Chris Clark: Type 1 Diabetic Athlete

Longest ride in a while… it felt great to dust the cobwebs off! 🕸️ 🚲 I told Nora when I got home that towards the end, while climbing a hill, I stood and my legs started to cramp… it was like being greeted by an old friend and I had to grin while grimacing 😏
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📣 NEW KIT DAY 📣

First weekend of the new year in the saddle 🚲
💥👏🏼😎🤙🏼
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Nothing quite like ending the year doing one of my fav things 🚲 lots of adventures to come in 2024 💥👏🏼😎🤙🏼 and looking forward to some fun new ways of training in the new year! You can read more about it on my site…you know what to do 🔗
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Last weekends Rose City Rampage gravel race was postponed due to all the rain, so getting out this week after things have dried up has been great 🤙🏼 spent the time inside writing a little bloggy-blog on some tips to help diabetes management during the season of holiday feasts and unknowns - you know where to look 😎
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Bike fit day!!
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Post Spaghetti 100 Happiness 😎
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Buddy: There’s a bike sale…
Me: Buy it!!
Buddy: But I need to sell my bike first.
Me: Sold!!
2 days later… the morning sunlight comes shining thru the tall oaks & Spanish moss just north of Tallahassee. Great day to be in the saddle!!!!
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It’s truly become a family affair 🤣 🚲🐶 Mando makes a great “stupervisor” of course and he’ll be even happier when we start taking him with us on some neighborhood rides once it cools down 😎 and trees still down from storms and Idalia a few weeks back as you can see but happy to be able to get out and enjoy the ride now! ⛈️☀️
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Nora added some cherries to our post-ride Sunrise Shack Smoothie Bowl (from Plant Over Processed by )and topped with Goji berries and almond slivers 🤤 this is one of my favorites for its anti-inflammatory properties - made with turmeric! But I think she outdid herself with the addition of the cherries which are some of my favorite training/recovery foods. With the addition of the vanilla protein powder, these smoothies have a nice balanced ratio of nutrients to keep my blood sugars balanced and initiate proper recovery - and they taste AMAZING 🤩 also perfect for watching todays
stage 🚴🏽 😜
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It’s not what it seems 😂 Active recovery is an important part of training and after yesterdays “more active” recovery, we’re going for a legit version with stretching and yoga today. Supervision and form correction by of course 😎
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Batten down the hatches! Pre run and the morning sunrise didn’t disappoint - as the saying goes, “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; Red sky in the morning, sailors warning” (pic 2 🙃). Thanks for the run, Jamie!
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