse jumping seen for a few years (youngest competitor at most events,) and then in May of 06, by some freak twist of fate, our parents met at a pub in Tallahassee. My mom was talking away about what I was about to do in RAAM, and Morgan's mom, Debbie said that it may help her daughter to crew. My mom made me do it, and I am so grateful that we got her on. Video of Morgan
At that time Morgan's A1C was 16.7, and she didn't care about diabetes. But then she saw the team, and everyone checking their blood sugar, doing shots, exercising, and being pro-active about good control...
And began to do the same things. 8 months later she began to race, and win. a full year later just by checking, correcting, eating better, and RIDING her bike, her A1C had dropped to 9.3.
She crewed again, doing a remarkable job, and at that point switched over to Apidra (what the team was using) as well as FreeStyle Lite, and Omni-Pod. And began riding more and more, wanting to be a bad arse on the bike, and knowing that she was going to need good control to do it.
Another year goes buy, she gets better, gets stronger, suffers being hit by a car, and 2 broken collar bones... Then in May she gets her A1C, approximately 2 years after our mom's met in the pub, and it is 6.3!!! Then what: Then Morgan goes on (with the solid help of teammate Monique) to get 2nd place, and 5th place in 2 of the biggest women's professional crits in the country.
"The Power of Good Control"
Next year, she is going to embark on her first year as a professional for Team Type 1, while also being a full time student (via the internet) at FSU, and working for me. Pretty impressive, and then take into account that she is 19 years old. I would say in her case, as it was for me, diabetes made us better. It is the control that gives that power.
So please be on the look out for this rock star, and ask about her story. It is one of the most impressive that I know.
Thanks for reading.
Have a great day.
Phil
www.teamtype1.org
Monday, August 25, 2008
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
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
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Mutated Diabetes?? or the game I play??
Howdy from Atlanta,
So last week I was at the AADE National Convention with most of Team Type 1. I had a great time, and got to meet some of the most caring, and passionate people in all of diabetes, The CDE's! I got my A1C checked as I usually do at conferences to get an A1C of 5.1 using FreeStyle Navigator, Lantus, and Apidra. Exact same result as last year using Apidra, Omni-Pod, and Navigator.
While at a dinner, I was asked if I had a mutated form of diabetes, where my pancreas still works on some level, meaning it is "easy" to control my blood sugar. I know this was meant somewhat as a compliment, but it got me thinking out on the ride today, and I kept going faster. I look back at the 26 some odd years with diabetes, the many trips to the ER as a kid both from hypoglycemia (no such thing as projected alarms back then) or when I had the flu, having severe ketones, and not being able to hold food down, then having to get the one needle that actually scared me as a kid, an IV. My mom would let me bite down on her finger for as long as it took to get the needle in... Thanks Mom:)
But that was just a point in the game, a lesson when diabetes got a goal on me. What do you do when the other team is up?? Learn from your mistakes, and go out there and beat that team. Use the loss as motivation to do better, and leave your mark on the team. That is what I have done with diabetes. I am stubborn, and will try, and fail, then try again, and fail. This will repeat until there is success. I feel like I am scoring most of the goals, and diabetes has now become one of my best teammates. Outside of our games, it helps me to win. A hospital visit or lesson was just one step closer to a better A1C. And now when I apply those lesson's and discipline to real life, it is a synch. It is also a synch due to the treatment (lantus/apidra) and technology (Navigator/omni-Pod) that I can always win! I work with these companies, and am excited about their long term commitment to making our game easier.
But even with these goodies, we are still out on the field. It is still a 24 hour a day, 365 day/year job. I am the CEO of my body, just as much as you are the CEO of yours. Can your company beat mine? Can you be better than you were last year, and ensure the long term success?
My A1C is 5.1: I want to have fewer blood sugar under 60. That is my goal.
What is your goal? Where do you want your A1C to be? What is it going to take to get it there?
