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  "abstract": "Background: Managing type 1 diabetes (T1D) during endurance running requires highly individualized strategies, yet conventional healthcare offers limited sport-specific guidance. Peer communities have emerged as key sources of experiential knowledge, emotional support, and practical tools. Objective: To explore how endurance runners with T1D build self-management strategies, use peer networks and digital platforms, and integrate these exchanges into identity and daily life. Methods: Thirteen French-speaking adults with T1D who had completed at least one marathon or ultra-endurance event participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory. Two patient contributors living with T1D supported interpretation and writing. COREQ guidelines were followed. Results: Peer communities operated as informal educational systems that transformed individual trial-and-error into shared, actionable knowledge. Digital platforms provided rapid troubleshooting, reflective tools, and distributed mentorship. Role models facilitated confidence, self-efficacy, and identity reconstruction. Despite strong collective dynamics, management remained highly individualized through context-aware \"micro-protocols\" developed via safe experimentation and peer comparison.\n\nConclusion:Peer communities play a central role in translating clinical recommendations into real-world endurance strategies. Integrating peer mentoring, digital literacy, and structured reflective practice into patient education may enhance personalization and confidence for people living with T1D. Innovation: This study demonstrates how communities of practice and digital infrastructures can support experiential learning in high-variability contexts and illustrates the contribution of patient partners to qualitative analysis and manuscript co-construction.",
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      "name": "Jean‐charles Vauthier"
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      "name": "Lucie Cholley"
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    {
      "name": "Paolo Di Patrizio"
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    {
      "name": "Patrick Mas"
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    {
      "name": "Delphine Arduini"
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    {
      "name": "Bernard Kabuth"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/33qbw438x8f1s.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1016/j.pecinn.2026.100500",
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  "published": "2026-08-22",
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  "title": "Experiential knowledge and peer support in type 1 diabetes: insights from endurance running communities",
  "title_text": "Experiential knowledge and peer support in type 1 diabetes: insights from endurance running communities",
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