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YACC training thread

  • 03-01-2017 11:25am
    #1
    CramCycle
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    And here I am again. Things have taken a step back since I last posted in a training thread. Within the last month I have gained 5+kg, I no longer have any power in my legs, the cycle into work seems to be an arduous enough task. Range of excuses are available but none really cut the mustard. I got lazy and used any excuse given not to do anything over the last few months.

    Diabetes has also taken quite a hit with an upward turn in my HbA1c and mild retinopathy in one eye.

    Goals this year are simpler:

    - get upgraded from Limit to Semi Limit in the Club League (then to beat daragh_ in one race)
    - drop back down to 80kg
    - get HbA1c down to under 7 by June
    - Newbridge GP 5th March
    - Stamullen GP 9th April
    - Frank O'Rourke 30th April
    - Paddy Flanagan Memorial 11th June
    - Christy McManus\Roundwood GP Bray Wheelers 17th June
    - Noel and Kieran Hammond Memorials 18th June
    - National Road Race Championships – 2 Day Gorey Cycling Club - 24th June
    - Stafford Wholesale Wexford Two Day - 19th August
    - SERC GP South-East Road Club - 27th August
    - Laragh Classic 2nd September - Probably Marshalling

    Definitely are in plain text and options are in italics

    Commuting distance has doubled which should make training a bit easier


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  • #2
    CramCycle
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    I should also add on :
    Mick Byrne 200 - May 28th
    Eoin McLove 600 - 3rd June
    Evil 200 - 10th June
    Midlands 300 9th July
    National 400 August 6th
    YOLA 200 September 9th
    Dying Cow 200 September 16th

    These are all provisional on free time and availability, and am not likely to make most of them.


  • #3
    daragh_
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Goals this year are simpler:

    - get upgraded from Limit to Semi Limit in the Club League (then to beat daragh_ in one race)

    I'll do my best to help :D


  • #4
    CramCycle
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    First week over and not a great start. Had to stay at home to look after the family on Wednesday, which led to me becoming one of the infected by Thursday. It would sadly appear that I have gained weight since then.

    Weight: 86.7kg
    Average BG: 12.2 mmol/L
    km's rode: 68.2km

    Not a great start overall with my BG looking like this: 41 on target, 69 above target, 7 below target. The "Flu like" virus accounts for a good few of these but still not great. The software I use is not great though either and does not account for multiple tests in quick succession, so the readings are skewed upwards, trying to design my own to give a more suitable average average.


  • #5
    CramCycle
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    Second week over and an even worse week than the first. While not ill, I had something sitting on my chest that made breathing quite difficult. I ended up getting a lift in and out to work every day. As it turns out, I am an even more cantankerous bastard when I don't get any exercise. As such my work also suffered as I seem to do alot less (still cover the minimum) when I don't arrive in refreshed. It seems to have cleared up and I should be out alot more this week. Interestingly, the week off also has made me even more inflexible so I will probably be on the road bike more than the track bike as that is set up for racing.

    Weight: 86.5kg (negligible change)
    Average BG: 11.7 mmol/L (down a bit but, again, negligible)
    km's rode: 0km (disappointing to say the least)

    BG looking like this: 45 on target, 72 above target, 8 below target. Really need to ramp up the mileage and quickly for the 200km planned at the end of the month.


  • #6
    CramCycle
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    Mid week update. Had to put on chamois cream for the first time in years. I have been sweating buckets on the commute as I am dressing for winter but it is quite mild and while I am shedding clothes to get the right balance, I have not found it yet. Due to the generally unhealthy diet for the last while, it is very salty sweat and this is causing a bit of a sore in the nether regions. Caked with Sudocream last night and Chamois cream this morning. Hopefully it does not get any worse.
    I have found a fairly fit person to challenge me on the commute, who seems to take very similar commute times to me. I bonked yesterday morning and was worried I would not make it in without having to stop. Luckily he skimmed by me and I got a shot of Adrenaline. I didn't catch him but I did stay within 20metres of him the whole way in. On the way home we crossed paths again half way home. He caught me on an uphill (although to be honest, I had not seen him yet) and scared the **** out of me as when i looked around he was close and the lights for some reason looked green instead of white, a trick of the eyes I presume.
    Down a bit of weight this week already but I presume that is mainly water/sweat rather than real weight loss.


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  • #7
    CramCycle
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    Third week over and I have started to edge up the mileage but still well below what I used to do. Blood sugars were alot better until Saturday/Sunday when they ceased to cooperate at all, and dragged my average up quite a bit with a run of readings in the high 20s. Finally got my inner chainring sorted so can start spinning a bit more on the way to work. Looking at my stats this week, the big issue other than my lack of fitness is my diet. Feeling quite down about my weight as while I am not overweight, a large amount of my clothes no longer fit me or are extremely uncomfortable.


    Weight: 87kg (up 0.5kg)
    Average BG: 11.2 mmol/L (down a bit but, should have been better)
    km's rode: 151.5km (better but should have been north of 200km)

    BG looking like this: 46 on target, 65 above target, 3 below target. So despite the averages, the BG levels are improving which is good. After today I am going to start taking the longer route into work and spinning alot more. The other thing is to start looking at my diet as normally I drop weight quite quickly, so I want to assess why I am seeing no change this year at all (so far).

    Side note, Garmin claim my max HRM is 231bpm. Finding that a bit hard to believe.


  • #8
    CramCycle
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    After 2 good days with watching what I eat. nothing crazy, just cutting down on the random eating I have been doing, I cracked last night at about 1 in the morning and got up to have popcorn with melted cheese. All in all still far less going in than the week before but by christ, when the cravings hit you it is hard to resist.


  • #9
    CramCycle
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    Fourth week over. Mileage has been upped and the legs are sore but not as bad as expected. Went for my first long spin in a few years and got around OK (although I did get lost a few times). Chain dried out on the way around and made the most awful noise but other than that it was a good stretch of the legs. Sadly, no weight loss but a noticeable improvement in general fitness. Changing the diet seems to have done nothing though, I am just hungry all the time now, so not sure if I am tackling it right.