Being an election year, I would ask: Are there any politicians out there who would like to be responsible for ensuring these tools are in the hands of those who need it. Anyone who can make sure that no child or adult is left un-insured with diabetes? I hope so, and if you are one, or know someone, please pass that challenge along.
Thanks for reading the rant! Have a great day...
Phil
So last week I was at the AADE National Convention with most of Team Type 1. I had a great time, and got to meet some of the most caring, and passionate people in all of diabetes, The CDE's! I got my A1C checked as I usually do at conferences to get an A1C of 5.1 using FreeStyle Navigator, Lantus, and Apidra. Exact same result as last year using Apidra, Omni-Pod, and Navigator.
While at a dinner, I was asked if I had a mutated form of diabetes, where my pancreas still works on some level, meaning it is "easy" to control my blood sugar. I know this was meant somewhat as a compliment, but it got me thinking out on the ride today, and I kept going faster. I look back at the 26 some odd years with diabetes, the many trips to the ER as a kid both from hypoglycemia (no such thing as projected alarms back then) or when I had the flu, having severe ketones, and not being able to hold food down, then having to get the one needle that actually scared me as a kid, an IV. My mom would let me bite down on her finger for as long as it took to get the needle in... Thanks Mom:)
But that was just a point in the game, a lesson when diabetes got a goal on me. What do you do when the other team is up?? Learn from your mistakes, and go out there and beat that team. Use the loss as motivation to do better, and leave your mark on the team. That is what I have done with diabetes. I am stubborn, and will try, and fail, then try again, and fail. This will repeat until there is success. I feel like I am scoring most of the goals, and diabetes has now become one of my best teammates. Outside of our games, it helps me to win. A hospital visit or lesson was just one step closer to a better A1C. And now when I apply those lesson's and discipline to real life, it is a synch. It is also a synch due to the treatment (lantus/apidra) and technology (Navigator/omni-Pod) that I can always win! I work with these companies, and am excited about their long term commitment to making our game easier.
But even with these goodies, we are still out on the field. It is still a 24 hour a day, 365 day/year job. I am the CEO of my body, just as much as you are the CEO of yours. Can your company beat mine? Can you be better than you were last year, and ensure the long term success?
My A1C is 5.1: I want to have fewer blood sugar under 60. That is my goal.
What is your goal? Where do you want your A1C to be? What is it going to take to get it there?
Being an election year, I would ask: Are there any politicians out there who would like to be responsible for ensuring these tools are in the hands of those who need it. Anyone who can make sure that no child or adult is left un-insured with diabetes? I hope so, and if you are one, or know someone, please pass that challenge along.
Thanks for reading the rant! Have a great day...
Phil
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Riding fast again...kind of
Howdy from Atlanta,
Not sure where I left of last time, but needless to say life has been busy. Been riding a lot more these days, talking on the phone way too much, and spending time with Rylie (my beautiful little girl:)
2 weeks ago I got to speak to a Sanofi-Aventis Sales conference, which had appx 650 people. I get a big rush from talking to groups of this size, and I worked very hard to make sure I was ready to nail it, and I did!!! Then it was a 4.5 hour day in the 200 degree fl heat, then CWD. This is my favorite event of the year, as I get to see all the future Team members there in action. Did that for 2.5 days talking to kids, and parents of kids with type 1.
Then 2 days of disney. Thanks mom for coming down to help.
3 days in Atlanta (all on phone) and bike, and then up to Sanofi home office in NJ, so that we can make plans for 2009. Exciting day.
2.5 hours yesterday, and then 4.5 today, doing a century. My metabolism is kicking again, so this morning I woke up, ate a big bowl of cereal, and got in the car with coffee. I was hoping to get my blood sugar up to 150 or so, but it only hit 125. I kept snacking, and then we set off at a blistering tempo... I was snacking on my Dex 4 gel, and eating bars, and low and behold 1 hour in BS on my Navigator is 63. I eat about everything I have, drink it all, and stayed between 62-73 for the entire ride. I was always ok, but whenever I would go hard the energy would not last that long. So tonight, I have reduced my lantus further to 13 units. I am still dieting, so food has been not such a factor. I was going to race, but now am going to go train in the mtns by myself. This is fun, and will give me a good chance to rock out to my tunes...
