Not the Spring break I had in mind.

30 August 2010
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A picture tells a thousand words, and one-handed typing takes a thousand years, so I’ll summarise.

1. Awesome! Husband takes me with him on work trip to Queenstown.

2. Haven’t been on a snowboard for 15 years plus recently had baby so very respectful of zero skill base and altered balance overall.

3. Cousin lives in Queenstown and lends me his wrist guards.

4. Do things right by kicking off with a lesson. It goes really well. However it emerges that cousin has given me two left wrist guards. Wear one and put other in pocket.

5. BG too high to have lunch after lesson (17.1 – had turned pump off in anticipation of hypos but with exercise as you…

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By Nic on 30 August 2010 at 8.04 am
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Inspiration.

29 June 2010
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Thanks to Geoff for sending me this article about a chap in the States named Jay Hewitt, who now does inspirational talks about his Ironman exploits alongside having Type 1 diabetes. A real feel-good, if-you-work-hard-enough-for-it-you-can-do-it type of article, worth a read if you have the time.

A quote from the article:

“How bad do you want it? Ten thousand syringe pricks and 50,000 finger tests later, I want it enough to swim up to 5,000 meters, bike 70 or 80 miles, run 18 to 20 miles, do yard work, and enjoy time with my family on a typical weekend. That is how I earn my finish line.”

Of course the BeingDiabetic…

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By Nic on 29 June 2010 at 9.08 am
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Strap on your sneakers, Aucklanders!

19 April 2010
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Hi all

I’m pleased to tell you that I’ve just entered myself into the Auckland half marathon on Sunday, 31 October. Wahey! I will be power-walking it, mind. Running is no friend of mine! I did it once before, in 2007…. I was a complete walking purist – even Olympic judges would not have been able to spot me with both legs off the ground simultaneously. I completed it in 3 hours, 7 minutes.

This year I will undoubtedly get less time for training, with a little one in the house. But I’m still going to aim to better my time (I’m pumping this year as opposed to MDI last time which slowed me down when I had to stop…

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By Nic on 19 April 2010 at 11.19 am
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Row yourself a free gym membership (and support Diabetes Youth)

13 April 2010
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From an email from Damian Wiseman of Unique Fitness in Penrose:

Hi Everyone,

Winning stuff is great, we all love a chance to win something.  So, the team here at U-nique fitness would like to give you the chance to win a 6 month membership to the gym and support a fantastic cause in doing so!

We will be holding a rowing competition outside the big Kreem Cafe (Building on Thursday the 15th April from 11am-2pm.  Row as fast as you can for 500m and the male and female with the fastest time will each win 6 months FREE membership at the gym.  Plus we will have a special spot prize of another 6 month membership to be given away…

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By Nic on 13 April 2010 at 11.04 am
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Aaron: Butter, the diabetic’s sugar substitute.

13 April 2010
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I was talking to a friend the other day who I’ve not seen in a while and she was asking me how everything was going. How is the family? How was the other half, work, life in general and so forth and as often happens (at least with certain friends), she asked after the diabetes.

I’ve not seen this friend in a couple of years and so I told her all about the pump, how much it was helping with my control and how, if just through the change of mindset it provided, I felt like it had given me the ability to feel like I was in control of my diabetes – not the other way round.

My mate…

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By Aaron on 13 April 2010 at 9.30 am
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