<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566</id><updated>2012-02-16T03:08:44.930-08:00</updated><category term='motivation'/><category term='cardio'/><category term='CrossFit'/><category term='Christie'/><category term='off-season'/><category term='news'/><category term='type 3'/><category term='swimming'/><category term='Multisport'/><category term='Anna'/><category term='Ginny'/><category term='information'/><category term='Catherine'/><category term='Demauri'/><category term='registration'/><category term='Erin'/><category term='WILD'/><category term='Camp WILD'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Type 1'/><category term='training'/><category term='Lee'/><title type='text'>WILD Multisport Team Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Follow the WILD Multisport Team in their journey to the Rattlesnake Triathlon</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-4959552011823155389</id><published>2010-06-28T18:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T18:09:38.662-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ginny'/><title type='text'>Happy to Train</title><content type='html'>&lt;b style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Ginny Eaton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 28, 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not sure why, but it takes me forever to get myself together and motivated to go work out. For some reason I dread doing it, even though when I am doing it (except maybe the running) and after I feel great!&amp;nbsp; You’d think after awhile I would make the connection between feeling great and motivating myself to work out, but nope.&amp;nbsp; To some degree I am almost glad I have to set my temporary basal an hour and a half before I exercise, since then I have to do it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did the Danskin about two weekends ago, and finished!&amp;nbsp; So I was happy about that, though a bit frustrated with how I handled the mental aspect of the race.&amp;nbsp; Pre-race I had my temp basal set at what I always do for workouts, and for some reason let my paranoia of a low blood sugar get the best of me, and reduced it farther.&amp;nbsp; So I ended up with high blood sugars through the race, which made me feel like I was just powering through the race, rather than doing my best.&amp;nbsp; But, lesson learned, I realized part way through the race that I need to commit to my blood sugar control successes from training and not let my race anxiety get the best of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was my first day in about two weeks, not including a small run, that I have continued my triathlon training.&amp;nbsp; I decided a bike ride would be the best, since it is one of my favorites.&amp;nbsp; So before, I set my temp basal rate, and waited about an hour for that.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I mentioned to a roommate that I was not looking forward to working out, and funnily she was the one that said, you always are happy that you did!&amp;nbsp; It amazes me how a little motivation can get me going.&amp;nbsp; So I set out for a ride, was thinking 12 miles, with some high cadence that was part of the workout, and keeping my mph up higher than normal.&amp;nbsp; I got started, and ugh the warm up is the worst!&amp;nbsp; I am so tired and slow feeling, but around 2.5 miles start feeling great, and re-motivated to push.&amp;nbsp; About 5 miles into the ride I saw to red-tailed hawks kettling above me at the intersection I was waiting at.&amp;nbsp; I love this part about riding, the fact you can hear everything around you.&amp;nbsp; I’ve seen and heard so many different species of birds riding through central Texas, it’s my favorite part of the rides.&amp;nbsp; Ultimately I ended up riding about 21 miles total, drenched in sweat (so hot here!) but felt great.&amp;nbsp; Like my friend said, I was happy I did it and glad to start back up again with training.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-4959552011823155389?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4959552011823155389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=4959552011823155389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4959552011823155389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4959552011823155389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-to-train.html' title='Happy to Train'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-46102801765868219</id><published>2010-06-21T19:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T19:05:13.705-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camp WILD'/><title type='text'>Just a Stream of Thought...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TCAZhA3nQmI/AAAAAAAABME/nmYkdF26fOk/s1600/leebio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TCAZhA3nQmI/AAAAAAAABME/nmYkdF26fOk/s320/leebio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;Lee Langill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;June 21, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve had some ups and downs in training lately. Not horribly up or horribly down though, so that’s good I guess. One nice thing was that I got to ride in Bike the Drive/Tour de Cure with other WILD women. Jennifer, Lorrie, Susie, Catherine and myself all met at the start.&amp;nbsp; It was great getting to meet them, and really nice being able to ride that distance with people. I was able to keep up with them for about the first 9 miles or so. I hadn’t ridden my bike that far yet (30 miles). And I passed a ton of people!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TCAZlxF3cOI/AAAAAAAABMM/QHDL-GWXvX0/s1600/Picture+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TCAZlxF3cOI/AAAAAAAABMM/QHDL-GWXvX0/s320/Picture+010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another thing I’ve liked is pushing myself a little bit when running. I am really slow by most people’s standards, so to see my time improve (when I pushed) by a whole minute per mile was so motivating. I have my second 5K (ever) this weekend, so we’ll see how well I’ll do time-wise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The swimming has been going well for the most part. I did realize though that I don’t know the difference between “fast” and “pushed” in the pool. In one workout we were supposed to go “fast” or at a “pushed” pace for pretty much the whole time. I ended up going too fast, pushing myself too much, and as a result I could only finish about half the workout. I was discouraged, and not looking forward to the next week’s swim.&amp;nbsp; Fortunately, however, I was able to “push” myself just enough that next week, and finished my swim with enough left in me to do the cool down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from all the benefits of training, I’ve also really liked the improved health I’m feeling. I am eating better – meaning making better choices on a consistent basis. I also think my blood sugars have been better for the last month at least. I’m curious to see what my A1C results will be the next time I have an appointment. I’ll be surprised if they don’t come down at least a little bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m bummed and a little jealous that a lot of Team WILD got to spend time together at camp a couple of weeks ago. Wish I could have been there too. Getting to meet all of you, and getting some up close and personal coaching would have been great. Maybe next year…..