Blair Ryan, Author at ASweetLife

Blair Ryan

Blair Ryan has had type 1 diabetes since 2000. She is an accomplished collegiate distance runner, cyclist, and Ironman triathlete. She currently lives and surfs in San Diego, California.

Bill Carlson Returns to the Ironman World Championship in Kona

In an age when people using insulin were discouraged from doing strenuous exercise, Bill was one of a thousand World Championship competitors to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a full marathon. He did it in thirteen hours, twenty minutes--45 minutes of that time was spent on medical checks.

Swimming Around Key West with Type 1 Diabetes: 9 Things We Learned

On June 28th, Erin Spineto, Renee Moreno, and I swam 12.5 miles around the island of Key West, FL. We were the first team of people with type 1 diabetes to swim the race, and we swam a significant portion against the current. The water was so shallow that we jammed our fingers into the coral, and they bled. We swam over the tops of sharks. We were impatient with each other and laughed about it later.

Sea Peptide Swimmers: Three Women With Type 1 Diabetes To Swim Around Key West

If our group completes the 12.6 mile swim (distance divided evenly between three swimmers), we will be the first team made up entirely of athletes with type 1 diabetes to do so. But, Spineto’s goal is not just to complete the swim. Through this endeavor she wants to encourage people with diabetes to find their athletic passion and pursue it, and to develop and share protocols for managing blood sugars while in extreme conditions.