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Hi,
I am a type 1 diabetic and in march 2016 I started joined a triathlon club and last year completed some Olympic distance triathlons, I have raised the bar for next year and entered an Ironman 70.3 it's basically a half ironman 1.9km swim 90km cycle 21.1km run this is a big jump from my previous distances and my main concern in this is my diabetes is there anyone who could offer me advice on my race diet i.e. What to carry on the bike if there are energy gels I can use etc any advice would be greatly appreciated, and Happy New Year everyone,
Jonathan Booth
I am a type 1 diabetic and in march 2016 I started joined a triathlon club and last year completed some Olympic distance triathlons, I have raised the bar for next year and entered an Ironman 70.3 it's basically a half ironman 1.9km swim 90km cycle 21.1km run this is a big jump from my previous distances and my main concern in this is my diabetes is there anyone who could offer me advice on my race diet i.e. What to carry on the bike if there are energy gels I can use etc any advice would be greatly appreciated, and Happy New Year everyone,
Jonathan Booth