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-46102801765868219?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/46102801765868219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=46102801765868219&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/46102801765868219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/46102801765868219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/just-stream-of-thought.html' title='Just a Stream of Thought...'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TCAZhA3nQmI/AAAAAAAABME/nmYkdF26fOk/s72-c/leebio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-770872370357528939</id><published>2010-05-30T18:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T18:43:37.825-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Demauri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camp WILD'/><title type='text'>Camp WILD</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TAMMLwoietI/AAAAAAAABJ8/lrFSIKNfdE4/s1600/demauribio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TAMMLwoietI/AAAAAAAABJ8/lrFSIKNfdE4/s320/demauribio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;Demauri Malin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: orange;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;May 30, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TAMM93bHAjI/AAAAAAAABKE/kPbmTHupMjs/s1600/campWILDlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="100" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TAMM93bHAjI/AAAAAAAABKE/kPbmTHupMjs/s200/campWILDlogo.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am so looking forward to &lt;a href="http://www.teamwild.org/campwild.html"&gt;Camp WILD&lt;/a&gt; in Boulder, CO this year. &amp;nbsp;I'm excited about getting face to face time with team members, coaches and medical professionals. &amp;nbsp;I've developed a list of questions all centered-around training because this season has been a mix of joy and frustration. &amp;nbsp;I'm turning 40 this year and this season has come with a few health changes. &amp;nbsp;Changes I can't decipher or validate but I know are present so the camp comes right when I need it! &amp;nbsp;Although this training season has been tough I feel lucky to say this experience has made me look at other sports like cyclocross and obstacle course racing so I look forward to using what I learn at camp as a template for the new sports I will attempt later this year. &amp;nbsp;Even the tough times bring about change and the opportunity for new adventures!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-770872370357528939?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/770872370357528939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=770872370357528939&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/770872370357528939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/770872370357528939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/camp-wild.html' title='Camp WILD'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TAMMLwoietI/AAAAAAAABJ8/lrFSIKNfdE4/s72-c/demauribio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-6711342152592683158</id><published>2010-05-28T17:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-28T17:43:06.719-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin'/><title type='text'>My First 10k</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TABibMSEr7I/AAAAAAAABJ0/GF_eGaRsCJ4/s1600/check10k_hover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TABibMSEr7I/AAAAAAAABJ0/GF_eGaRsCJ4/s200/check10k_hover.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Erin Neville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 28, 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I did my first 10km last weekend.&amp;nbsp; YEAH!!!&amp;nbsp; It was a great event, the biggest I have competed so far with about 2600 participants in the 10k.&amp;nbsp; The day was pretty amazing with sunshine and little wind.&amp;nbsp; It turned out to be our warmest day so far so it was quite hot with the temperature around 24 C or 74 F.&amp;nbsp; Yeah I know this temperature might be laughable down south but it was really warm here.&amp;nbsp; Give me a nice 9 C or 48 F any day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When I first started getting into exercise I would always disconnect my pump for everything.&amp;nbsp; This caused huge problems with blood sugars swinging up, falling down, bouncing high again and so on.&amp;nbsp; So when I joined Team WILD, one of the first things was a lot of discussion on keeping your pump on during exercise.&amp;nbsp; I began modifying my training to run and bike with my pump attached.&amp;nbsp; So this race was the first race I have ever done with my pump attached and on.&amp;nbsp; I wasn’t worried about the 10km distance but just about getting low.&amp;nbsp; My sugars were really great that day, running about 5.5 (100) before and after the race.&amp;nbsp; I think my sugars would have been a bit lower but I had quite a bit of Gatorade on the route which I usually don’t drink for a 10k.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, my first tri is coming up -&amp;nbsp; June 27th!&amp;nbsp; Getting closer and closer and I’m getting a pretty excited and a tad nervous about it.&amp;nbsp; The route is approximately 2 hours from where I live with some amazing scenery.&amp;nbsp; A group of us “newbies” are going to go practice the route in a week or two just so we’re familiar with the routes and hills.&amp;nbsp; I’m really excited and can’t wait for this!&amp;nbsp; Have my wetsuit but haven’t gone for a swim in it yet which is something I hope to do in the next few weeks.&amp;nbsp; I read a post where someone asked the race director of the triathlon what the water temp is for the race and the joke reply was, “hard to say, the ice is still melting”.&amp;nbsp; Wish me luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-6711342152592683158?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6711342152592683158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=6711342152592683158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/6711342152592683158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/6711342152592683158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-first-10k.html' title='My First 10k'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/TABibMSEr7I/AAAAAAAABJ0/GF_eGaRsCJ4/s72-c/check10k_hover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-2427608825858042848</id><published>2010-05-12T09:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T09:39:33.333-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>You Might Be On Team WILD if…</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-rZarMpacI/AAAAAAAABII/Eagt1J6arms/s1600/leebio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-rZarMpacI/AAAAAAAABII/Eagt1J6arms/s320/leebio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;Lee Langill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: orange;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;May 12, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are working out harder and longer than you ever have before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are experiencing some of the lowest “lows” you’ve had in years!