{"id":406,"date":"2010-04-23T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T12:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:35:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:35:23","slug":"friday-ride-damned-by-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/friday-ride-damned-by-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Ride Damned By Diabetes<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Best Laid Plans…<\/h2>\n

Yesterday someone<\/a> told me off a bit for not using my bike more.\u00a0 It got me thinking about how I could use my bike more.\u00a0 “How can I use my bike more?<\/em>“, I thought.\u00a0 On four days a week, I wear a suit for work.\u00a0 I’m also fortunate enough to have funding towards my car from my wonderful employers, so if I was to ride to work questions would rightly be asked.\u00a0 However there’s nothing to stop me going out for a quick ride in my lunch break on Fridays, the one day each week when we dress down.<\/p>\n

So, I resolved that today would be the first day of the rest of my life.\u00a0 I’d put the bike in my car this morning, along with a change of clothes.\u00a0 At lunchtime I would\u00a0simply get changed into my bike gear, get on my trusty Fat Boy<\/a>, head away from work for 15 minutes, then head back, get changed back into my casual work gear and get back to my desk.<\/p>\n

But of course it never happened.\u00a0 Kids’ homework, getting ready, sorting out breakfast and other things conspired to make it impossible to get the bike plus change of clothes packed in time.\u00a0 So here I am at my desk.<\/p>\n

Ruddy Diabetes<\/h2>\n

On top of that, my blood sugars dropped to coincide with lunchtime today.\u00a0 This hypo meant that I’ve been sat through my lunch break, staring through pinholes in a cold\u00a0sweat and avoiding talking gibberish to anyone whilst my unusual lunch (below<\/em>) took effect and put me right again.<\/p>\n

\"My

Tip To Cure Hypo: Eat Everything Here, Right Now. I Said Now.<\/p><\/div>\n

So maybe it was a good thing that I didn’t get the bike in the car.\u00a0 I would have checked my sugars before setting off, but if I hadn’t been careful,\u00a0the hypo whilst I was out riding would have been bad news.\u00a0 Maybe the Gods of Cycling were smiling down on me, really.<\/p>\n

Every cloud, and all that.<\/p>\n

So…. Next Week…<\/h2>\n

… I plan to put my bike and change of clothes into the car on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

On Friday, I’ll ride out for 15 minutes, turn around and head back to work.\u00a0 Then each week I’ll see how much further I can get.\u00a0 It’s only once a week so I’ve got no excuse.\u00a0 Maybe with enough time, I’ll work out a loop I can TT each week, but for the time being a simple there-and-back ride with no route will meet my needs.<\/p>\n

And now I’ve published it here, you might ask me how far I got.\u00a0 No pressure then.<\/p>\n

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