It’s easy to see setbacks and delays in chasing our Big Dreams as failure. And while mistakes may be made, what matters is what we learn.

Sweating the details of a big run, ride, or other epic event isn’t just busywork. It’s the key to keeping random stuff from taking you down.

Here’s how things went on my 50th diaversary 5x Ironman challenge this past October. It was definitely an event that taught me quite a bit.

1. Relying solely on Google Whether you’re driving, cycling, or walking, Google Maps does a halfway decent job of telling you a good route between any two points. The problem is that it does only a HALFWAY decent job. The few times I’ve used it to plan a route, I’ve found myself at dead ends,…

The Top 10 most-read posts on T1Determined where I talk about Type 1 diabetes, ultrarunning & endurance cycling and swimming. Often, all at once.

Sebastien Sasseville Completes RAAM as a Solo Cyclist Recently, Type 1 Diabetic ultra endurance athlete Sebastien Sasseville, who is also the first person with T1D to run across Canada, completed the Race Across America (RAAM), a grueling 3000-mile bike ride in which competitors must first quality, then have only 12 days to finish. If you…

As you may know, after much consideration and fairly late in the game, I switched my 2022 participation in the College of the Florida Keys Swim Around Key West from the full 12.5 mile swim around the island to the 6.2 mile “half-distance” 10K swim. I wrote about that decision and the reasons for it…

Taking Stock In April 2021, as I stood in the Atlantic Ocean at the finish of my transcontinental run from Disneyland to Disney World looking out to sea, one grand adventure was coming to an end. A USA Today reporter asked me “what’s next?” and I said that a good friend of mine who also…

“Damn everything but the circus! …damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won’t get into the circle, that won’t enjoy. That won’t throw its heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, the full existence…” e. e. cummings “Come and see the show!…

“Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to God I hear that beep,But if I die before I wake, I’ll know what dosage not to take.” — The Type 1 Diabetic’s Prayer Can you spot the two swimmers with Type 1 diabetes in this picture? You can’t usually tell unless you happen to…