Goal tomorrow: get blood sugar up to 150 pre-ride, and keep it there for 4-5 hours, so I can have a good ride. Will do 10-15 minute efforts up the climbs, and see how well the surgery went. Right after the ride, I will head to Camp Kudzu for 2 days, which is AWESOME!!! Then Boston for Camp Joslin, and Carefree, then Washington DC, for the AADE National meeting, and back home to race next weekend. Then 4 weeks at home to train and prep for US Pro Champs...
Team is looking good for end of year, and next. More details to come when I can.
I hope all is well. Thanks so much for reading.
Have a great night.
Phil
Not sure where I left of last time, but needless to say life has been busy. Been riding a lot more these days, talking on the phone way too much, and spending time with Rylie (my beautiful little girl:)
2 weeks ago I got to speak to a Sanofi-Aventis Sales conference, which had appx 650 people. I get a big rush from talking to groups of this size, and I worked very hard to make sure I was ready to nail it, and I did!!! Then it was a 4.5 hour day in the 200 degree fl heat, then CWD. This is my favorite event of the year, as I get to see all the future Team members there in action. Did that for 2.5 days talking to kids, and parents of kids with type 1.
Then 2 days of disney. Thanks mom for coming down to help.
3 days in Atlanta (all on phone) and bike, and then up to Sanofi home office in NJ, so that we can make plans for 2009. Exciting day.
2.5 hours yesterday, and then 4.5 today, doing a century. My metabolism is kicking again, so this morning I woke up, ate a big bowl of cereal, and got in the car with coffee. I was hoping to get my blood sugar up to 150 or so, but it only hit 125. I kept snacking, and then we set off at a blistering tempo... I was snacking on my Dex 4 gel, and eating bars, and low and behold 1 hour in BS on my Navigator is 63. I eat about everything I have, drink it all, and stayed between 62-73 for the entire ride. I was always ok, but whenever I would go hard the energy would not last that long. So tonight, I have reduced my lantus further to 13 units. I am still dieting, so food has been not such a factor. I was going to race, but now am going to go train in the mtns by myself. This is fun, and will give me a good chance to rock out to my tunes...
Goal tomorrow: get blood sugar up to 150 pre-ride, and keep it there for 4-5 hours, so I can have a good ride. Will do 10-15 minute efforts up the climbs, and see how well the surgery went. Right after the ride, I will head to Camp Kudzu for 2 days, which is AWESOME!!! Then Boston for Camp Joslin, and Carefree, then Washington DC, for the AADE National meeting, and back home to race next weekend. Then 4 weeks at home to train and prep for US Pro Champs...
Team is looking good for end of year, and next. More details to come when I can.
I hope all is well. Thanks so much for reading.
Have a great night.
Phil
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Timeline
Howdy from Atl!
So great new down here: I can ride, and ride a lot. I have been upping the miles the past 2 weeks, and feeling good about it. 2 more weeks, and I can go hard, so in the meantime, I am gonna pour em on.
Now looking back 10 weeks, I was thinking of the where I was to where I am, and where I hope to be, and wanted to get it down. It made me start to think that no matter where you are in any aspect of life, if you have an idea of where you want to go, and work, you can get there!!!
May 5: surgery- hurts badly to move in the bed
May 7: hospital discharge- 50 feet is a long walk
May 10: Home on couch. I think I walked to the coffee shop, on a lot pain killers, with a cane
May 15-16: AACE program in Orlando- sitting in a booth, in lots of pain. 2 trips of the hotel had me in absolute agony. My friend Jay, got yelled at my my friends in the CSM dept, for having me there.
May 20: back on the phone/email full time. Walking is better.
