Circuspony
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi,
I normally run 3 or 4 times a week either 5k or 10k for the last 30 Years, If i have a run in the Morning i take my normal injections and Carbs i do my Blood test and see what it is, If it is below 8 i take around 30 Grams of Lucozade After 20 Mins i then stop and test again, This works for me. I have also used the website excarbs.com which is useful.
Thanks for that website - its one of the best I've seen for telling you how to manage exercise and T1. I can't stand Lucozade but I've been finding I need a high sugar / high fat snack before riding the horses (toffee crisp or peanut tracker bars seem to do it!). I was feeling a bit guilty about this - neither are exactly high on the list of health food options - but after reading that site I understand that the glucose in my blood stream only lasts 30 mins in exercise so I NEED to have more on board if I'm not to collapse. I definitely use it up because I've got a short car journey to work or home afterwards and I'm often having to pop a glucose tablet to hit the magic '5 to drive'. I also still haven't put on the weight I lost last year prior to diagnosis.
@NoKindOfSusie - keeping bloods between 5-7 (ish) is definitely the range for normal people, but my consultant says a T1D would struggle with such a narrow range. He's more concerned about me not ending up in hypo range than running with bloods a bit high - seems quite refreshing compared to a lot I read on here. Give yourself a bit of slack and if you're still feeling really, really rough then get your vitamin D and B12 checked as well.