i can barely it being managable for any human being. what insane devotion.
The key here is that they may only do 3 months of dedicated training, but I am sure they are not sitting around for the other 9 months of the year doing nothing. You have to maintain a base level of fitness to be able to do it.
If you signed up for a swimming race 3 months from now and started training for it, you could do well. But youâve also been swimming 5 days a week for the entire year, so itâs not just 3 months of training. Itâs all the stuff youâve been doing for the entire time that builds you up.
wow! thats devotion.
It is what they enjoy. Both mom and dad enjoy working out and eating right. Yes, they are physically active all year. I wouldnât even say it is devotion, it is just what these two enjoy over all else, so they do it.
Thereâs definitely a biochemical enjoyment factor that I think varies from person to person, and people who make a priority of completing an Ironman must get a different boost from intense exercise than most people experience. (Theyâre probably also more naturally competitive.)
My husband really enjoys lifting weights â he enjoys feeling sore. I find that feeling really unpleasant and would happily spend my whole life tailoring my exercise regimen to avoid that feeling. But I love the feeling you get after running 5 or 6 miles or hiking for a long time. He finds aerobic exercise boring. And many people get no enjoyment from any physical activity.
I agree with you. I like the view from the top of the hike, but wouldnât say I love the hike up the hill to see the view. Fortunately, there are a bunch of great views out here.
Back to the topic at handâŚ.
EXPERIMENT #25
OMG! today was a day i have been hoping and dreaming for since i began my journey with Ericâs expertise and know-how and ALL of YOUR encouragement and cheers.
i think that this is what would be considered a flatline!
pre-swim at 1:15 bg 135 (after 2 hours of no basal)
2pm bg 134
2:30 bg 120
3pm bg 119
3:15 bg 112
( bolused 1 unit post swim; weâll see how that works out )
this is not only my best so far, but the most confident that i have felt yet about going into the pool in the 130s. i trusted and i dared.
i think that a lot of this happened because of my stupid endoâs lowering of my basal rates. i canât think of anything else. its the only thing that i have changed. all the prep work, all the fueling, all the sleep, all the chocolate!
when i turned off my pump at 11am my bg was 114 and i gave myself .5 units of insulin. 2 hours later, i was 130, and then i walked to the pool.
it was a hard and fast swim. i used the kick board for the first hour and 15 minutes. i was pumping my legs like i was running from a bear. i was passing freestylers. i was lapping other swimmers (what a great ego rush) i tested every 1/2 hour, and i didnât take any carbs at all for the swim. i just kept pushing and trusting that i would plateau.
the kick board is awesome. i worked on my form, i worked on my strength, i worked on my freedom from my D. Yahoo! 
then for the last 45 minutes i did my regular stroke (w/out the kick board) and even though my shoulders were tired (from using the kick board ), i swam much faster than usual.( A NOTE: i still am not a âfastâ swimmer: i was just faster than i have ever been and faster than people who used to lap me.) and, as Eric has said, the only person you have to beat is yourself. well, today, i beat myself.
can you tell what an endorphin rush i am on??? 
this will definitely be an Advil night.
Thanks everyone!!!
Daisy Mae
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Thatâs perfect isnât it?!? That is so awesome!
And congratulations, I think you might get kicked off of FUD now because you are finally non-diabetic! 
I love your boldness of not taking anything and trusting you would not plummet!
iâm going to try and repeat it all tomorrow. i feel so empowered; its unbelievable to me. i am still in shock. it hasnât fully hit me yet, but i am positively over the moon about it
do you think i should do a temp basal for over-night? maybe like 95% ?
If you worked hard and depleted a good bit, drop that basal down! If you swam hard, it could be a 75% night! Dropping your basal like that is a great feeling. Itâs a reminder of what you did.
You have a great baseline plan now - 2 hours of no basal and 0.5 units of pre-emptive basal, 2 hours before. Think of all the fine-tuning you can do if your BG is a bit higher or lower on a different day. You can increase or decrease that 0.5 units by just a little bit, or eat a little snack. All kinds of things that would depend on the day and what your BG is after breakfast.
hopefully tomorrow will be a repeat performance.
now you and i can work on Kim the SpinLady
I gotta work on myself soon. I have a little bit of a beat-down coming up this evening.
that doesnt sound good. whatâs a beat-down?
Just some hard intervals coming up. Speed-work. Like I mentioned, different training paces. Not always doing the same easy long distance, or medium pace and medium distance. Sometimes itâs shorter speed-work.
Sounds like a lot of work. UGH. hope you enjoy it as much as you enjoy all of your other runs 
maybe it will inspire me to work even harder. iâm still such a beginner. there is so much for me to learn. ( and BTW, coach wrote me back with appologies . so we are back in communicado again.)
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Last night was miserable: all BGs excellent until 7pm then went down to 69, and it just got worse from there. 47 by 9:30, then with the help of a lot of chocolate got it up to 115 and it was a rolercoaster after that; up down, up down, etc. i was 115 before bed. felt safe enough to go to sleep.
at 5 am, my BG was 230. did a correction. woke up at 7:30 and my BG was 113. (seemed pretty good, except i still had IOB from my 5am correction. but i made a cup of decaf and went back to bed for a little. well that IOB and the decaf caught up with me. i crashed down to 48. i took 2 GTabs and went back to sleep waiting for my #s to rise. at 11am i came back up to 90. (still feeling that that was just too low to prep for my swim. so i took another 1/2 GTab and some peanut butter, and am waiting another 1/2 hour to re test.
i was all over the place. i think that last night i overdid it on the chocolate and its effects hit me later in the middle of the night. not certain, but its my best guess.
anyway, i am sitting and waiting for my BGs to reach 100 or there about and then will prep for the swim. i hope todays swim is as perfect as yesterdays.
but, i desperately need to find a post swim routine. maybe i need to give myself a small bolus after my swim and turn on a mild TB of about 95% to get me through the evening.
i am deff open to all suggestions (SOS)
Was your evening meal a standard meal, or something new?
The kickboard versus swimming might be something to look into for this. It would be good to start getting some heart rate info. Were you extra sore after yesterday? Maybe something related to exercise hormones versus your normal swimming which might be more relaxing.
Record this as data point related to your exercise yesterday. You can get this figured out.
What are you doing today for swimming?
i am still waiting for my BGs to come up to at least 110 before i take the .5 bolus and shut my pump off. i am up to 92. feeling very frustrated.
i wasnt sore at all. well, a little minor soreness, but i didnt need to take an Advil.
my dinner was exacly the same protein/carbs that i always eat at night. nothing was changed all evening. i just wanted to cry and thats how i am feeling right now as well.