Today we decided to take one of the unlit trails at Kamview. It's called Roadway Ramble and it's about 1 km long. It's a nice trail that brings you up to the top of the Sun Dial (now called the Sun Up Trail) so you miss the long stupid climb but get to enjoy the hill down the Sun Down trail. I was terrified that I was going to kill myself on that hill because it was so icy; luckily I managed not to fall despite crossing my skis as I snow-ploughed down the hill. Everyone met up at the end of the Northern Lights, where I did glucose once again. Unfortunately I was around 5.0 mmol/L, which I did not think was high enough to ski the Northern Lights. So I waited while everyone else did, in hopes that my glucose would stabilize so I could get back. By the time everyone else returned, my glucose hadn't done much of anything so I ate a little something then Jackrabbited back. Back at the Chalet, my glucose was fine. I did it once again and it was starting to climb (not too high though - it was still under 10 at that time) so I did a bit of insulin to correct that. Apparently that worked because my glucose stayed around the same - I didn't go high! So that was a success, eliminating the rise after I was done being active! :)
The reason tonight felt like a failure was because I wasn't able to ski the Northern Lights. After my success two weeks ago, I thought I'd have smooth sailing in that regard. I read a map though while I was waiting, and estimated what I had skied of the Sun Down trail to be about another kilometer. Including the Jackrabit bit I did at the end, I totaled about 3km (and yes, I realize a chunk of that was downhill, but I could feel my legs really working trying to stay upright, slow down, and fight to uncross my skis on the hill so it wasn't like I just sailed down, doing nothing). That's pretty comparable to how much I skied two weeks ago when I did the Northern Lights. So this wasn't really a failure at all. It just really felt like it.
I attempted to do the same thing with my insulin as I did two weeks ago. I did about 25% of the dinner bolus, and dropped my basal to 25% during the ski. I started that drop a little later though accidentally (we ate dinner at about 5:50pm, and I dropped the basal at about 7pm. I was going to do it at about 6:45pm but lost track of the time). So it's possible that I would have been fine if I'd dropped the basal sooner.
The other difference was that I ate a lot of free foods at dinner. Yes, we had potatoes (which were super good) and of course I had milk (I love my skim milk). But that was coupled with a salad (which was delicious), asparagus (also delicious), and ham (yum!) Everything was really good, but there really wasn't a whole lot of carbs in the meal. On top of that I didn't feel like eating much (I think I filled up on the salad). I think this was the least carbs I've had out of all my skiing nights this winter.
I also may have messed up the carb count a bit with those potatoes, now that I think of it. So between these two things, my glucose just didn't hold like last time.
I'm also disappointed that I probably won't be able to go with everyone next weekend. The plan was to try skiing Kakabeka, which would be a lot of fun. Unfortunately the trail we were going to ski is much longer (about 7km) than what I've been able to ski successfully this year. I'll see what I can do though - if I could carry something like chocolate milk with me I might be able to do it. Or maybe I'll go and just do a smaller loop. We'll see.
My brother also thinks that as I build up my endurance, my body should adapt and my glucose might not drop as drastically as it has. So at the very least, if I'm able to keep skiing (and if these strategies work for biking during the summer), I should be able to ski the Kakabeka loop next year.
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