HypoActive

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM TYPE 1- MONITORED BY FREESTYLE, who not only won the Corporate Division, they also earned the distinction of the fastest team in RAAM 2007.

Read more about Team Type 1's story.

On June 13th at 7:30am (Melbourne time), Team Type 1 left San Diego, to compete in the Race Across America - a gruelling cycling marathon from one side of the US to the other, covering 4,897 km.

In addition to doing ride shifts of between 125 and 200 miles (yes, MILES) at a time, each of the eight riders in Team Type 1 is also riding with Type 1 diabetes - and the associated fluctuations in blood sugar levels, insulin adjustments, and need to refuel with carbs during rest shifts before the next stage.

At approximately 10:13pm (Melbourne time), on June 18th 2007, Team Type 1 completed the Race Across America, in a time of 5 days, 15 hours, 43 minutes - the fastest team in RAAM 2007 - winning the corporate division (from RAAM website):

Part of Team Type 1 was HypoActive President - Monique Hanley - the only Australian, or woman, riding for Team Type 1 - which is an inspirational effort for someone who, when diagnosed, asked her doctor if she could continue to play BASKETBALL...

For more information on Monique's ride - including a couple of emails from the road, check out the information on this website. Team Type 1 were also riding to raise money for JDRF - for information on how to make a donation to Team Type 1, click here.

On behalf of HypoActive, I'd like to congratulate Monique, and the rest of Team Type 1, on their inspirational effort - to even finish such an event is an amazing achievement, let alone to win the division, whilst managing Type 1 diabetes, is a truly awe-inspiring feat. Well done!

Anyone who'd like to check out the Team Type 1 page: www.teamtype1.org

Post a message on their blog: http://teamtype12007.blogspot.com

Monique may also have access to her email - monique@hypoactive.org if you'd like to send her a congratulatory note, or ask her what happened to her basketballing dreams.

RAAM website: www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2007