Half-Marathon Series

A wonderful city-type half marathon. And, more importantly a big flashy medal for finishers! That should start off the year well, if I can do

I thought it would be nice to run on the cliffs in one of my favourite parts of the country, with its spectacular scenery. Coming

A flat course along quiet lanes with part of the run done in a private estate It is an impressive country house owned by the

We need to shake things up a bit if these runs are to have any meaning. I have done 3 runs on high fat and

Generally, if someone is planning to do any significant physical activity, they usually have a good meal first. The food will build up energy stores

In Lemming Test-Pilot’s grandparents’ generation, double pneumonia was something to be feared. Even today few people are exactly sure what that was, presumably infection in both sides

Half-Marathon 7. Deliberately running into ketoacidosis  Everything has been going so well so far that one run seems to blend into another with ease. Training

Every December sky must lose its faith in leaves and dream of the spring inside the trees. So sang Beth Neilsen-Chapman. She wasn’t singing about

If only diabetes were just about insulin and carbohydrate. All of us Type 1’s would have had it sorted years ago. Inject the basal and cover

The guidelines produced by my local diabetes team state the following: ‘  The evidence to support the use of low-carbohydrate diets in people with Type 1 diabetes

Having HbA1c in the non- diabetic range is the norm. It is a gift so late-on in my life with diabetes that I am eternally

If an actor can project emotion through body posture, do you think that the reverse might be true? Can posture affect emotion? I believe that it might. If