When I ask Rebecca the rather routine question of how old she was when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I get a rather non-routine response: “March 7th, 1990. It was a Wednesday,” she says matter-of-factly as we speak over the phone one evening, “It was right before March…
When she’s not in school for landscape design, you’ll probably find Steph Brodie out and active. A fitness instructor at Goodlife Fitness, where she leads spinning classes and strength conditioning classes, Steph confesses two of her favourite reasons for being at the gym: the awesome people there, and the workouts…
“It’s not a very dramatic story, but it’s mine,” Jill once said when I asked her about her diagnosis story. Diagnosed 13 years ago this summer, she recounted how the hot weather meant that drinking water en masse seemed nothing out of the usual, until she got what appeared to…
Weekend Schedule: Saturday, May 24, 2014- 4:00pm- HTG Sports Ottawa 5K Race Saturday, May 24, 2013- 6:30pm- Ottawa 10K Race Sunday, May 25, 2013- 7:00am- Ottawa Full Marathon Sunday, May 25, 2013- 9:00am- Ottawa Half Marathon Saturday, May 24- Sunday, May25- Cheering Squad!!! We will be tweeting and posting about…
Join fellow Type 1s, friends, family members and supporters as we take on the 2k, 5k, 10, 1/2 Marathon and Full Marathon during the Ottawa Race Weekend as an official charity of the event!
Since we’re getting ready for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend this week where we have over 50 participants running as part of Team CIM (!)… and we’re talking about fun and adventure while being active, we thought it would be great to ask people what music gets them in the…
Since we’re gearing up for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend with Team CIM, we’re taking this month to look at running, training, and competition with diabetes. Last week we asked what people what exercises they did in addition to running. To review those responses, click here! This week’s Monday in…
Since we’re gearing up for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend with Team CIM, we’re taking this month to look at running, training, and competition with diabetes. Last week we asked what people found to be the biggest hurdles in keeping up with training. To review those responses, click here! This…
Since we’re gearing up for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend with Team CIM, we’re taking this month to look at running, training, and competition with diabetes. Last week we asked how competition/race day affects their blood glucose levels. To review those responses, click here! This week’s Monday in Motion Q:…
Since we’re gearing up for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend with Team CIM, we’re taking this month to look at running, training, and competition with diabetes. Last week we asked about people’s favourite training tools for running. To review those responses, click here! This week’s Monday in Motion Q: Do…