Training tips
How to improve your sporting performance, and fit diabetes into the life you want to live.
These lessons explain how to get the most out of exercising with type 1 diabetes, and how to use the every day challenges of living with a chronic condition to your advantage.
From Setback to Superpower
A fun and info packed interview with 'Life in Beta'.
45 min Podcast
Endurance races and type 1
Presentation to the Australasian Diabetes Congress in August 2024.
14min video
How I approached diagnosis
Mixed feelings and a look back on what I felt at the time.
3 min read
Using blood glucose tests
Use finger pricks or continuous monitoring to improve outcomes.
2 min read
How I deal with ‘forever’
Insights on coping with the extra difficulties of life with a chronic condition.
20 min podcast
Why I set goals
Listen to how Duncan uses goals in this interview with Donna Campisi.
40min podcast
How to plan and prepare
Harness the problem solving skills that living with type 1 develops every day.
2 min read + video
Where I find inspiration
Find things around you to draw strength and inspiration.
5 min read
Eating the elephant
How small things can inspire great achievements when you feel low.
2 min read
How to race safe
Why the direction and level of my blood glucose is so important.
3 min read
How I exercise with type 1
My strategies to stay safe when training everyday, or competing in extreme conditions.
5 min read
How I fit it all in
There’s a lot to do and diabetes can be hard. Read some ways to help make time to fit it all in.
3 min read
More information
Living with type 1 diabetes hasn’t made life easier, but it has taught me that life with diabetes is a team sport.
Some of the shortcuts I found by trial and error made sport and exercise easier, and some of the people, books, podcasts and inspiring stories I bumped into along the way were key to my mindset.
IMPORTANT my tips are from my practical experience living with T1D. Everyone is different, we do not have the same needs, we react differently to food, exercise and medication. There are common trends, but always seek expert advice and discuss your approach with your doctor. It is what I do.