RunningAHEAD - Topic: The Diabetic Athlete -- mini-book review...

marcus_g

posted: 4/3/2007 at 9:53 AM

I've been meaning to read this book for a while because there aren't many guides out there for diabetics who do endurance sports... After 1 night with this book, though, I'm not sure how much it'll help... the guidelines are so broad (vary your insulin level from 0-75%, for instance) that it's going to take a lot of work to take the info. in the book and translate it into my life. I bought it because I've got a great system down for 1 hour workouts and races but I'm doing more longer stuff this year (first triathlon is in 3 weeks) and I want to get more confident in how I handle races that are longer... Just aren't a lot of guides out there for that sort of thing... hopefully I'll find the bits of gold nuggets in this book.

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VTHokie99

posted: 4/3/2007 at 12:24 PM

Let me know if it ends up being a worthwhile read - I'm always looking for new info and am considering training for another marathon. Everything I know about diabetes and running was learned through trial and error Shocked

Bear_Poop

posted: 4/4/2007 at 10:29 AM

Have you seen this website? http://www.dswf.org/ It is geared to Type 1 mostly

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marcus_g

posted: 4/4/2007 at 2:43 PM

No! I hadn't seen that one before -- thank you!

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tkeelan

posted: 4/11/2007 at 7:38 PM
modified: 4/11/2007 at 7:41 PM

I have this book. I have read this book. I agree. It's recommendations ARE very broad, but I suppose that's because "every diabetic is different" and "your mileage my vary." It does have a detailed explanation of how the body uses and gets its energy stores, though. You can also zero in on the information you need to tailor a plan for yourself. I find it a useful too, but it's only a part of the overall plan. But I really have to focus in on what I need to get real use out of it. I recommend it for all active diabetics. Terry

marcus_g

posted: 4/13/2007 at 1:18 PM

After a week with the book, I agree with TK --- it's worth it, but only because there's nothing better out in the market place... The book goes into why adjustments for morning exercise are so different from other times of days (I knew about the dawn phenomenon, but didn't realize how much it was unaffected by exercise). This was very useful to me because while most of my races are in the AM, most of my workouts aren't. I also got it so that I could set my expectations properly as I move into longer workouts (beyond 2 hours) in the next few months... I feel like I'm a little better prepared, now. But you'd think that something better would've been written on this by now...

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joe_h

The voice of mile 18

posted: 4/13/2007 at 1:32 PM

does it talk about carb loading for big races at all? never sure how to approach that eat lots of carbs and have full glyogen stores and high blood sugars or just go as is and hope that will be ok

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marcus_g

posted: 4/14/2007 at 10:41 PM

Not a whole lot on carbo-loading... however, I just read a very simple carbo-load technique in the Cutting Edge Runner which I'm going to use for my triathlon next week... Two days before your face, you do a good warm-up - followed by six minutes at VO Max pace, and 30 second - 1 minute all-out (book recommends doing this on bike if you're concerned about pulling a muscle , and follow that with a full dose of recovery drink (such as Endurox)... Theory is that the mini-workout will make your body very receptive to good carbs and will let you store more than usual. (Sounds a lot easier than 3 days of pasta)

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Chenille

posted: 5/14/2007 at 4:30 PM

Marcus - nice avitar!

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joe_h

The voice of mile 18

posted: 5/14/2007 at 4:32 PM

sounds interesting worth a shot. thanks

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marcus_g

posted: 5/15/2007 at 8:35 AM

Joe - yeah, that technique is much easier than handling insulin around five days of pasta. Thanks Chenille - that was a rare time I paid for the picture. Actually, Minimed *might* be using it in a new pump brochure, but I'll believe it when I see it.

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