    Weight: 87kg (same as last week)
    Average BG: 10.2 mmol/L (down a bit again, a string of high sugars on Friday night have skewed it high again though)
    km's rode: 361km (broke the 200km, hooray)

    BG looking like this: 66 on target, 57 above target, 11 below target. More on target, less above, so all in all, quite happy.


  • #10
    Unknown Soldier
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    popcorn with melted cheese. .

    I will have to investigate this further...


  • #11
    CramCycle
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    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    I will have to investigate this further...

    Not a popcorn fan but have to say, a few slices of good quality cheddar draped across a bowl of popcorn and then either a few minutes in an oven or 20 seconds in a microwave, glorious. Start eating while the cheese is still warm and gooey, you will get balls of cheese goo and popcorn and the fats from the cheese will flavour the popcorn underneath anyway, even if it doesn't penetrate the entire bowl.


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  • #12
    CramCycle
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    Fifth week over. Mileage has dropped significantly, although the few times I did get out, it was more fun and I felt fitter. My thighs are currently like tree trunks, so while I look a little slimmer, I actually cannot fit in a lot of trousers due to thigh size rather than waist size now.

    Weight: 86kg (slightly lower)
    Average BG: 10.3 mmol/L (slightly higher but my son ripped out my pump on Sunday which lead to high BG for most of the day)
    km's rode: 88km (lower but more enjoyable)

    BG looking like this: 51 on target, 72 above target, 8 below target. Improving


  • #13
    CramCycle
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    So on Tuesday morning I woke up with pains in my Quadriceps, and my legs were sore to the touch. Standing up my legs would lock out backwards and when I did walk it looked like I was Vince McMahon from WWF as I sort of strutted with out properly bending my knees.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzwAmkty9qE

    Wednesday came with a bit of improvement, I could walk but it took mental effort to focus on putting my feet down flat and I even half fell over once or twice when not concentrating. Thursday brought great improvements whereby I can now walk properly again although my legs are still a tiny bit sore (but not overly). I had ridden my track bike on Monday and I thought maybe I messed up pushing it home with the high gearing, although this had not happened before.

    As I wake up tonight, drenched in sweat, I realise what has happened. Night time hypoglycaemia. Not sure how long it has been going on for but it looks like I am getting hit with really bad hypos early in the night. Not sure if this incorrect dosing for night time food or an issue with my basal rates. I am now more than ever looking forward to getting the Libre for trend monitoring though.


  • #14
    CramCycle
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    Sixth week over. Tired this week due to more travelling than usual,my BG levels are higher and I am quite cranky. Hopefully this week will be better

    Weight: 85kg (slightly lower again)
    Average BG: 11.8 mmol/L (slightly higher, not happy with that)
    km's rode: 88km

    BG looking like this: 39 on target, 53 above target, 5 below target. Not great overall and going against the trend so far. Machine brike so I ended up with no BG fr two days, hence the reduction in tests, and then tiredness due to travel, meant my levels were elevated (normal hormonal response to get you to sleep).


  • #15
    CramCycle
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    Taken from this post here:, I thought this was more suited to my training thread:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102638336&postcount=5871
    nee wrote: »
    Correct procedure!

    As it turns out, it was today and not yesterday so I rocked past and there was no one there and I hoped up for a spin in my shirt and trousers. Then a guy walks over and says would you like a go, so I gave it socks for about 20seconds before I lost all energy and just spun slowly for another 40 seconds. He said no one else had signed up and to rock back in an hour. I rocked back to see a queue of young, athletic men going hell for leather. So I asked what the story was. Apparently some guy called James and myself were joint first. I waited round for 10 minutes and no one came near us.

    After a bit of discussion, we agreed on most distance covered in 2 minutes rather than one. I lost the toss and went first. In the first minute I went faster than my first attempt by 150m, and went onto almost double that by the end of the second minute, falling shy of being double by a few metres. In rocks James, who gets up and goes at a steadier pace, looking at distance covered I am slightly ahead at the end of the first minute but he is catching and has inched a head a few seconds later. My heart is pumping, and then it happened, he started to fade, and fast. I am getting giddy. Then he gets the head down, and reaches for the centre. NOOOOOOO. These exercise bikes, despite what the organiser said, have gears. He drops a few and his legs take off. He starts catching me, behind where I was by a few metres at 20 seconds, level to me at 10 seconds, 3 seconds left and he overtakes, beating me by a few metres.

    He is a really nice guy but I can't help but feel if I held my resolve, I could have taken him, I was able to walk off, I tell myself he struggled but he didn't.

    Turns out it is James Davenport (A1 rider for velo club revolution). I just want to point out, I have never even finished in the bunch on an A4 race. According to the bike my wattage maxed out at over 700W for 20seconds and never dropped below 400W for the 2 minutes. I don't know what that means as I have not measured my wattage for 5 years but I damn well pleased that I was beaten by an A1 rider.

    This said I am also horribly disheartened by the fact that I feel I could have taken him in a one on one or he went first, targets are easier to beat than set. Thankfully as an A1 rider (him not me), I will never see him in a racing scenario to prove me wrong.


  • #16
    eeeee
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    Awww so close!
    Also kind of awesome to be you right now/sucks to be him - pity you can't just apply for any grade of license anymore.

    I feel for you with the loss of the bike. I was certain you'd win!


  • #17
    daragh_
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    You were robbed! Demand a rematch! (Great Job Boss!)


  • #18
    CramCycle
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    daragh_ wrote: »
    You were robbed! Demand a rematch! (Great Job Boss!)

    I don't know why, as he is A1 and I am A4 but I really feel annoyed with myself, I know I could have taken him. I didn't change gears, was wearing regular clothes but far more importantly, i think I just psyched myself out and could have given far more in the second minute.

