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Watch the Diabetes UK & JDRF UK Type 1 Awareness Video here…

It’s very wierd and more than a little un-nerving watching yourself on video, but all I can say is how proud I am of Sam for doing this….

Type 1 Diabetes Awareness video

Today marks the beginning of Diabetes Awareness Week for 2012. In preparing for this week, Samuel and I took part in a video shoot a couple of weeks ago, jointly organised by Diabetes UK and JDRF UK. A couple of … Continue reading →

Curesam is proud to present…

I haven’t been banging on about it much…. (that’s a lie!!) but I am doing the London Triathlon this September, in aid of JDRF UK – the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. I’m not doing it for fun, you know….!!! Well, … Continue reading →

The Artificial Pancreas

I’m not ashamed to say (not too much anytway) that I was welling up at work today. All this week they have had short features about diabetes on the BBC Radio 4 lunchtime show You and Yours, and today they … Continue reading →

The VirginActive London Triathlon

So after much procastination, I have decided on my challenge for 2012. We want to shift our fundraising efforts to target a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, and so will be fund raising from now on for the JDRF – … Continue reading →

A marathon for Diabetes UK – Done!

In an update to my previous post, I got news this morning that Nick completed the Sussex Marathon yesterday “around the 4 hour mark!”. He actually did it in 4 hours and 10 seconds!!! A very respectable time – certainly … Continue reading →

Running a Marathon for Diabetes UK

Bear with me on this one…. You’ll see the point in a sec! Samuel’s Godfather Jason is an old friend of mine who I’ve known since my University days at Brunel Uni in late 80’s! His wife Alice emailed me … Continue reading →

Clumber Park Sprint Duathlon – update

I found out this morning how my time compared to everyone else. It’s not as important as how I compared to last year – I always think the appeal of triathlon/duathlon is that you race against yourself. But it’s interesting … Continue reading →

Another day, another ride & run!

Sunday dawned bright and very early after the clocks went forward, and with the sun burning the fog off very quickly, I couldn’t resist going for a ride, despite my efforts yesterday! Even without the fog, it was very cold. … Continue reading →

I went for a run and a ride today…

Today was race day. For the third year in a row, I took part in the Clumber Park Duathlon – Sprint distance. A 5k run followed by a 20K ride and finishing with another 2.5k run. It was really foggy, … Continue reading →