Coached by Kathy Watts.
Nancy
Gangbar finished 4th in her age group at the popular and competitive Subaru
Centurion in Collingwood, Ontario this past weekend with an awesome time of
2:47 minutes, despite the rain and extended delay!
But
Nancy is the overall winner, in my book, as the 2015 season has been an
extremely tough one. In February, Nancy came home with a viral infection from a
trip overseas and started having severe heart rate and blood sugar
issues. Within a week she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (the
endocrinologist feels strongly that she was genetically predisposed to the
disease and the virus triggered it). As a marathon runner and now a
budding cyclist, this is crushing news, as monitoring blood sugar and dispensing
insulin is difficult for the sedentary person but is even harder for the
endurance athlete. Nancy rose to the occasion! Carefully training and
watching her blood sugar, heart rate, fatigue levels, and more, she slowly and
carefully built back her fitness and topped her last year threshold and power
numbers!
Way to go Nancy!
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