    That will not happen again, hammer it until I vomit the next time. Mentally weak rather than physically weak at the minute. Which is actually more upsetting.


  • #19
    daragh_
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    I don't know why, as he is A1 and I am A4 but I really feel annoyed with myself, I know I could have taken him. I didn't change gears, was wearing regular clothes but far more importantly, i think I just psyched myself out and could have given far more in the second minute.

    That will not happen again, hammer it until I vomit the next time. Mentally weak rather than physically weak at the minute. Which is actually more upsetting.

    It's worth remembering that our current Club Goldsprints Champion doesn't race at all and beat the pants off a bunch of A1, A2 and A3 riders at our annual shindig. In jeans and a t-shirt. Not sure what the moral of that story is though.:roll eyes:

    Please don't vomit on me in the League.


  • #20
    eeeee
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Not a popcorn fan but have to say, a few slices of good quality cheddar draped across a bowl of popcorn and then either a few minutes in an oven or 20 seconds in a microwave, glorious. Start eating while the cheese is still warm and gooey, you will get balls of cheese goo and popcorn and the fats from the cheese will flavour the popcorn underneath anyway, even if it doesn't penetrate the entire bowl.


    Oh half a pound of butter does a great job on a bag of microwave popcorn *drools*


  • #21
    CramCycle
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    Seventh week over. I feel quite good this week. I have not been tracking my rides to measure speed etc. but have to say, overall, felt good whenever I was out. A few issues with my blood sugars, whereby they would not go down, regardless of bolus given, swapping pump locations etc. This was a bit of a bummer as I felt good other than the hyperglycaemia.

    Weight: 84kg (down again)
    Average BG: 12.1 mmol/L (higher)
    km's rode: 120km

    BG looking like this: 25 on target, 39 above target, 4 below target.

    Overall looking at the numbers, it is a mixed bag this week. Weight is still heading downwards. The issue with this is with the high blood sugars over the week, is this a side effect of that or is it due to better eating habits? Hopefully an improvement in BG levels this week with a continuing downward trend in weight will answer that but I will have to wait and see.

    Only two weeks away to my first race of the year, if I can hang in, just to get around with the group, I will be quite happy at this point. There is a race next weekend as well but not sure if I can make it. I did clean my bike this weekend though, not sure if that is preparation or idle hands.

    Thinking also of starting some evening sessions on the rollers, will have to either design or steal a program to follow.


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  • #22
    CramCycle
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    Eighth week over. I feel OK this week. Legs seemed to be quite sore for the second half of the week although I was in flying form for the first half. Mentally prepping myself for my first race of the year but I woke up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, to realise I was having another hypoglyccaemic attack. Got sorted but never fell back to sleep right and woke with stomach pain shortly after, never to go back to sleep. I decided to leave it but with only an hour to go I had improved and decided, to hell with it, lets go.
    Got there, got prepped, and after the neutralised start, we took off at a blistering pace, with the guys at the front reporting repeated breaks tipping north of 50kmph in the first few km. I struggled from the off but every time the bunch started to split, I found the legs and jumped over. I counted at least four splits in the first four kilometers. At about 6km, coming round a long bend, I heard pops galore and only a few metres in front of me I seen the inevitable heap start. I was stuck in the middle and the heap was three bikes deep so I could not ride over or through and I had people on both sides so could not swerve. Managed to stop on the heap. The group was just splitting again and as i went to check on the rider on the ground beside me, I realised it was just going to b a training spin. Thankfully, the injuries, while not pretty, appeared minor, with just general scratches and road rash. Most people pulled themselves out quite quick, leaving three on the ground and me standing stuck in the middle. Alas for me it appeared my front tyre had spiked itself on a chainring. Big thanks for the tube and pump to the Everesting man. Got me home in one piece anyway.

    Learned two things really quickly, one, way off the pace. Two, the number of severe hypoglycaemias I am having at night is frightening, the pain in my stomach would most likely turn out to be lack of water, which would explain the pain in my legs from the off. Alot to be learned. It turns out I don't have that killer instinct to ride on when someone falls, even though I know it is the right thing to do, to give space and clear the area.

    I am sitting typing now as yet another hypo is why i am up at this time, so tomorrow will feel wonderful yet again, I have adjusted my basals to take care of this hopefully but it is really poor on my part that I am only seeing this pattern now.

    Weight: 84kg
    Average BG: 10.1 mmol/L (lower)
    km's rode: 150km

    BG looking like this: 37 on target, 38 above target, 9 below target.

    Great improvement on the bloods with no weight gain as well. In fact I was lower than the 84kg for most of the week but I pigged out over the weekend. The bloods also improved dramatically, with most of the overs only being marginally over my threshold, and most of the hypos being only marginally below.

    Currently wondering could I get out for the Newbridge GP next week.


  • #23
    CramCycle
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    So the week started OK on paper, excluding the night time hypoglycaemia, and the morning rebound (up at 29mmol/L) my bloods have been really good. My average is now below 10, including that bad one, my weight seems to be dropping again. That was until last night.

    I had been struggling to do any training on my commute, not able to get the heart rate up, not able to get any speed, generally felling a bit lax. On the way home last night I finally found a bit of ooomph and started trying intervals. Sprinting on the quiet sections, hitting a target and then sitting back. HR was still not as high as I would have liked but my commute home was the fastest in awhile and I had a bit of speed. Then I got home, on top of my dinner, I could not resist the munchies, the hunger was unstoppable. I ate my lunch that I had prepared for today plus almost an entire packet of Chocolate Digestives (why are they not called Homewheat anymore?).

    I am incredibly weak, I looked like a meth addict trying to find my next hit the way I was routing through that packet of biscuits.


