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<blockquote data-quote="CHIET1" data-source="post: 1884072" data-attributes="member: 368096"><p>Hi, I am running a half M tomorrow and plan to do it with no external source of glucose during the run. I am LC <30g a day, some days no carbs, just meat, eggs and cheese. My preparation could have been better, my longest run was 17km, but I am sure I can make up the 4.1km on the day. Thankfully it is a flat course. </p><p></p><p>Interestingly when I ran the 17k earlier in the week, I hadn't eaten in 6hrs or so, BSL started a bit higher than normal at 7.3 due to a delayed protein spike for lunch but gradually dropped all the way to 4.3 (after about 10-12K) after which my body jumped in and created some glucose of its own as my BSL started to rise back up into the high 4s where I stayed until I ate after the run. </p><p></p><p>Plan for tomorrow is a high protein and fat breakfast (something like 3-4 eggs and some bacon, maybe some avocado so some carbs there) and skip lunch, run is at 3.40pm. Given the time between breakfast and the run, I expect to start the run at a BSL of around 5. It will be interesting then to see if I will get the same response at 4.3 as I run, or whether I will drop too low when starting at a lower BSL. I will of course be wearing a CGM and I will be carrying dextro tabs should I need them. I should have very little insulin on board (plan to reduce morning basal by 33%) and breakfast bolus insulin should have run its course come race time, therefore I am not worried about dropping too low.</p><p></p><p>Anyway the above doesn't help you a whole lot, but I thought given the discussion here you might be interested. I can come back after the run to let you know how I got on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHIET1, post: 1884072, member: 368096"] Hi, I am running a half M tomorrow and plan to do it with no external source of glucose during the run. I am LC <30g a day, some days no carbs, just meat, eggs and cheese. My preparation could have been better, my longest run was 17km, but I am sure I can make up the 4.1km on the day. Thankfully it is a flat course. Interestingly when I ran the 17k earlier in the week, I hadn't eaten in 6hrs or so, BSL started a bit higher than normal at 7.3 due to a delayed protein spike for lunch but gradually dropped all the way to 4.3 (after about 10-12K) after which my body jumped in and created some glucose of its own as my BSL started to rise back up into the high 4s where I stayed until I ate after the run. Plan for tomorrow is a high protein and fat breakfast (something like 3-4 eggs and some bacon, maybe some avocado so some carbs there) and skip lunch, run is at 3.40pm. Given the time between breakfast and the run, I expect to start the run at a BSL of around 5. It will be interesting then to see if I will get the same response at 4.3 as I run, or whether I will drop too low when starting at a lower BSL. I will of course be wearing a CGM and I will be carrying dextro tabs should I need them. I should have very little insulin on board (plan to reduce morning basal by 33%) and breakfast bolus insulin should have run its course come race time, therefore I am not worried about dropping too low. Anyway the above doesn't help you a whole lot, but I thought given the discussion here you might be interested. I can come back after the run to let you know how I got on. [/QUOTE]
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