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have lowered your basal rate on your pump, and are setting more temporary basals than ever before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are making better choices about what to order when you are eating out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You start feeling guilty for not exercising on one of your days off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’ve had your first glass of chocolate milk in over 30 years and are considering buying “Gu” for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’ve gotten great advice on where to wear your sensor so you get accurate readings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’ve switched your workouts to outside and have seen deer, baby geese, and terns while running or biking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have already gotten sunburn this year (and you live in Chicago!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re inspiring your friends to run and bike more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re endurance is increasing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are really enjoying yourself!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-2427608825858042848?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2427608825858042848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=2427608825858042848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/2427608825858042848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/2427608825858042848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/you-might-be-on-team-wild-if.html' title='You Might Be On Team WILD if…'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-rZarMpacI/AAAAAAAABII/Eagt1J6arms/s72-c/leebio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-9149374024370399965</id><published>2010-05-05T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T11:05:01.134-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swimming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anna'/><title type='text'>Swim Class</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-GyzV977KI/AAAAAAAABHY/crifjptQvmQ/s1600/annacbio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-GyzV977KI/AAAAAAAABHY/crifjptQvmQ/s320/annacbio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anna Calderella&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style="color: orange;"&gt;May 5, 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a Type 1 diabetic, I suffer from allergy induced asthma and (more importantly) I am an athlete.&amp;nbsp; This is the time of year that I have never been able to be outdoors because it would really affect my breathing.&amp;nbsp; (I live in El Paso, Texas and we have 80 mile an hour wind gusts until late May!) So I have figured out that swimming is the perfect spring time activity for me.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have been swimming for 5 hours a week and I love it.&amp;nbsp; I joined a swim class to force me to get into the pool because it is a lot easier for me to sit on the couch and watch The Real Housewives of New York. In the last month of swimming I have started to notice how much better I can breathe. I have not had to use my inhaler and that is amazing.&amp;nbsp; I have had the opportunity to do drills which have helped me make my stroke more efficient and I have been swimming for an hour and a half two times a week which has helped me to build up more endurance. I am starting to get a little excited about doing an Olympic Triathlon in August! I love training and I am going to enjoy myself for the rest of the summer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-9149374024370399965?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9149374024370399965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=9149374024370399965&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/9149374024370399965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/9149374024370399965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/swim-class.html' title='Swim Class'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S-GyzV977KI/AAAAAAAABHY/crifjptQvmQ/s72-c/annacbio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-8510903787162229304</id><published>2010-04-30T03:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T04:00:30.821-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Demauri'/><title type='text'>Life Changing Moments</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9q3rHOz7JI/AAAAAAAABGo/jRsKTWJd5hI/s1600/demauribio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9q3rHOz7JI/AAAAAAAABGo/jRsKTWJd5hI/s320/demauribio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Demauri Malin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;April 30, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Demauri Malin, Type 1 diabetic, 22 years and counting. &amp;nbsp;It seems it was just yesterday my diagnosis walked through the door of my perfect little world. &amp;nbsp;I took the bull by the horns and became a pain in my parents butt. &amp;nbsp;Literally I decided I couldn't eat at restaurants and had to exercise at the most difficult times. &amp;nbsp;My parents didn't mind the thumping of my feet to aerobic videos at midnight after I returned from work. &amp;nbsp;Later in life I became less strict and discovered what being flexible meant while keeping my diabetes in-check. &amp;nbsp;I did great for a short time on shots but quickly my numbers became a health issue as I longed to become more active, pushing my limits, I measured my individual goals of athletic success against my non-diabetic team mates. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My blood glucose numbers began crashing to dangerous levels at work and during games to the point that if affected my working relationships and friendships. &amp;nbsp;I soon realized the insulin pump would educate me and allow me to manage my activity, work stress and life changes in a more controlled and safe manner. &amp;nbsp;However, there was still something missing...people like myself...living with the disease in an inspiring way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When my husband and I were transferred to Colorado is was my medical team that became the gateway to an organization called Insulindependence and through this organization the world of others like myself became a reality. &amp;nbsp;I met Mari Ruddy and Marcey Robinson at an event for diabetics held by Insulindependence. &amp;nbsp;What may have seemed like a normal introduction to both of them was a life changing moment for me because it that moment my eyes opened to a wonderfully inspiring place to meet, train and learn from other athletic women like myself. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Team WILD is about being a part of something bigger than diabetes! &amp;nbsp;After 22 years Team WILD has taught me to feel normal and it feels fantastic! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you WILD women you truly are inspiring, hooah!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-8510903787162229304?