  • #24
    CramCycle
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    - get upgraded from Limit to Semi Limit in the Club League (then to beat daragh_ in one race)
    - drop back down to 80kg
    - get HbA1c down to under 7 by June
    - Newbridge GP 5th March
    - Stamullen GP 9th April
    - Frank O'Rourke 30th April
    - Paddy Flanagan Memorial 11th June
    - Christy McManus\Roundwood GP Bray Wheelers 17th June
    - Noel and Kieran Hammond Memorials 18th June
    - National Road Race Championships – 2 Day Gorey Cycling Club - 24th June
    - Stafford Wholesale Wexford Two Day - 19th August
    - SERC GP South-East Road Club - 27th August
    - Laragh Classic 2nd September - Probably Marshalling
    One off the list, headed out with A4 and the rain stopped just as the race prepped to roll out but I did arrive home looking like a competitor from the tour de flanders.
    Race started off at a more sedate pace than the last one but was still clipping along north of 40 for most of it. I started at the back without realising but bit by bit made my way up nearer the front, up into the top 20 for the climb. By the second climb it was strung out and I was in at no. 4. Not feeling great but I was able to dig in whenever the pace lifted, even taking the front now and again. Coming onto the second lap I was still in the top 10, then to realise we had lost the bunch, with about 15 to 20 of us away. We sat up a bit but when we realised they were catching us, we knuckled down and pulled away nicely before the climb. I was holding on but not as comfy as I had been on the first lap, I got caught taking a stretch on the front both before and onto the climb and stupidly plugged away. Still in the top 10 but as we came over it, they pulled away and by the top of the second climb, I was about 10seconds down but not losing time. Just before the finish line though, they started pulling away and I started to wonder was I being futile. Speed was north of 40kmph but not gaining. I could see one or two on the back also struggling. The chase group of 10 eventually caught me and I sat in to finish off the race, stupidly again took a few stints on the front and on the climbs again I started to slip back, losing the second group as we crested the second climb. I rolled in with my saviour from last week who got me home with his spare tube.

    Overall, quite happy, I got around, pushed hard for bits. Exposed my tactical weaknesses but that's A4. Really need to knuckle down with the training though as well. I just missed that little jump when they pulled away and i really should not have been dropped so easily as I was not out of breath or tired. i think if I had had that little jump for when they rolled past, I would definitely have had a top 20 in me.

    Away from racing for a few weeks now due to family commitment so really need to get the training down.


  • #25
    CramCycle
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    Ninth week over. Tried doing a bit of HIT training this week on the commute but it did not really take at all. Still could not get my heart or attitude to the right place. Went out and completed my first race of the season (post above). Realised after said post that my pump had run out of Insulin and the high blood sugars I had been experiencing all day were not from adrenaline, nerves or a spike due to sprinting (which I never managed, just sheer stupidity on my part). No night time hypos AFAIK, which is great, should be getting my continuous glucose monitor in T minus 7 days, so that will be interesting.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 10.0 mmol/L
    km's rode: 210km

    BG looking like this: 50 on target, 50 above target, 12 below target.

    Another week of improvements on the bloods with no weight gain again. If I had not had the idiot moment yesterday, the average would have been below 10 so I am happy that we are getting there (although not happy how long it is taking). The weight is slowly getting there, June is not far away though so need to stay on top of that. Overall, not a bad week, but like always, could have been better.


  • #26
    CramCycle
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    Tenth week over. Got a bit of HIT training in this week on Monday through to Wednesday and it felt quite good. Slowed down drastically on the Friday though as I felt a bit pooped by it all. No racing this weekend due to family commitments and I went out socialising instead. I can honestly say, I think that is the end of booze for the rest of the season. I felt like someone had bludgeoned me with a claw hammer on Sunday morning even though I did not have that much to drink (in my opinion). HbA1c is down by 1mmol/L since I started tracking my progress here, from 9.3 to 8.3 in 3 months, and my new Libre reader gives a predicted HbA1c that if it continues, will bring it down to 7mmol/L inside of 3 months.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 8.9 mmol/L
    km's rode: 190km

    BG looking like this: 27 on target, 16 above target, 1 below target.

    A bumpy road this week with bloods skyrocketing mid week but overall, another week of improvements. Weight has been constant which considering my lack of efforts in the second half of the week, is not the worst thing in the world.


  • #27
    CramCycle
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    Eleventh week over. No training at all this week, just the commute in and out of work but have to say, felt pretty great all week, decent speed with minimal effort, the good weather being the major difference this week. No booze for most of the week, may have also helped, and something I plan to continue, breaking fast for a glass of wine on Saturday. Now for the next addiction to crack, sugar. Having the continuous blood glucose monitor, it is horrifying what some of the treats I take do to my BG levels but I make no defence, I am an addict when it comes to cake, so this one will be a tough nut to crack but it may be the final bit I need to achieve my goals for the year.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 10.1 mmol/L
    km's rode: 140km

    BG looking like this: 26 on target, 34 above target, 3 below target.

    Overall, disappointed with my average BG readings, as with the exception of one day, they have actually been really good. One night though they skyrocketed past 29, and remained above 20 most of the night, which has greatly skewed the average.
    Looks like the Stamullen GP is my next big day out on the bike, so will try and get plenty of training in over the next 3 weeks for it.


  • #28
    CramCycle
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    So I got my DEXA scan results back, so this is not a weekly review, just a summary of my results:

    Total weight: 80.5kg
    Percentage body fat: 17.4%

    First of all, great news, my scales is over estimating weight by about 5%, so I am already a lower body weight than I thought, although I will continue to use my own scales and I won't be making any corrective action for it's readings.
    Body fat% is not terrible by any stretch, in fact it is quite reasonable but I think it is fair to say in relation to my goals and my overall weight, it shows up that my aims are quite reasonable and achievable.


  • #29
    CramCycle
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    Twelfth week over. No training again, just the commute in and out of work. A few issues with unexpected blood sugars but nothing really to talk about. Done some resistance training as part of a study and have found that i have no arm strength at all. Still hurts a few days later but I have quite decent leg strength.

