Even the Smallest Adventure Still Counts

I was recently asked a question while I was doing a live interview with Emily Coles from TuDiabetes. (You can view the live interview here.)

Someone asked, "If I am not that active, what can I do for adventure?"

I told them that walking or hiking is always a great adventure. Almost all of us are very experienced walkers. We have been doing it most of our lives. And it is a good way to see a new place.

But I think there is another, even more awesome answer that I wish I would have come up with at the time.

Just A Little Bit More...

Almost everyday I drive the road from my house to the beach, I see the cutest older couple on their bikes. And they are hauling. I was always so impressed at how fast they could climb the hill on their cruisers without any effort.

After seeing them fly a few times, I realized that the reason they didn't have to even try to climb a hill that puts me to shame most days, is that they were on Electra bikes. These are electric cruisers with a motor that will add some power to your pedal stroke when you need it.

The cyclist in me immediately exclaimed, "What a bunch of cheaters!!!"

But then I realized, without the Electra, because of the hills in our area, this couple would never have gone out for a bike ride. They would not have pedaled one stroke.

But now everyday they are outside on bikes, feeling the wind in their hair, always with a smile on their face. They can go farther and conquer hills that would have stopped them in their tracks. They have a little adventure every single day.

Every form of adventure counts. It doesn't matter how big and outrageous it is. What matters is it is somethiing that will stretch you to do more than you are currently doing. And that it brings a smile to your face every time you go.

100-Mile Paddle Plans

Plans for the second Sea Peptide Salties adventure are coming together nicely. In late June/early July we will travel to Wilmington, North Carolina to begin our Stand Up Paddle adventure.

Each day we will paddle for three to four hours in the morning, stopping for a nice lunch.

Then we will paddle for a few more hours to our stop for the night. After a hot shower at a local hotel we will be off to explore the town and eat a great meal in a local restaurant. Then our warm beds will welcome us as we rest up for the next day.

Each day we will get to see different seaside towns and explore a different part of the Intracoastal Waterway. We will test our blood sugar together and experience the camaraderie that comes from working towards an adventure of this magnitude.

But the adventure won't start in June when we board our flights. It will start the day we finalize our team and we begin to discuss training strategies and blood sugar strategies. It will come as we all have a fresh new look at what it takes to stay in good health not just to stave off long-term complications down the road, but to reap the rewards in the short-term.

By working hard to take care of ourselves, we will train harder and stay healthier. By focusing our attention on preparing for this adventure, our overall care will benefit.

So will you join us on this journey? We would love to have you on the team.

If you are interested, it would be great if you could let me know by filling out an application at bit.ly/spsupapp . It's nothing formal. Just a way for me to see who's intereste

If you don't want to paddle, but still want to be a part of the team, we will be bringing a photographer to get amazing footage of our adventure. An application for that is at www.bit.ly/spspjapp .

If you know anyone who might be interested in joining us, would you be kind enough to let them know. You could also post on your social media sites.

Sea Peptide SUPers Application

We are gearing up for another huge trip. This time we will be Stand Up Paddling 100 miles in the Intracoastal Waterway from Wilmington, North Carolina to Beaufort, North Carolina. And we are looking for some amazing people to join the team. Are you up for a year of preparation that will help you focus on your diabetes care and push your training to a new limit? We are also looking for a great media maven who will work with us to record our adventure through photos and video. Applications will be available September 26. But if you want to get your hands on one sooner than everyone else, you can join the Sea Peptide Salties News List below. You will be the first to see the application and get in the front of the line for this amazing adventure.