The purpose of Team Type 1 - Racing to cure diabetes...

Riders on Team Type 1  manage type 1 diabetes  with Apidra rapid-acting insulin, Abbott Diabetes Care's FreeStyle Navigator (a continuous glucose monitoring system), OmniPod wireless pumps and Dex4 fast-acting glucose. Bike Sponsor is Orbea.

“Each day is a new adventure, filled with surprises and an opportunity to live life to its fullest. Diabetes can be an inspiration, not a burden – it is what you make it.”

I was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years of age.  During diagnosis I was semi-comatosed dehydrated with my veins so constricted that doctors could barely insert IVs into them.

A quarter century later, little has changed- living with Diabetes is still an everyday challenge. 
My greatest cycling accomplishment was in 2007 - the solo division of Race Across America.  I became the first person with diabetes – to complete the 3,044-mile transcontinental bicycle race solo. Consider the magnitude of the accomplishment: In its history, fewer people have completed RAAM than have scaled Mount Everest.