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8510903787162229304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=8510903787162229304&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/8510903787162229304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/8510903787162229304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/life-changing-moments.html' title='Life Changing Moments'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9q3rHOz7JI/AAAAAAAABGo/jRsKTWJd5hI/s72-c/demauribio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-3006136471003408303</id><published>2010-04-25T15:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T15:59:56.359-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin'/><title type='text'>Wild Canuck</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Erin Neville&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;April 25, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello!&amp;nbsp; My name is Erin Neville and I am 34 years old and have had Type 1 diabetes for 32 years.&amp;nbsp; I’ve been a pumper for almost 10 of those years and will NEVER go back to needles – I love my pump!&amp;nbsp; Last summer I knew a few people that were training for a sprint triathlon and it peaked my interest.&amp;nbsp; I knew nothing about the sport of triathlon but began investigating the different options of participation. I began getting more information and then decided it was something that really interested me and I made the plunge to commit to doing a sprint this summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9THCUWBoeI/AAAAAAAABGc/ZFXtPu63tqU/s1600/musclevsfat.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="188" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9THCUWBoeI/AAAAAAAABGc/ZFXtPu63tqU/s200/musclevsfat.gif" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I first started doing some training in the winter, it was the training that scared me.&amp;nbsp; Could I do the swim distance, the bike ride, and then run?&amp;nbsp; After training for a couple of months, I began to feel more comfortable with the training.&amp;nbsp; I had the thought that I could actually complete a sprint tri – it won’t be pretty but it’ll get done.&amp;nbsp; But the diabetes management during the training and actual race day was and is still the hardest part.&amp;nbsp; There are so many questions and I found it hard to find other Type 1’s who had done triathlons that I could ask questions to.&amp;nbsp; Do I wear my pump?&amp;nbsp; How do I avoid lows or even worse – how to avoid high sugars when you are trying to swim, bike and run?&amp;nbsp; Running with a blood sugar high is like carrying a 250lb man on your back – not that I do it often but I’m guessing it’s exhausting.&amp;nbsp; So I began searching for exercise and diabetes and I was ecstatic when I found Team WILD!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus my journey began into the training, carb counting (which previously had been rough estimating for me), healthy eating (which may have been more of a 80/20 split – healthy eating being the 20% - still working on this!) and overall general good knowledge that can help me complete my first sprint tri and more importantly help me manage my diabetes while completing my first tri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so excited to be part of Team WILD and am looking forward to my first race!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-3006136471003408303?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3006136471003408303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=3006136471003408303&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/3006136471003408303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/3006136471003408303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/wild-canuck.html' title='Wild Canuck'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S9THCUWBoeI/AAAAAAAABGc/ZFXtPu63tqU/s72-c/musclevsfat.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-566433974155487660</id><published>2010-04-25T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T09:36:28.767-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lisa Krakel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;April 25, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first time to join a team for any purpose. I joined Team Wild because I hope to learn some blood glucose management tips that will enable me to do whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it. &lt;br /&gt;I am one of those LADA folks, having gestational diabetes with a late in life (40) pregnancy and then being diagnosed with full-blown Type I&amp;nbsp; 4 years later. My youngest son was diagnosed with Type I at age 10.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;I have been on a paradigm pump for 7 years. I like it except that little bubbles get in the reservoir and wreak havoc with my control. I constantly check for them now and prime often. I have a CGM, but have not had much luck with it even being close to the meter’s readings, so do not use it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I receive care and support from my endocrinologist, Dr. Kathryn Weber, and CDE Kathy Jennings, both with Kaiser Permanente.&amp;nbsp; I have also received education and help with setting my basals from Integrated Diabetes and Gary Scheiner, an online resource.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love being outdoors. I live in the foothills of Colorado. I have a Golden Retriever who keeps me motivated to get out and hike after work most days of the week. In the winter hiking means strapping on the snowshoes or cross-country skis. Weekends allow time for full day excursions. My goal is to backpack 5-10 days at a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;I live near a rec center and have begun swimming a couple of days a week. I also use video tapes/DVDs for AM exercise. I like Streamline Fitness by Karen Voight for strength training using hand weights.&amp;nbsp; I like Jane Fonda’s New Workout for isometrics and stretching.(This one is so old it’s getting hard to find.) I like David Swenson’s Short Forms Yoga,15, 30, and 45 minute Ashtanga routines.&lt;br /&gt;I would not describe myself as an athlete. Running is plain ole’ hard work for me. I found out I could run a 5k after coaching an after-school Girls on the Run team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am appreciating the sharing of experiences and knowledge that Team Wild affords me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-566433974155487660?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/566433974155487660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=566433974155487660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/566433974155487660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/566433974155487660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/hello_25.html' title='Hello!'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-315815254578002289</id><published>2010-04-18T05:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T05:33:23.266-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ginny'/><title type='text'>First Training Week</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Ginny Eaton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;April 18, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Ginny Eaton, and I am 31 years old.  I live in Austin, Texas, and have had Type 1 diabetes for 23 years.  