    Weight: 82kg
    Average BG: 8.5mmol/L
    km's rode: 175km

    BG looking like this: 24 on target, 18 above target, 6 below target.

    Chainring issues means I will be back to the track bike this week, and until a replacement part comes in.


  • #30
    CramCycle
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    Thirteenth week over. No training again, even less commuting. Lost interest and took a lift on Friday, thank you wildcats, that will never happen again. On the track bike for the next while, while I wait for some parts to be checked and hopefully repaired on my other bike. I definitely have the gearing too high at the minute, so might change that down this evening. I really let myself slip this week and have lost all motivation, which is duly reflected in the data below


    Weight: 84kg (first weight gain since I started)
    Average BG: 9.3mmol/L (first large junp)
    km's rode: 105km (first large drop in distance)

    BG looking like this: 29 on target, 55 above target, 16 below target.

    Horrendous control, and I feel ****ty and unfocused as it is simply a negative feedback loop. The worse I feel, the worse my control gets. The worse my control gets, the worse I feel and so on. Hopefully I can get out of the slump quickly.


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  • #31
    smacl
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    The worse I feel, the worse my control gets. The worse my control gets, the worse I feel and so on. Hopefully I can get out of the slump quickly.

    I suspect this is a cycle most of us hit every now and again, I certainly do. Forecast is good for tomorrow with light winds coming from the south in the afternoon. Could be a good day to leave the Garmin at home, take a lazy, leisurely spin down the coast and enjoy the push home.


  • #32
    CramCycle
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    Fourteenth week over. What can only be described as another step backwards, more of a leap really. I was away at meetings in Hull for half the week and took the time to rent out a town bike and meander around. Lovely city and well worth a short visit. I came home to find myself still quite down. Had alot of work to do over the weekend and done none of it, I feel constantly tired and unmotivated, to be honest, surprised I got out of bed this morning, although glad I did as I feel a bit better since I got in. My family are away for the week so I am going to stay with my mother in law as I just could not face being at home alone.

    Weight: 85kg (****ing hell)
    Average BG: 12.8mmol/L (mother ****er)
    km's rode: 70km

    BG looking like this: 16 on target, 78 above target, 6 below target.

    Control is worse again this week, changed insulin, changed sites, head feels cloudy and thanks to the high blood sugars, I just want to vomit most of the time.
    smacl wrote: »
    I suspect this is a cycle most of us hit every now and again, I certainly do. Forecast is good for tomorrow with light winds coming from the south in the afternoon. Could be a good day to leave the Garmin at home, take a lazy, leisurely spin down the coast and enjoy the push home.
    Good advice, alas I don't know how I have taken such a downturn mentally and physically in just a fortnight. Hoping I can turn it around, starting from today.


  • #33
    CramCycle
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    Stamullen GP - Firat missed goal of the year due to a broken chainring.

    Fifteenth week over. A lot better than the previous fortnight but that is hardly setting a high bar. On the track bike full time due to a broken chainring and a crankset that has been recalled. After the first few days at 49x14 I decided to try a shorter gear and increase the cadence, so went up to 49x18. Its weird. Climbing is faster and descending is slower but I find it tougher to stop which disagrees with my gut feeling

    Weight: 84kg
    Average BG: 11.8mmol/L
    km's rode: 130km

    BG looking like this: 26 on target, 25 above target, 3 below target.

    Control has improved, but running high in the mornings. I have changed sites and basal rates but no improvement yet. Back home and away from my mother in law so excessive dinners should stop this week and I can get away with not eating too late in the evening. Hopefully it will not take long to get back to where I was.


  • #34
    CramCycle
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    Sixteenth week over. A lot better again. Still on the track bike but hopefully i will have a crankset in the next week or two. 49 x 18 is to small for me though, so will change that over the week.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 8.7mmol/L
    km's rode: 100km

    BG looking like this: 32 on target, 26 above target, 5 below target.

    Control has improved again, felling a bit more myself, my mood is certainly improving. Alot less miles in the legs though this week but hopefully just a temporary stumble. Mentally I still have a way to go as I just feel a bit overwhelmed for no reason but still better than the previous weeks.


  • #35
    CramCycle
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    Seventeenth week over. Not great. Bike repaired but it now feels weird compared to my track bike. Went out for my first race in awhile and only managed one lap (from two), dropped off the back quickly after going off the front once or twice. Hopefully that will improve this week. Also went out for the Frank O'Rourke, but a comedy of errors, including losing my wallet, arriving late, forgetting my pins. I just gave up and never even bothered. The motivation was lacking, my bloiod sugars were high for alot of the weekend despite changing my pump and site 3 times, so I am using that as an excuse but it is a poor one.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 11.8mmol/L (I hate weekends)
    km's rode: 120km

    BG looking like this: 26 on target, 32 above target, 2 below target.

    Just feel wrecked.


  • #36
    CramCycle
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    Eighteenth week over. Same as last week. Nothing much has changed, I feel tired and cranky every afternoon. Although I feel great in the mornings after the spin in. Went out for my second race, managed two laps (from three), Stayed in the pack for half the first lap, then led the bunch up the only climb at full gas before slowly coming out the back of the main bunch. I held onto their tails for awhile but then just gave up at the end of the second lap. Blood sugars have improved in regards averages but the control is awful if you look at the deviation.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 9.4mmol/L
    km's rode: 147km

    BG looking like this: 30 on target, 9 above target, 9 below target.


