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Looking for Women Triathletes with The D
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mari May 4, 2008. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Live Interview with Mari Ruddy, Founder and Director of TeamWILD at TuDiabetes homepage
May 16, 2013 from 1pm to 2pm
1-2pm PDTWhat time is this where you are?How to watch a live event on TuDiabetes On honor of US National Physical Fitness and Sports Month we welcome Mari Ruddy to join us for a live-streamed conversation on the TuDiabetes homepage.Mari Ruddy is Director of TeamWILD, has lived with type 1 diabetes for 30 years and is a two…See More
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CampWILD Exercise Transformation for Adults with Diabetes, $1K Scholarship Open!
Hi Everyone! I wanted to make sure you all saw that TeamWILD is offering two $1K Scholarships for diabetes exercise training and nutrition camp for adults this summer. You need to apply by April 10th!!! Check it out!!http://campwildscholarship.comIf you have any questions, please email or message me! Mari mari@teamwildathletics.comSee More
Mari commented on Sara's group 'Athletic Diabetics'"Hello Athletic Diabetics! I wanted to be sure this group knew about diabetes exercise CampWILD for adults with diabetes. We are offering two $1K scholarships, you need to apply by April 10th! Check it out, http://campwildscholarship.com"
Mari posted a status"Just 3 more days to apply for a $1K scholarship to CampWILD! training camp for adults with diabetes http://campwildscholarship.com"
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- The PRIMARY person in my life who has diabetes has
- Type 1 or type 1.5 (LADA) diabetes
- How do you hope to benefit from TuDiabetes?
- To connect with amazing people who successfully are finding a way to live with the challenge of diabetes.
- Date diagnosed
- June 26, 1981
- Type of treatment/devices you use
- Pump, Diet and Exercise
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Medtronic Minimed Paradigm & CGM
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- http://teamwildathletics.com
Go Red Riders! Go Team WILD!
Hi everyone!I have lived with diabetes my whole life, as my father was diagnosed when he was 26 and I was 1 year old. I found out I had type 1 when I was 16. My brother found out he had type 1 when he was 20. My sister recently married a guy who's had type 1 for 8 years. I get diabetes.I also am an endurance athlete. I survived breast cancer twice. It was after cancer1 that I came up with the idea for the Red Rider Recognition Program. I joined the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure Colorado Volunteer Committee and I gave them the idea.I was the captain of the first Team Red. The idea took off. That first year we had 100 riders in the jersey that declares "I ride with diabetes!" In 2011, the 5th year of the program, we expect well over 5000 people with diabetes will proudly proclaim their courage and energy for their health and wear the jersey.I then realized that women with diabetes didn't ride as much as men did.So I started Team WILD: Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes to support women who want to be fit, healthy and athletic and take their diabetes by storm!! Check us out at http://teamwild.org
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- At 9:57am on December 30, 2011,
Kasey said… Hi Mari,
I just wanted to connect with you, I feel like the universe is trying to bring us together :) I just recently joined this long and found a group called "diabetics who run marathons" and low and behold your a member. Coincedentially, at the expo this past fall I signed up for the Tour De Cure century ride shortly after listening to you speak. I just wanted to say that I am inspired by your story and looking to hear more about your adventures.
Kasey
- At 8:31am on August 18, 2011,
SEAGATOR said… - Great CONGRATS on being a Featured member. MY BEST TO YOU. Reed
- At 10:52am on August 17, 2011,
Linda G said… - Nice to see you too Mari....
Be well my friend ♥
- At 8:35pm on August 16, 2011, Linda G said…
- Bravo on being a featured Member Mari ♥
- At 4:52am on May 12, 2011,
Manny Hernandez said… - Happy birthday, Mari!!
- At 3:45am on May 12, 2011,
Marie B said… - Happy Birthday Mari!
- At 3:16am on May 12, 2011, SEAGATOR said…
- Happy,Happy Birthday,Mari. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
- At 3:36am on March 7, 2011, Linda G said…
- Delighted to be a friend Mari!
Take care and keep in touch....linda
- At 3:33am on March 7, 2011, Linda G said…
- Wow Connie....3200 miles!! I haven't been on long distance rides in a VERY long time, and when I did, it was in the are of 100 miles tops, but generally less. My husband and I once belonged to a ski/cycling club, and the Summer was spent riding all over the place...in the city and beyond. In the Winter, we were on the slopes every weekend and went to a major ski locale yearly . That was 30 years ago....now, I ride in the neighbourhood and seldom ski....but I DO walk/hike. Albeit not with the energy I had in my 20s, but damn it....I DO walk!
- At 8:50pm on March 6, 2011,
Connie OConnor said… - I rode across the country with this jersey - from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, Fl - 3200 miles, and people would stop me and ask about Tour de Cure, and people whom I did not know handed me money for donations. I ended up with over $500 in cash that after I would talk to the vendor or the person on the street or the guy making my sandwich or the little grocer who would sell me my diet coke of the day. I am on the board of the Tour de Cure in San Diego, so we ride on May 7th. My bike is black with red and I only wear red jerseys, so the fact that this one was RED Rider was perfect, and when I ride now just around my area, people ask me. It is the jersey where I get the most number of questions! I am a triathlete, a swimmer, a surfer, a runner, and a cyclist at age 61, and have been diabetic since I had kids with gestational diabetes that did not disappear. I am in better shape at 61 than I was at 31! Thanks for this wonderful Red RIDER program!
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