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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.

Swimming Through a Diabetes Diagnosis

I had only managed to swim a mile once in my pool and my health seemed off that summer. I still pushed myself, despite the nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right. I completed the swim, but I did so slowly. It felt like I was swimming in oatmeal. At age 48 I wondered, was I getting too old for such exertion?

My First Aquathon: A Story Told Only with Pictures

I completed my first aquathon last week–you swim for a quarter-mile and then run a 5k–and I lived to tell about it! The most hilarious…

It’s Almost Tri Time

This morning marks two weeks until the Black Diamond Multi-Sport Weekend here in the Seattle area. I decided to participate in this sprint triathlon…