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    CramCycle
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    Ninteenth week over. FFeels like improvements have started to come back. Feel lik eI am underhydrated quite alot but my blood sugars have improved dramatically, not only is the average slightly down but the deviation from the mean has improved dramatically, with most of my high blood sugars being barely over the mark. Huge improvement in my attitude as well, gfeeling more confident and in better humour, so hoping this is the beginining of a better stretch again. Went out for my third race, managed too finish it out (hurrah). In the group for the first lap but up near the front, where a team mate was commenting on the tactics of another team riding off the front and getting reeled back in a few times. I have to say, it looked like fun. I went for it on the second lap, jumping from 42 to over 50kmph and breaking away to the person in front. Realised he was slowing and shot past him. Only stayed away for about 5 minutes but it was fun. Done the same on the hill on the second lap but never broke away. Final lap, I broke 4km out and nearly hit the lead car which missed this great tactical maneuver as I cam along on his inside. Unfortunately having to sdlow down I was caught quickly (not that I would have stayed anyway. Back in the bunch with a km to go, I hammered it away again. Went way north of 50 but could only hold it for about 30seconds. Looked behind me and I had strung out the front half of the group but the legs were not going to hold. As soon as I could see no one was going for it, I swung over to the left and sat up out of everyones way. Felt like a huge improvement.

    Weight: 82.5kg
    Average BG: 8.6mmol/L
    km's rode: 210km

    BG looking like this: 24 on target, 20 above target, 14 below target.


  • #38
    CramCycle
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    Twentieth week over. And the improvements continue to come. Took part in a handicap race on Thursday night and started off with Limit. We had a big group so I thought we might hold them off if we worked together but as I have learned, there are no friends in limit. My front derailleur gave up half way through so I ended up cross chaining for most of the race, but you can still pull off decent speeds with 39x11 when you push it. We ended up attacking each other for 45 minutes and then got caught on the fourth last lap. I got into the group and hung out around the back, making jumps forward whenever it looked like there was a split. Coming onto the last lap there was one rider ahead of the field by 100m with his club trying to neutralise the race to keep him there. I could hear another group of riders talking about it and giving out, in the end I felt like doing the lines from Monty Python/Meaning of Life "You always talk, you ***** riders, you talk and you talk and say Get up there they are controlling the pace but you never do anything about it yourself". I got fed up of this chatter and got a head of stupid on board, coming round the second bend, I tore off from the back of the group and kicked it from 40kmph to 60kmph and tore past. I heard one of the controlling riders shouting he is going for it. I only had one goal and that was to catch your mans wheel and I done it, he tried to kick but I held him, he tried to make me take a turn and I just settled in and didn't push, when he went round me again I stuck to his wheel like white on rice. I glanced behind (amateur mistake) to see the group had decided to start moving up on us. We eventually got caught about the third last bend. One of my own club mates asked me for a lead out but I misheard him and somehow thought he had talked to me like the farmer in Babe, saying "That'll do Cram, that'll do".Checked over my shoulder and when the space was there I pulled out of the way. I rolled in at the back of the bunch eventually after the sprint broke out but was happy I hung in there and suddenly I have a jump again. Not a great one but better than I had a few months ago. Confidence has certainly jumped immensely.
    Blood sugars have improved again, one bad day (Sunday) where they jumped high that evening and would not come down, leaving me feeling drained. Low sugars have all but disappeared, and all but 4 of the high ones were just over the line.
    Weight has not moved, which to me says, I have to go back to the diet. I have let that slip out the window quite drastically so I will sit down and draw out a meal plan for the week this evening and try my best to stick to it. I have stayed away from fast food and beers/wine are down alot but I need to go further with it.

    Weight: 82kg
    Average BG: 9.4mmol/L
    km's rode: 160km

    BG looking like this: 25 on target, 20 above target, 4 below target.


  • #39
    CramCycle
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    Twenty first week over.And things are still improving, although not as quickly as I would like. Took part in a limit race on Thurdsday night. I didn't feel great before the start, presumably the heat taking it's toll. We were neutralised for the first 10km but as soon as the lead car took off, the group lined out very quickly. I tucked in around 10th place but found those around me to be a bit twitchy so I ended up pulling to the side but also keeping pace with the leader who was trying to break away. We started working together and really hammered it for the first lap with only a little help from two other guys who took short turns on the front. I was tired by the end of the first lap but as the second lap started we finally started to pull away from the group and a line of 10 of us pulled away. I decided to try and play it smart and sit in and rest. Top 6 for points so all I had to beat were 4. Within 2 km we were down to 8. I took another two spins on the front and when I settled back into the group, we were at 7. Only one to beat. Another spin off the front and when I counted up, we were at 6. Points for everyone. Now to try and be smart, sit in but don't let the pace slow so much that we could get caught. 3 of us were taking turns to lead the bunch. Coming upto the final turn before the finish (about 2km away), I was at the back but I noticed, quite clearly, everyone was starting to rest. I didn't think I could take some of them in a sprint, so I let myself drop to the back and with 100m to the turn I pulled out wide and hammered it. I came round the corner at +50kmph (long wide turn) and kept over 50kmph for a km on the long drag into the finish. Under a km left and i could see my speed dropping but without people around to push against, it was hard to motivate myself and the legs were tiring. As it dropped to near 40kmph I seen the shadow of my adversary catch me with 300m to go. I took the less heroic route and just sat up, with the other 4 coming around me with under 100m to go. First points of the season but another scathing review of my tactical abilities. I used to do the same on the track where I would go around half a lap early compared to others to hope to have the element of surprise. Happy but also annoyed, but another improvement on the week before.