I was vaguely athletic growing up; I was always active played sports, but never very competitive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I re-started running about 2 ½ years ago, but really felt like I lacked information about dealing with exercise and diabetes, and just how to train for longer distances.  Last October while driving home from a course at the Wildland Fire Academy I heard a piece on NPR about Team WILD.  I had really been feeling isolated lately and desiring to meet others active people with diabetes, so hearing this was a breath of fresh air!  I emailed Mari and was super excited about learning more.  When the time came to sign up, I admit I was nervous about committing since my schedule can be kind of crazy.  After talking to the coaches and educators, and listening in on some of the conference calls, I realized how much information I was going to be getting, and how much I could learn by joining the team, not to mention the physical challenge of participating in triathlon training, something I had never done before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This past week was my first official training week with Team WILD.  My running session went well, I was training with my usual running partner and I have to admit I think I laughed more during the drills than execute them well, though laughing is good exercise right?  I also had my first swimming session this past Wednesday, living in Texas I thought I could just do this portion of the training in some of the many outdoor pools in Austin.  Well, I got down there, and after putting my feet in the pool, realized how cold it felt, it didn’t help that it was kind of chilly (for Texas) and threatening to rain.  It totally reminded me of my swimming lessons as a kid up in Massachusetts.  I remembered walking with my mom to the beach with a sweatshirt on and getting in the seemingly freezing cold sound to have my swim lessons.  If only I knew how that experience would return in adulthood!  Once I got going, I didn’t feel the cold, and it felt good to be swimming with a goal in mind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incorporating diabetes management into training is something I am really interested in learning more about.  I get really frustrated with fluctuating blood sugars when I am trying to exercise, for instance before running a 10K last Sunday morning, my continuous glucose monitor (CGM) just kept saying my blood sugar was dropping, and dropping and dropping, not what I wanted to see before running 6 miles!  I ate 2 kid cliff bars, and some glucose tablets, and then realized I needed to just not look at my CGM for a little bit while my blood sugars stabilized.  Once the run started I felt a little rough and nervous the first mile and a half, but then saw my blood sugar was rising (kinda fast too).  I decided to wait it out more, since I was running, I figured I should see where it was going before acting too hastily.  Once I really got going, it mellowed out.  Around mile 3, I was just losing motivation, but saw someone cheering on their friend who also had diabetes.  This really inspired me and lifted my spirits (if only they new they inadvertently cheered for someone else too!) and I felt awesome for the rest of the run.  This made me realize how important it is to be part of a group like Team WILD that understood what dealing with diabetes is like.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-315815254578002289?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/315815254578002289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=315815254578002289&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/315815254578002289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/315815254578002289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-training-week.html' title='First Training Week'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-5131447509530562942</id><published>2010-04-14T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T18:01:46.763-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catherine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swimming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Multisport'/><title type='text'>Hello!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZlOlYYszI/AAAAAAAABBg/7HlOjpJko0Q/s1600/catherinebio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 127px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZlOlYYszI/AAAAAAAABBg/7HlOjpJko0Q/s200/catherinebio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460162899460272946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Catherine Murphy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 11, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Catherine Murphy and I am 42 years old.I live in Chicago,but am originally from Ireland. I have had type 1 diabetes for 3 years. My introduction to triathlon happened a few years ago when I went to a triathlon to support some friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I knew nothing about triathlon, but was instantly hooked. The atmosphere as everyone was getting into their waves to get ready to start was electric. As I watched every one jump into the lake &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZlAxnrqnI/AAAAAAAABBY/A2jwXn1-CLo/s1600/Iloveswimming.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZlAxnrqnI/AAAAAAAABBY/A2jwXn1-CLo/s200/Iloveswimming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460162662227487346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I thought to my self "I am going to do this next year". But there was one small problem, I did not know how to swim and I had never been to a gym. I had not run since I was maybe 12 years old. Gym culture in Ireland was not very strong back then. I joined a swim class and the gym at work.  Then after countless trips to the pool/gym and the following year I completed 2 sprint distances triathlons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next year I was diagnosed, I had no idea until that point what diabetes was and what a life with diabetes entailed, it has been an education. I will say that I now exercise more and have a much healthier diet than ever before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard about Team Wild at my local DESA meeting last year and decided to join. Already the support is impressive. Here is a community of people that you can email a question to and receive advice, encouragement and support all in one email. My personal goal is to become a more confident swimmer, and that's the area I will probably work on more. When I get more confident with that I will be happy to tackle longer distances.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-5131447509530562942?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5131447509530562942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=5131447509530562942&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/5131447509530562942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/5131447509530562942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/hello.html' title='Hello!'