Archive for July, 2008
Back home…my favorite place to be
I’m finally back home for a while. I’ve been to San Francisco, a couple places in Virginia, New York, Chicago, Toronto, and Orlando. The last two, Toronto and Orlando, were for two of my favorite annual conferences: Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association (DESA) and Children With Diabetes (CWD). Both events were so busy that it [...]
Read More..>>An “oops” kind of night
Okay, so last night was an “oops” in my diabetes life. I planned to get to bed by 10:00 so I could get up early to start my long run before the rain came in. As 10:00 approached, I thought, hmm I’m not feeling that great, dry eyes, droopy feeling, better check my blood sugar. [...]
Read More..>>Training update - the basics!
Another week is coming to an end and I now have almost four weeks of training under my belt. I’m sore and tired! After a couple years of sporadic “sort-of” running and training (thanks to grad school), I forgot how hard this is! So, what’s my training schedule? Well, you’ll have to come train with [...]
Read More..>>My Hero of the Week
Jesse Helms died last week. Whoa, don’t get the wrong idea here; even though I’m in NC, Helms was not a hero of mine. I’m one of those “bleeding heart liberals” that Jesse loathed. But, his passing has made me think about my life quite a bit over the past few days - what my [...]
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