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Yesterday my dad and I went for a long ride out to Trosa, we started at 8am already! It was a great day, sunny and cloudy with little winds. First 40km was about my fastest 40km in training and we kept that pace for the whole distance, we ended at 117km and an average of 28.5km/h, CRAZY! I never would have thought I could have done that, but my dad helped a lot by being in front and not pushing me too hard but still making me go fast! My goal for the iron man is to keep an average above 25km/h, if the conditions are good that might be possible!!!

 

I only had one diabetic malfunction, I noticed at about 2hrs that I started feeling nausious, it just came over me very quickly. I thought to myself, either I am low or I am high. After being nausious for only a minute I decided I needed to check my bs, so whatever it is it wont ruin the rest of my ride. My bs was at 3.9! SO, good thing I checked. Every time I go for a bikeride I am astonished by the amount of carbs I need to consume in order for my bs to stay good. I have now realized I need about 40-50grams per hours, which over a 14hr Iron Man turns out to be about 600-700grams of carbs, normal daily intake is about half, it will certainly be interesting to see if my stomach can handle that haha.. However I am trying to lower my basal insulin dose so that I do not have to keep feeding my bs all the time - it will hopefully also prevent me from getting low as easily.

 

After the ride I feel more confident that I have what it takes to finish the Iron Man! I felt strong at the end of it and felt like I could have continued. At the same time I also have more respect than ever for the Iron Man distance, I now know after having done a marathon and the 117km yesterday that when racing and after completing the Iron Man I will feel as shitty and tired as ever before. KEY is to stay strong mentally and that is what I try to prepare myself for every day now until race day!