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZlOlYYszI/AAAAAAAABBg/7HlOjpJko0Q/s72-c/catherinebio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-1874680552183860345</id><published>2010-04-14T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:56:48.752-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swimming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Multisport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lee'/><title type='text'>Mishap at the Pool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZkLt5QC5I/AAAAAAAABBQ/Zuj0mPF5H_I/s1600/leebio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 127px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZkLt5QC5I/AAAAAAAABBQ/Zuj0mPF5H_I/s200/leebio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460161750694366098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Lee Langill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 10, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Lee Langill. I am 44 years old, and have had type 1 diabetes for the last 32 years.  I live in Chicago and am a stay-at-home mom to a wonderful 6 year old boy named Aaron.  I also have a daughter Mallory who died 2 years ago at age 7 from Cystic Fibrosis.  My husband and I have been married for almost 20 years (June 3rd is our 20th anniversary).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right after my daughter was born, I was swimming laps in the pool one day, and said to myself, “I’d like to do a triathlon within the next 10 years.”  My husband and I were swimming a mile 3 mornings a week, so I knew I had that part covered.  I just had to learn how to run – I figured anyone could ride a bike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the next 7+ years, I slowly worked my way toward that goal, but without much success.   I spent a lot of time living in hospitals when my daughter was an inpatient, and even more time taking care of her at home.  Whenever I did get a chance to exercise, however, it was a great source of stress relief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZkAqGZToI/AAAAAAAABBI/LEcnoZmFoNU/s1600/lee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZkAqGZToI/AAAAAAAABBI/LEcnoZmFoNU/s200/lee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460161560697196162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After Mallory died, I knew I needed some kind of outlet, and I heard about a Lazy Man Triathlon at a local YMCA.  This is where you do an Ironman Triathlon in terms of length, but you have 6 weeks to complete it.  I finished in 5 weeks and felt a little sense of victory.  We moved the next year, and started going to a new YMCA.  I told the fitness director there about the Lazy Man Triathlon, and she thought it was a great idea.  When she announced she wanted to organize one, I signed up again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I learned that Team WILD had a training/coaching component for women who wanted to do a sprint distance triathlon, I was really excited.  As I talked the idea over with my husband and my friends, I realized that it had been 10 years since I had first voiced my desire to complete a triathlon.  What perfect timing, I thought, and I signed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so excited about all the support and encouragement I am able to get from Team WILD.  Just knowing there are other women who have some of the same goals I do, and are trying to accomplish them is encouraging.  They are an amazing source of information and support!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to call on their knowledge just the other day, when I needed a new swimsuit.  I had gone swimming with my husband and son last week, and had felt pretty good about the workout I was able to do, considering I hadn’t been in the pool for about a year.  That good feeling quickly vanished though when the man that was swimming a couple of laps away told my husband that I needed to buy a new swimsuit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was immediately suspicious, and wondered why this man was looking at me so closely from 2 lanes away.  When I got into the locker room later, however, my suspicion turned into embarrassment, and horror.  He was right!  My suit was indeed very, very thin in places.  I threw my suit in the garbage, came home and asked Team WILD where I could find long suits.  They answered within the hour; I placed my order, and received my new suit today.  Now I’m ready to hit the pool again (although I won’t be going swimming on a Friday afternoon at 2pm again any time soon)!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-1874680552183860345?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1874680552183860345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=1874680552183860345&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/1874680552183860345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/1874680552183860345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/mishap-at-pool.html' title='Mishap at the Pool'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZkLt5QC5I/AAAAAAAABBQ/Zuj0mPF5H_I/s72-c/leebio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-5495972868657659872</id><published>2010-04-14T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:53:11.439-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='type 3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swimming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Multisport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christie'/><title type='text'>Hello From Texas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZjOvx4PjI/AAAAAAAABBA/-hEFG4tLE50/s1600/christie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 127px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZjOvx4PjI/AAAAAAAABBA/-hEFG4tLE50/s200/christie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460160703228296754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Christie Caldarella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;April 7, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Christie Caldarella. I am 61 years old and have two daughters with Type 1 diabetes. My oldest daughter Anna, is a triathlete and has been encouraging me to get into better shape. Sooooo I am in training! My first race will be the Danskin Woman's Triathlon in Austin, Texas in June. I am also hoping  to be in good enough shape to do The Rattlesnake Sprint Triathlon in Denver this summer. Back to my training. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZjFwN3yuI/AAAAAAAABA4/44eMRDo60cg/s1600/swimming-pool-woman-underwater.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZjFwN3yuI/AAAAAAAABA4/44eMRDo60cg/s200/swimming-pool-woman-underwater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460160548726885090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have always been a walker but I have now started to jog. Swimming is the real challenge for someone who does not like to put their face in the water. I started taking a swimming class and my coach says that I should be ready by June. My swim class is Monday and Wednesday evenings and Tuesday and Thursday at 6 am. The class is filled with a bunch of young people and I feel like a drowning rat. I have been told that my sidewalk cruiser with its big seat and straw basket won’t cut it and just bought my new bike. It is a Scott SUB40.  It feels really good and I love it. I am so sore and sleepy. It isn’t easy trying to keep up with my 33 year old daughter.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-5495972868657659872?