Welcome to Runsweet.com
Helping athletes with diabetes to be winners!
Thank you all for the great feedback about the site. We now boast the widest sports content for people with diabetes on the web. we are now getting more than 20000 visits per month and are top in searches on Google. You continue to test the limits of what is possible, and have submitted great new content. Keep visiting. If you want to post any content, mail it to us. Our forum is also very popular. We now also have a Facebook page. Once again we can celebrate the amazing achievements of an athlete with diabetes. Frederick Gill who has type 1 diabetes treated on multiple daily injections stroked the Cambridge crew to a gruelling victory over Oxford in the boat race. Fred has posted his content.
Sir Steven Redgrave tells us- "When I was first diagnosed in 1997 my immediate reaction was that I would have to stop training – I’m glad to be able to say I was wrong – it is possible to train at a high level as a diabetic and succeed" Find out how he managed his diabetes to win his historic 5th Gold
We have lots of new content from some amazing athletes. Jen Alexander from Canada writes about marathon swimming, Chris Pennell on rugby, and Sebastien Sasseville on climbing
Major new focus on pump treatment and how to use your pump with exercise. New focus on guidelines for safe exercise. Great new dietary advice from Carin Hume
Sport - We know you love it, so get the latest news
Research. We now have funding for research and need volunteers. The research will look at novel ways to promote better glucose control and to reduce hypos during and following exercise. The studies have full ethical approval, and will take place at Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe. Would you like to help find out which strategies best support exercise in diabetes? We have ongoing studies on glucose control during sport, can you help? If you are interested, fill in the guestbook form and we will send you further details. Click the Research tab
Clinics visits
Do you have problems with your diabetes and sport? If so ask your G.P. or consultant to refer you to our (England's only) specialized diabetes and sport clinic. Dr Rowan Hillson, the "Diabetes Czar", visted our service November 2010, and gave us the thumbs up! She encouraged our team to continue and expand our service