    Blood sugars have improved again with a near perfect week until the weekend. I took a break over the weekend with my daughter leaving home for a few months, we had treats galore and this led to a disruption of the good week. This also lead to a weight gain in the last 3 days that was unwelcome.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 7.9mmol/L
    km's rode: 120km

    BG looking like this: 36 on target, 15 above target, 9 below target


  • #40
    sullzz
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Twenty first week over.And things are still improving, although not as quickly as I would like. Took part in a limit race on Thurdsday night. I didn't feel great before the start, presumably the heat taking it's toll. We were neutralised for the first 10km but as soon as the lead car took off, the group lined out very quickly. I tucked in around 10th place but found those around me to be a bit twitchy so I ended up pulling to the side but also keeping pace with the leader who was trying to break away. We started working together and really hammered it for the first lap with only a little help from two other guys who took short turns on the front. I was tired by the end of the first lap but as the second lap started we finally started to pull away from the group and a line of 10 of us pulled away. I decided to try and play it smart and sit in and rest. Top 6 for points so all I had to beat were 4. Within 2 km we were down to 8. I took another two spins on the front and when I settled back into the group, we were at 7. Only one to beat. Another spin off the front and when I counted up, we were at 6. Points for everyone. Now to try and be smart, sit in but don't let the pace slow so much that we could get caught. 3 of us were taking turns to lead the bunch. Coming upto the final turn before the finish (about 2km away), I was at the back but I noticed, quite clearly, everyone was starting to rest. I didn't think I could take some of them in a sprint, so I let myself drop to the back and with 100m to the turn I pulled out wide and hammered it. I came round the corner at +50kmph (long wide turn) and kept over 50kmph for a km on the long drag into the finish. Under a km left and i could see my speed dropping but without people around to push against, it was hard to motivate myself and the legs were tiring. As it dropped to near 40kmph I seen the shadow of my adversary catch me with 300m to go. I took the less heroic route and just sat up, with the other 4 coming around me with under 100m to go. First points of the season but another scathing review of my tactical abilities. I used to do the same on the track where I would go around half a lap early compared to others to hope to have the element of surprise. Happy but also annoyed, but another improvement on the week before.

    Blood sugars have improved again with a near perfect week until the weekend. I took a break over the weekend with my daughter leaving home for a few months, we had treats galore and this led to a disruption of the good week. This also lead to a weight gain in the last 3 days that was unwelcome.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 7.9mmol/L
    km's rode: 120km

    BG looking like this: 36 on target, 15 above target, 9 below target

    You seemed to be in good shape during that race . Plenty of power in the legs .


  • #41
    CramCycle
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    sullzz wrote: »
    You seemed to be in good shape during that race . Plenty of power in the legs .
    Thanks, two things though. One, it was limit so supposedly not the toughest group. Although this year there are a lot of newbies with (seemingly) lots of power, so hard to tell if I have progressed past limit yet. I may self upgrade in the next fortnight if I convince myself to grow a pair.

    Second, my race craft sucks. If I am not jumping of the front, I am near the front or leading. Thankfully I am not dropping out the back after my stupidity now but I really need to get some tactics sorted. . This said, learning tactics in limit may be no good as I am pushing hard at the front, might learn more and stay fitter hanging off the back of semi limit.


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  • #42
    sullzz
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Thanks, two things though. One, it was limit so supposedly not the toughest group. Although this year there are a lot of newbies with (seemingly) lots of power, so hard to tell if I have progressed past limit yet. I may self upgrade in the next fortnight if I convince myself to grow a pair.

    Second, my race craft sucks. If I am not jumping of the front, I am near the front or leading. Thankfully I am not dropping out the back after my stupidity now but I really need to get some tactics sorted. . This said, learning tactics in limit may be no good as I am pushing hard at the front, might learn more and stay fitter hanging off the back of semi limit.

    This is my 1st year doing club league ( the Lucan lad who chased you down after you jumped towards the line last week ) i cant compare to previous years but the standard seems to be high enough , mainly in your club though , i thought about self upgrading to semi also , but i think ill hang around and try a few things within the limit group .


  • #43
    CramCycle
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    sullzz wrote: »
    This is my 1st year doing club league ( the Lucan lad who chased you down after you jumped towards the line last week ) i cant compare to previous years but the standard seems to be high enough , mainly in your club though , i thought about self upgrading to semi also , but i think ill hang around and try a few things within the limit group .
    Jebus, you certainly made the group work like ****. I may have underplayed how much you done up front in my original description (writers license).
    See how the TT goes and my times compare before making any decisions to self upgrade.


  • #44
    sullzz
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Jebus, you certainly made the group work like ****. I may have underplayed how much you done up front in my original description (writers license).
    See how the TT goes and my times compare before making any decisions to self upgrade.

    Ive no doubt you will earn your upgrade rather than self upgrading , youve a couple of good lads on your side . Its the blanch wheelies lads who tend to throw a spanner in the works ( sitting in till the end ) .
    Have you been doing any open races ?


  • #45
    CramCycle
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    sullzz wrote: »
    Have you been doing any open races ?

    Dublin wheelers open race - crash 6km in and I ended up on top of it
    Newbridge GP - held onto the front group for the first lap, in no mans land for the second lap and in the follow group for the third lap.

    That is it unfortunately, life and family have gotten in the way ever since.

    To be honest, the main aims for the year are the Paddy Flanagan Memorial , Roundwood GP, Wexford Two Day and the SERC GP , so not a huge number of races but I find it hard to get the time otherwise. Upgrading out of Limit was the other aim for the year so I am more confident of that now than I was.


  • #46
    CramCycle
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    Twenty second week over. Two weeks forward, and one week back, like a long way back, like I have been climbing a mountain and I slipped and rolled down the hill to the start really quickly bad. Monday and Tuesday were filled with stomach cramps and other delightful bathroom experiences. On the plus side, I should have improved my power to weight, on the negative side, I didn't. Wednesday was alright and I was looking forward to a TT on Thursday night.
    Come Thursday night, every attempt to get out of work early was met with resistance. I got out and started heading out but traffic was pretty rough, every lights I stopped at, some prats would pull in front of me, and block me despite having overtaken them a short time before. I finally got onto the N4 and started moving along. I turned off as I started to feel off near Maynooth. As I crossed over on the bridge, I felt weak and a bit confused to be honest. As I progressed towards Maynooth, I started to loose speed and got an over whelming bout of the fear. My vision went tunnel like and every sensation was amplified immensely. The road sounded like a tumble dryer sitting on my head at full belt. My arms were tingling and my fingers turned white. The weird tunnel vision meant that even though I was overly aware of every part of me, my viewpoint was over my handlebars and was quite nauseating. I started to wonder to myself would this be one of those hypos where i would wake up somewhere with no idea of how I got there, would I just fall over and curl into a ball and wait for someone to be nice and stop, or would this be the one I would just not live to talk about it. All very pleasant. As I started to slow to walking pace and began thinking of walking (and falling over) or just keep going, I came across a Tesco. I got a triple decker sandwich (awful), some crisps and a bar. I then sat in their garden furniture section and ate it (paid for it as well). I then went back in and got 4 shortbread things. Also awful. The bakery section in Maynooth Tesco is just terrible. I sat back down and demolished those. Thankfully no one nicked my bike and the staff decided I was too crazy looking to approach. I walked out to find a McDonalds across the road. 2 double cheeseburgers, portion of chicken nuggets and a coffee, it was time for home. I rolled half way home before the bloated stomach took its tool and I just hopped on a bus.