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5495972868657659872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=5495972868657659872&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/5495972868657659872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/5495972868657659872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/hello-from-texas.html' title='Hello From Texas'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZjOvx4PjI/AAAAAAAABBA/-hEFG4tLE50/s72-c/christie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-4367649940321410705</id><published>2010-04-14T17:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:49:10.466-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Type 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Multisport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CrossFit'/><title type='text'>CrossFit Workout</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZieX2yfLI/AAAAAAAABAw/1fh8BZRKxwY/s1600/annacbio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 127px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZieX2yfLI/AAAAAAAABAw/1fh8BZRKxwY/s200/annacbio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460159872172719282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anna Caldarella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;April 2, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Anna Caldarella.  I am 33 years old and I am a Type 1 diabetic.  I went to Austin to watch my friend in the Longhorn Ironman 70.3 race last October and while he was checking out the first transition area I saw a group of women getting ready to swim.  I noticed that one of the ladies had an OmniPod taped to her arm.  I wear a OmniPod and I got really excited to see a diabetic women competing in the race.  When I got a chance to read a race booklet I figured out what TeamWILD was all about.  I cheered for you girls, and I found it very inspiring to see other diabetic athletes!  I have always been the type of person to keep this disease to myself.  The fact that I joined the team is a really big deal and has helped me to get away from the denial that I have been living in.  So I am very excited to start my second race season and I feel that this is just what I needed to become a stronger more educated and PROUD diabetic athlete.&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to take this opportunity to give you some information on a core strength and conditioning program that I really believe in called CrossFit!  CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program but a deliberate attempt to optimize physical competence in each of ten fitness domains.  They are Cardiovascular and Respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.  I have been doing CrossFit for almost 3 years and I have to say that it has made a huge difference in the way I have decided to live my life.  I went from not being able to do a pushup or pull-up to not being able to keep count of them!  The CrossFit prescription is “constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement.”  CrossFit is, quite simply, a sport-the “sport of fitness.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8Zh5UYVPNI/AAAAAAAABAo/Lz_rrgoNBlw/s1600/squat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 122px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8Zh5UYVPNI/AAAAAAAABAo/Lz_rrgoNBlw/s200/squat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460159235584507090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Example of a WOD  (workout of the day)&lt;br /&gt;10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:&lt;br /&gt;Chest-to-bar pull-up Box jump, 30 inch box&lt;br /&gt; GHD sit-up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see what CrossFit is all about by watching this &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xxIGWCldek&amp;amp;feature=email"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-4367649940321410705?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4367649940321410705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=4367649940321410705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4367649940321410705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4367649940321410705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/crossfit-workout.html' title='CrossFit Workout'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZieX2yfLI/AAAAAAAABAw/1fh8BZRKxwY/s72-c/annacbio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-4725178120387289540</id><published>2010-04-14T17:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:38:59.348-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>Another Reason to Join Team WILD</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;March 29, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8Zf6hswEoI/AAAAAAAABAY/O39HLLO536U/s1600/diabetesincontrol.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8Zf6hswEoI/AAAAAAAABAY/O39HLLO536U/s200/diabetesincontrol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460157057316426370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lyndsay Riffe, CDE, RD found a great article that she wanted to share. It’s a great reminder to reach out and ask for help and support. Just another terrific reason to join Team WILD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=9096&amp;amp;catid=1&amp;amp;Itemid=17"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read the article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-4725178120387289540?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4725178120387289540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=4725178120387289540&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4725178120387289540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4725178120387289540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-reason-to-join-team-wild.html' title='Another Reason to Join Team WILD'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8Zf6hswEoI/AAAAAAAABAY/O39HLLO536U/s72-c/diabetesincontrol.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-693746800960646020</id><published>2010-04-14T17:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:35:44.821-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WILD'/><title type='text'>Informational Meetings for 2010 Teams</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;February 13, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZfIQIuqrI/AAAAAAAABAQ/mO94uN38VbY/s1600/information.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZfIQIuqrI/AAAAAAAABAQ/mO94uN38VbY/s200/information.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460156193608477362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Are you interested in joining a team, but want to learn more about Team WILD?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Team WILD will be holding INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS via conference call on the following dates. Talk directly with our Coaches, Medical Staff, and athletes from last year's Longhorn 70.3 Triathlon Team to learn more about Team WILD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each Session is 30 minutes in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Informational Meeting Dates/Times:&lt;br /&gt;1. Thursday Feb 18, 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST&lt;br /&gt;2. Saturday Feb 20, 1pm PST/4pm EST&lt;br /&gt;3. Saturday Feb 27, 1pm PST/4pm EST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conference Call Phone Number: 712-432-1699&lt;br /&gt;When prompted, enter Code 687989 followed by the # sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please contact info@teamwild.org or solsen@teamwild.org if you have any questions about the Informational Meetings.