The courgettes are still going well, and the figs and
raspberries are starting to come well into season as well. Still to come, chillies and peppers, Jerusalem
artichokes, plus the grapes if they ripen properly. And that lot’s just in the garden.
I can’t believe how bountiful the hedgerows are this year as
well. In two foraging expeditions less
than a mile from home, I’ve had enough crab apples to get a 5-gallon batch of
wine going, enough sloes for another gallon and some sloe gin. The blackberries are very sweet this year and
quite a few of them didn’t make it into the tub to be brought home. I’ll also be looking for a few rosehips and elderberries
this year as well.
I’ve had a few weeks at home over the last month or so and
have had some time to get out for a couple of longer sessions and I think I’ve
got these cracked now on the bike.
6.5
5.8
5.6
6.8
6.3
6.3
7.7 – post ride, with a 55g bolus of carbs about ten minutes before
10.5 – 1hour post lunch, with a reduced bolus
5.2 – 2 hours post lunch.
I’ve also worked out through experimentation that I
don’t need any carbs for weights or yoga as long as I go in around 5.5 or
higher. I generally find either a steady
reading or a drop of up to 1.0mmol/l
The shorter sessions remain a bit harder to work
out though. I’m trying to get to a point
where I can go into them knowing that for a given pace/effort I’ll either be OK
or need to take a certain amount of carbs before hand to make sure I don’t drop
during or after by too much. So far I’m
seeing that intensity rather than duration seems to be the guiding factor. Here’s a few examples
- Moderate session indoor rowing Ave HR 145, Max
162, approx. 45 mins, went from 5.9 to 3.9- 1 hour easy run, Ave HR 144, Max 152, from 5.5 to 5.7, with a fig roll taken beforehand (13g carbs)
Here’s another good one, just last night, I did a real life video on the turbo trainer, following part of the course of the Amstel Gold race, which goes up and down the ridges of Flanders, short but very steep, and had me working hard, with an average of 189Watts output, but a maximum of 385W. The heart rate was an average of 142, but a max of 169, showing the intensity of the session. Over just over 50 mins, BG dropped from 6.3 to 3.9, a good indicator of either a time trial or a 10k race perhaps.
The other thing that seems to have been happening
over the last week or two is a general degradation in blood sugar control. Whereas I’d been finding it very easy to keep
in a range of about 4.5-6.5, it had started drifting up and I was having a few
readings >8mmol/l mainly after meals, including some getting up close to
10. The diabetes nurse thinks the
pancreas is starting to reduce its own production of insulin now. I’ve taken advantage of having my new half
unit pens to try and get a bit more sensitive control and also changed from an assumption
of a 20:1 ratio of carbs:insulin down to somewhere between 15:1 and 17.5:1,
seems to be working so far.
Oh, and one last thing, I’ve another pair of
running shoes. That makes seven now, but
one or two pairs are really on their last legs now, so to speak. A review will follow in due course.
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