Posts by Don – T1Determined

I love that Pete Kostelnick got up at 3 a.m. and averaged 70+ miles/day at a sub-9-minute pace when he set the world record for the fastest run across the USA. But that’s not me. My only “superpowers” are persistence and determination. So I’m writing this post to help others like me figure out their…

Type 1 diabetic ultrarunner talks about the physical and mental demands of transcontinental runs.

Some of the thoughts I’ve had about doing a transcontinental run during the time of COVID, and how we’ve adjusted protocols for lodging and more.

Simple—but not easy. It probably comes as no surprise that having to pause–emphasis on PAUSE, not stop–a 100-day run across the USA that had been in the planning stages for nearly a year is no easy decision. On March 23, 2020, after 51 days and 1261 miles on the road, my wife Leslie and I…

Some of the downsides of being stressed physically and mentally for an entire day come home to roost for folks like me with Type 1 diabetes. Here’s more.