Finding Your 100% With Type 1 Diabetes | Sofie Schunk

What does 100% look like today? For ultrarunner and coach Sofie Schunk, that answer isn't always the same. Sofie lives and races with Type 1 diabetes, which adds blood sugar, insulin, fueling and a shitload of extra decisions to everything an endurance athlete already manages. But our conversation went beyond diabetes. We talk about diabetes burnout, decision fatigue, asking for help, sleep, fueling, listening to your body and learning when today's 100% isn't yesterday's 100%. Sometimes Sofie's running five-minute miles. Sometimes she's taking the dog out at nine- or ten-minute pace. It all counts. After four weeks of Coach's Minute conversations, this is the deeper conversation I wanted to have with Sofie about the athlete behind all that data. Because we're athletes. We're also people. And the training plan doesn't get to pretend otherwise. Sofie also explains that the additional decisions aren't theoretical: during racing she can be processing pump and CGM data while simultaneously wanting the freedom to simply run. Keep Connected: Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Run Tri Bike on ⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠ Sofie Schunk on ⁠Instagram⁠ Join the ⁠⁠Everyday Athlete Clubhouse⁠⁠ Subscribe to the ⁠⁠Run Tri Bike Newsletter⁠⁠