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<blockquote data-quote="nicki92" data-source="post: 2463744" data-attributes="member: 550186"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, so everything is still pretty new. I've run the half marathon distance once before (pre-diabetes) and am now training for my first HM race in April. I haven't had any problems with blood sugar levels during ~5K runs, but yesterday I went for my first longer run of ~12km.</p><p>My levels were 8.2 when I set out, more than two hours post a small meal (so insulin shouldn't have been in my system) and after half an hour down to 5.5 and trending downwards. I had an energy gel (25g carbs) and monitored for the rest of the run. My level went down to 5 (according to Libre; 4ish on xDrip) and stayed there for the rest of the run - another half an hour. I had maybe another 10g carbs during that time. After getting home it went back up to 9-ish before decreasing again. Then overnight I had hypo alarms and ate some carbs at 2:30 and again at 5:30.</p><p></p><p>What I would mostly like to understand is</p><p>* whether it's safe to keep running at 4-5mmol -- it stayed stable and another energy gel would have seemed like a LOT</p><p>* what I should/could do differently to avoid the overnight hypos</p><p>* just generally if anyone has tips or experiences to share! My runs are (hopefully) going to increase in length from now until the Spring and I want to be able to manage my diabetes at the same time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicki92, post: 2463744, member: 550186"] Hi, I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, so everything is still pretty new. I've run the half marathon distance once before (pre-diabetes) and am now training for my first HM race in April. I haven't had any problems with blood sugar levels during ~5K runs, but yesterday I went for my first longer run of ~12km. My levels were 8.2 when I set out, more than two hours post a small meal (so insulin shouldn't have been in my system) and after half an hour down to 5.5 and trending downwards. I had an energy gel (25g carbs) and monitored for the rest of the run. My level went down to 5 (according to Libre; 4ish on xDrip) and stayed there for the rest of the run - another half an hour. I had maybe another 10g carbs during that time. After getting home it went back up to 9-ish before decreasing again. Then overnight I had hypo alarms and ate some carbs at 2:30 and again at 5:30. What I would mostly like to understand is * whether it's safe to keep running at 4-5mmol -- it stayed stable and another energy gel would have seemed like a LOT * what I should/could do differently to avoid the overnight hypos * just generally if anyone has tips or experiences to share! My runs are (hopefully) going to increase in length from now until the Spring and I want to be able to manage my diabetes at the same time! [/QUOTE]
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