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Sometimes the key to “winning” daily battles of Type 1 diabetes is understanding who and what we’re fighting. HINT: it’s the the doc, the disease, or the equipment.

Our diabetes community needs to look beyond the hopeless and frustrating “medical compliance” model to find ways to change lives. Here’s my take.

When you step away from marathons and into ultra running, a whole new world opens up to you, and it’s like Alice in Wonderland. Especially the parts about running and getting nowhere, eating cake and seeing giant caterpillars.

Our lives don’t have to be amazing or perfect to make a difference to others. They just need to be lived with intention, joy, hope, gratitude and kindness.

When I set out to do 1406 human-powered miles in under a month, I had no idea how grueling it would be, almost like a transcon. Here’s the lowdown.

Sometimes the first lessons we learn about endurance sports are the most important ones: that our bad days can also be our good days.

Sometimes no matter how much you train, things just fall apart. This is the write-up for my first attempt at doing a 10x Iron triathlon: 24 miles of swimming, 1120 miles of cycling, and 262 miles of running, as one single event, pretty much continuously except for sleep and bad weather.

I’ve had Type 1 diabetes for over 50 years now, and I’ve been training to do the 12.5 mile Swim Around Key West in June. It’s a challenge for anyone, only made harder if you’re trying to manage an autoimmune condition. In the summer of 2022, I completed the half-distance (10K, 6.2 mile) swim at…

Two-years-later reflections on lessons learned from running across the country and the things I am thankful for.

Being physically active with Type 1 Diabetes means managing risk. I’ve learned to push myself carefully…but sometimes you just have to try.