How Monique Kicked my Ass 16,000km
To better understand that title, head over to Hypoactive where you can see it in context. They’re a group for genuinely active type 1 diabetics, and Monique Hanley is their pedal-turning headkicker....
View ArticleTwin Cities – Medtronic Marathon – Freaking out!
Just a few days now until I leave for an unexpectedly awesome US running extravaganza. The first run is the Twin Cities Marathon, and I’m being flown over for it and shown the city and the course, put...
View ArticleInsulin, running shoes, and penguins.
Originally posted on ULTRA168: Runners are typically awful when it comes to dealing with injury. It’s fair to say that for us, running is an addiction, thus we find it hard to admit to ourselves that...
View ArticleToowoomba, diabetes, running, and the Dark Ages
Over the weekend I had an eye-opening experience, thanks especially to diabetes educators, young kids with type 1, and their families and supporters in and around Toowoomba, a large country town just...
View ArticleBig Red Run, what a brilliant week in the desert by Roger Hanney
Before reading any further, if you are living with type 1 diabetes, please know that you aren’t allowed to use it as an excuse – for anything. Hitting the ‘Quit’ button because you have type 1 is the...
View ArticleMy Big Red Run Race Report, sort of – by Roger Hanney
Hope you enjoy this write up of last month’s Big Red Run for The Blister, the internal magazine of Sydney Striders. All pics by tog legend Jason Malouin. I’ll also be posting this at type1ultra.com, a...
View ArticleInsulin, Running Shoes, and Penguins
Five years ago I was most of the way through a Masters in Environmental Law at Sydney but losing the drive to see it through. Now, I run up to 280km per week and race ultramarathons in exotic desert...
View ArticleSimpson Desert, bring it on!
Stoked! This is it! 4am alarm clock kicked us out the door in Sydney, early flight to Brisbane, and now we’re in the minivan and taking turns at the steering wheel on the way to Birdsville. After a...
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