Ride 100 Today

Just to share that I took part in the Prudential ride 100 today in some of the worst cycling conditions I have ever seen. The course was shortened to 86 miles because of the risk on the big hills. But I finished in 4 hours 31 minutes at an average speed of 19mph.
I started off with BG of 9 and consumed somewhere in the region of 200g of carbs in gels, bars and drinks, took NO insulin and ended with 5.5. I used approximately 10,000 calories.
It was a fantastic day and my diabetes was completely kicked into touch. I feel absolutely fantastic and wanted to share this with everyone. Get on your bikes and feel the benefits.

lizdeluz said:

@Auckland Canary, congratulations on a great achievement. My OH did the Ride too, and is just about to go online for the pics and his time. Myself and son and daughter waited for him under tree CD in Green Park and joined in the general moan of the huge crowds as torrential rain bucketed down and thunder crashed.

However, OH really enjoyed the 86 mile ride and said it had been fantastic to be able to cycle through streets of Central London and past so many famous monuments without having to contend with the usual nightmare traffic, and only with the 23000 other cyclists! He got back safe and sound and sporting a treasured medal, having negotiated the worst cycling weather he'd experienced for a long time.

I've listened to your advice about getting on our bikes as diabetics. I think it's a good idea, and it might be something I should consider now that I'm doing LCHF and have lost some weight. I can't keep up with OH, but I might find hills a bit less painful now.

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I was very nervous before hand even though I cycle to work every day and have been training for months but it was truly a great day. But cycling isn't just about doing the big rides and finding the steepest hills to push yourself through. It's about making our cities safer for everyone and getting people fit and reducing pollution and making it an everyday activity.

I cycle 22 miles round trip to work each day on a normal commuter bike and it takes me about an hour each way. It's really not that hard but you get to do this by building up gradually. Do a couple of miles and then a couple more etc and pretty soon you are doing amounts that you wouldn't have thought possible and enjoying every minute.

I have lost 2 1/2 stone just by cycling (no diets) in the last 2 years and now eat whatever I want and I am in my mid forties and weigh 10 1/2 stone and have been Type 1 for 31 years.

It can be difficult sometimes avoiding hypos but if you are doing the longer rides you just chuck as many carbs into your body as you want and get on with it. Admittedly I was worried about night time hypos on Sunday night and reduced my basal too much and woke up with a 16 reading but that was just a pre caution and doesn't really worry me.

Give I ta go while the weather is still good and you may find that if you are like me you carry it on into the colder months. Just remember, there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

belmont97 said:

Well done. If you were wearing a Diabetes UK Jersey I cheered you on when you were going up Ripley Lane. My wife and I sat in pouring rain at the end of Silkmore Lane supporting friends doing the ride. I did it last year and it was a great experience.

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No I wasn't wearing a jersey as I was doing it individually. However I was cheering back at as many supporters possible because I was in complete admiration for the people who came out in the appalling weather and supported us and I remember it was particularly bad in the Ripley area when I came through. I think you people were all absolutely amazing.
I did stop and have a quick chat with some JDRF supporters in Wimbledon near the end though and they were great as well.