Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The quickest way to die for most participants in the Sahara Race is getting lost or running out of water. So at checkpoints every 10 kilometres along the 250-kilometre course through the largest, hottest desert on Earth, organizers will hold participants back if there?s a sandstorm or heavy fog coming, and make sure they?re carrying at least 2? litres of water. They are also required to carry a compass and two flashlights, along with all the food and gear they will need for the seven-day race on their back.
For S?bastien Sasseville, the most important item in his backpack is his insulin. For the 33-year-old Quebec City resident, it?s always the insulin. It was when he became the first Canadian with Type 1 diabetes to climb Mount Everest in 2008, and he had to worry about his supply freezing. It was during his four Iron Man triathlons, when he had to check his blood sugar levels as many as 16 times over the 10 and a half hours it takes him to complete a race that includes a 3.9-kilometre swim, 180-kilometre bike ride and a 42.2-kilometre run.
This time around, as he jogs through a desert where temperatures can hit 50C, it?s keeping his insulin cool that will dictate whether or not he will finish the race.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...ge+Type+diabetic+Sébastien/7455542/story.html
For S?bastien Sasseville, the most important item in his backpack is his insulin. For the 33-year-old Quebec City resident, it?s always the insulin. It was when he became the first Canadian with Type 1 diabetes to climb Mount Everest in 2008, and he had to worry about his supply freezing. It was during his four Iron Man triathlons, when he had to check his blood sugar levels as many as 16 times over the 10 and a half hours it takes him to complete a race that includes a 3.9-kilometre swim, 180-kilometre bike ride and a 42.2-kilometre run.
This time around, as he jogs through a desert where temperatures can hit 50C, it?s keeping his insulin cool that will dictate whether or not he will finish the race.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...ge+Type+diabetic+Sébastien/7455542/story.html