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-693746800960646020?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/693746800960646020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=693746800960646020&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/693746800960646020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/693746800960646020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/informational-meetings-for-2010-teams.html' title='Informational Meetings for 2010 Teams'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZfIQIuqrI/AAAAAAAABAQ/mO94uN38VbY/s72-c/information.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-4016255409023384598</id><published>2010-04-14T17:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:32:45.515-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cardio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='off-season'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='training'/><title type='text'>The Winter Blahs</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nancy Eastman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;February 3, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winter months can be brutal for training. Rest assured &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZdRq0GALI/AAAAAAAABAI/VTokXOienH0/s1600/tired20of20snow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZdRq0GALI/AAAAAAAABAI/VTokXOienH0/s200/tired20of20snow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460154156365250738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;you can keep on track during the winter doldrums! Keep in mind this is off-season training, and you are allowed and even encouraged to do the things you love…I mean other then swim, bike, run.  Hiking, skiing, snowboarding or snowshoeing are great alternatives for getting your core base training in.  Heck…you may have so much fun it won't feel like a workout at all!  Then there is the added benefit of the sunshine and fresh air. It can help clear the mind so you can focus on tasks at hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some more tips to get you through the winter training months:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you go to a gym and are tired of the same old routine, try mixing it up a bit.  Look around…there are a number of different ways to get cardio in.  Running stairs, jumping rope, rowing machine, jumping jacks…just think, you can combine all of them and create your own circuit training routine!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Try a class you've never done before.  Spinning, yoga, pilates, or even a boot camp class can give you something to look forward to.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dance!  I know someone (who shall remain nameless) who travels quite a bit, and dances in her hotel room.  Good exercise for the mind, body and soul!  Close the shades so the neighbors don't talk:)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Get new music!!  And don't forget about music you grew up listening to.  (I love the 80's!  Helps me feel young.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Meditate.  Start with 5 minutes a day at first, then build up.  With music or without, set a timer, and escape the craziness of life.  I, for one, have a hard time with this one.  My mind doesn't shut off.  That's why they call it "practicing" meditation.  It takes practice to clear your mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Last one…and this is a biggie….set a goal!!  Small or big…but set a goal.  Team WILD is handing you one, and it's one with incredible support.  Starting in March you can be on your way to achieving your goal with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;women who get it&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Now I just have to put these things in practice for myself...the winters here in the midwest can be long, gray, and dreary.  So I'm off to make a new mix for the iPod, and rock out my next workout!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-4016255409023384598?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4016255409023384598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=4016255409023384598&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4016255409023384598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/4016255409023384598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/winter-blahs.html' title='The Winter Blahs'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZdRq0GALI/AAAAAAAABAI/VTokXOienH0/s72-c/tired20of20snow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566739450389026566.post-2986603295945222975</id><published>2010-04-14T17:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T17:22:30.407-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='registration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='type 3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WILD'/><title type='text'>Registration is Open!</title><content type='html'>Sunday, January 31, 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZaSk55wzI/AAAAAAAABAA/As5_-OKPNOs/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 102px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZaSk55wzI/AAAAAAAABAA/As5_-OKPNOs/s200/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460150873423987506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come join the fun!  Team WILD is now accepting women of all ages and abilities to help spread the word that women with diabetes are a force to be reckoned with!  Get out there and show ‘em what you’re made of!!  What are the perks you ask?? Have you always wanted a team of coaches?  Well, we have that covered!  Along with our coaching we have top notch CDE’s, and dietitians that will get you to that finish line with a smile!  Remember, you can recruit a friend without diabetes to be a Type 3 supporter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;For more information, please go to our website, &lt;a href="http://www.teamwild.org/"&gt;www.teamwild.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1566739450389026566-2986603295945222975?l=wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2986603295945222975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1566739450389026566&amp;postID=2986603295945222975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/2986603295945222975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1566739450389026566/posts/default/2986603295945222975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildmultisportblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/registration-is-open.html' title='Registration is Open!'/><author><name>Nancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12476540301369550931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/SOTJ6UIg_QI/AAAAAAAAATk/tNcAqmm9FMY/S220/13230-007-010t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DbAMeAhta5E/S8ZaSk55wzI/AAAAAAAABAA/As5_-OKPNOs/s72-c/Untitled-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