June 5: San Fran for ADA- Walking is not painful- so I do A LOT of it. Worked real, real hard for 5 days, and laid groundwork for future.
June 11: Start of RAAM, 2 days later fly in for Red Bull Party for last 1500 miles, as driver...
June 19: first bike ride. 20 minutes on indoor bike
June 20-28: Indoor riding on hotel exercise bikes. (I despise riding inside, but was still fun)
June 29: 1hr outside!!! So liberating
July 5: 1.3 hours
July 7-11: 1-2 hour rides: very hard at finish
Last Saturday- Sunday: 3hrs and 3:45!!! Felt good.
So 10 weeks ago, I could barely walk, and tomorrow, I hope to doa 4-5 hour training ride. Yesterday, I went out and road in the rain (pouring) with Hank. Typically when doing a full year, motivation to ride in lighting storms, is not so high. I am so damn motivated to come back and win this year, that it was a treat to get to ride. There, I said it: I want to win at least 1 race this year. I am working to do so. Time to lose weight, train lots, start to travel, and train a lot.
My commitment to help me win: At conferences, I will train, eat, and sleep properly. No partying, when I can be recovering. I got a stack of books the other day to help me do so.
I hope all is well, and thank you for your thoughts and prayers for Ben Brooks. He is recovering well, and even having some laughs... He was way better than me when I was forced off bike, so who knows where he will be 10 weeks from today.
Congrats to Matt, Moises, and Shawn for great rides at Cascade.
Have a great day.
Philpott
www.teamtype1.org
So great new down here: I can ride, and ride a lot. I have been upping the miles the past 2 weeks, and feeling good about it. 2 more weeks, and I can go hard, so in the meantime, I am gonna pour em on.
Now looking back 10 weeks, I was thinking of the where I was to where I am, and where I hope to be, and wanted to get it down. It made me start to think that no matter where you are in any aspect of life, if you have an idea of where you want to go, and work, you can get there!!!
May 5: surgery- hurts badly to move in the bed
May 7: hospital discharge- 50 feet is a long walk
May 10: Home on couch. I think I walked to the coffee shop, on a lot pain killers, with a cane
May 15-16: AACE program in Orlando- sitting in a booth, in lots of pain. 2 trips of the hotel had me in absolute agony. My friend Jay, got yelled at my my friends in the CSM dept, for having me there.
May 20: back on the phone/email full time. Walking is better.
June 5: San Fran for ADA- Walking is not painful- so I do A LOT of it. Worked real, real hard for 5 days, and laid groundwork for future.
June 11: Start of RAAM, 2 days later fly in for Red Bull Party for last 1500 miles, as driver...
June 19: first bike ride. 20 minutes on indoor bike
June 20-28: Indoor riding on hotel exercise bikes. (I despise riding inside, but was still fun)
June 29: 1hr outside!!! So liberating
July 5: 1.3 hours
July 7-11: 1-2 hour rides: very hard at finish
Last Saturday- Sunday: 3hrs and 3:45!!! Felt good.
So 10 weeks ago, I could barely walk, and tomorrow, I hope to doa 4-5 hour training ride. Yesterday, I went out and road in the rain (pouring) with Hank. Typically when doing a full year, motivation to ride in lighting storms, is not so high. I am so damn motivated to come back and win this year, that it was a treat to get to ride. There, I said it: I want to win at least 1 race this year. I am working to do so. Time to lose weight, train lots, start to travel, and train a lot.
My commitment to help me win: At conferences, I will train, eat, and sleep properly. No partying, when I can be recovering. I got a stack of books the other day to help me do so.
I hope all is well, and thank you for your thoughts and prayers for Ben Brooks. He is recovering well, and even having some laughs... He was way better than me when I was forced off bike, so who knows where he will be 10 weeks from today.
Congrats to Matt, Moises, and Shawn for great rides at Cascade.
Have a great day.
Philpott
www.teamtype1.org
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