    Followed by a week of my son ripping out my pump, miscounting my insulin a further two times and generally feeling sh1t. It's been a bad week.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 9.5mmol/L
    km's rode: 120km

    BG looking like this: 20 on target, 20 above target, 8 below target


  • #47
    CramCycle
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    Twenty third week over. F*ck Diabetes, f*ck cycling, f*ck everything. I follow the rules, I eat better, stay hydrated, check my blood sugars. What do I get. Ketoacidosis. Why? Who knows, it is a god damned lottery. Didn't race this week, and to be honest, very glad of it. Biblical rain, hailstones, lightening strikes. Better left to hardier men. Minutes into the race and I seen riders turn back and head home.

    My son has also had an on and off temperature for a week, resulting in no sleep pattern, hitting over 40 on 3 separate days.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 11.8mmol/L (I simply don't care this week)
    km's rode: 125km

    BG looking like this: 20 on target, 40 above target, 10 below target


  • #48
    CramCycle
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    Twenty fourth week over. Needless to say, I feel a bit better than last week. Bloods were awful at the start of the week, bouncing around the 20mmol/Ls for awhile before settling back down and staying nearly perfect all week. That was until last night, where I discovered that I will sadly have to bid adieu to my old friend pizza. It just doesn't work, the carbs make no sense, neither does the rate at which it releases. I love it so much but it clearly hates me.
    Overall though, for 5 days of the week, I stayed in around 5mmol/L all day every day, cycling was not too bad, although no racing midweek due to other commitments. I went out for the Roundwood GP on Saturday. Have to say, nice course with no real tough climbs. Rumours abound about drags and short sharp climbs but at no point was this true. There was one climb, sort of, but it only lasted 30seconds. The pace was quite sedate though and we started late so I eventually bailed half way through as I was let out with a time limit. The heat was a killer as well, and I struggled to tell was the uncomfortableness my Diabetes or lack of water. As it turns out, it was lack of water but C'est la vie. Other riders say the pace picked up shortly after I left but remained a good racing group.

    Going to start using the long route into and out of work from tomorrow, only adds in 10km a day but alot more climbing. The heat is affecting my diabetes so have to keep an eye on that as well.

    Weight: 83kg (it actually was 84kg last week)
    Average BG: 8.9mmol/L
    km's rode: 200km

    BG looking like this: 39 on target, 22 above target, 9 below target


  • #49
    ford2600
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    bid adieu to my old friend pizza.

    I've gone really low carb at times and still worked in pizza.

    https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/paleo-pizza-crust/

    ignore the paleo, no gluten labels and it could work ok?

    Friend has a wood fired oven for pizza which he uses for parties, I just supply the wood and work oven. Jesus with any effort at all with decent ingredients people go bat sh1t for pizza


  • #50
    CramCycle
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    ford2600 wrote: »
    I've gone really low carb at times and still worked in pizza.

    https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/paleo-pizza-crust/

    ignore the paleo, no gluten labels and it could work ok?

    Friend has a wood fired oven for pizza which he uses for parties, I just supply the wood and work oven. Jesus with any effort at all with decent ingredients people go bat sh1t for pizza

    It might, my blood sugar reaction to pizza does not make sense with a spike for upto 24 hours after. I have often taken multiple doses of Insulin, above and beyond the max to try and get it down but to no avail. The carbs are not that high that they are the sole cause of this effect.


  • #51
    CramCycle
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    Twenty fifth week over. Not a bad week but still not great. Pump mis-inserted twice, so ended up with high sugars on two separate occasions, which make me feel tired and a bit of a weapon. Commute has been good and have consistently stayed below 40minutes all week. Racing was a mixed bag this week. I cycled out to Mondello and as always, I just could not get out the door so I ended up heading out thinking I would not make sign on in Mondello. Very few turned up for Limit so we were given a good start but no one seemed to pushed on trying. I made a break once or twice myself but not really feeling it and decided to settle in and let the legs recover rather than pushing hard and blowing up. When we were finally caught, I managed to get a nice position in the bunch, slightly further back than I would have liked but close enough. Getting to the second last lap, a breakaway had formed of about 4 strong riders and no likely sign of anyone going for them. Coming up the hill before the turn for the start line, I was about 40 back. No one around me I pulled sidewards and hammered like holy hell. At about 10 from the front I heard a rider shout he is going for it, alas I was lacking in confidence. The corner came up and there were still 2 in front. I was going faster but I wasn't going to clear them before the corner so I sat up and went through. This seemed to kill my legs and the stopping so suddenly, my legs siezed up. I was going fast enough that I actually went clear but I couldn't spin any further, and was shot out the back within 200m. If I had timed it better, or even just sat in for another lap, I really think I could have gotten top 20.

    Aiming for the Eddie Tobin memorial this weekend, and a 25M TT mid week.

    Hoping the bloods will have improved by next week as well.

    Weight: 83kg
    Average BG: 10.8mmol/L
    km's rode: 175km


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