posted on 2022-02-17, 03:47authored byRaimund Weitgasser, Helmuth Ocenasek, Susanne Fallwickl
Challenges
for athletes with type 1 diabetes are numerous. To find the individual balance
between energy intake and consumption and adequate insulin treatment without
risking severe hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia is a demanding task. Nevertheless,
people with type 1 diabetes are active in various sports, both individually and
as members of teams (1,2). We report on the first athlete with type 1 diabetes ever
to finish solo what is probably the hardest bicycle race worldwide—the Race
Across America (RAAM). The U.S. race stretches from Oceanside, CA, to Annapolis,
MD, over ~3,000 miles and 170,000 vertical feet and has to be finished within
12 days.