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Neil Bennett is an avid mountain biker and 2009 member of the HypoActive Murray to Moyne team. For the past two years he has raced the Otway Odyssey, a gruelling 100km marathon trek through the Otway Ranges in south west Victoria. 2009 was not a great year for Neil, who found his performance suffered from continued low blood glucose. He vowed to turn this around for 2010, and has kindly shared his experience of the 2010 event with us:
2010, our 8th ride in the Murray to Moyne, was the year of record breaking:
biggest team ever
biggest support crew lineup
friendliest ride conditions in years
earliest arrival into Hamilton and Port Fairy
biggest fundraising tally (and still rising)
three 5.5s
all equalling a fantastic weekend!
RIDE REPORT NOW AVAILABLE - READ ON
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Official team report and a first timer's report now available...read on!
Regular HypoActive Murray to Moyne cyclist and all-round cycle adventurer, Gavin Wright, made the Gold Coast news recently. Gavin's recent attempt at breaking the world record at altitude (he is waiting for confirmation) is an inspiring story for anyone - let alone for someone with type one diabetes!
Check out the story here:
http://www.nbntv.com.au/index.php/2010/02/27/gold-coast-mans-inspirational-feat/
2010 saw the fourth HypoActive MS MegaSwim team take to the water. Dubbed the 'Stingrays' the team stuck it out despite being down 3 swimmers due to injury!
Approaching lightning saw the pool evacuated for 20 minutes in the early hours of Saturday morning - many swimmers being glad of the reprieve. Once the danger had passed the swim recommenced and our intrepid team continued to smash out the laps.
AcT1vate – Type 1 Exercise Weekend – A Dynamic Success!
Kris Freeman was the United States' best hope for a medal in the cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics. He also has Type 1 diabetes. Unfortunately, the fortnight didn't go to plan - despite four years of careful preparations.
Media Release
Wednesday February 10, 2010
A weekend for adults with type one diabetes to learn how to best manage their condition while exercising will be run for the first time ever in Victoria on February 12-14.
Sarah Fisher has lived with type one diabetes for a number of years. Once regularly active, she was hit with a mystery illness a few years ago which severely affected her health and changed her life forever. Despite these setbacks, and as a way to assist in her recovery, she has set an impressive challenge for herself: to complete the 2010 JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes and to raise money for research into type one diabetes. Here is her story of the 2010 experience.