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<blockquote data-quote="Markca91" data-source="post: 2526166" data-attributes="member: 550396"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>Short summary: I would like to hear experiences about running with low (or completely suspended) insulin.</p><p></p><p>I have a question about long distance running and omnipod. I have just switched to omnipod from insulin pens, and it is incredible that I can reduce/disable insulin when running. I struggled a lot with pens, and I constantly had to eat while running (because of tresiba). It took all joy away from it.</p><p></p><p>I got omnipod dash 3 days ago and I did two runs of 10 miles each to test it a bit. On first one I still had my old insulin (tresiba) in my body (as I just switched), and today was the first run that was done solely on pump.</p><p></p><p>So, I suspended insulin delivery one hour prior to the run and kept it off until I finished. This was the first time since I got T1D that I was able to run with stable glucose level without eating and it was amazing. However, when I was done, I felt significantly more tired than usually. I was thinking about it, and there are 2 possible reasons:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Today was really warm and maybe that is a simple reason why I felt more tired, since run was almost 100% under the sun (I did have hat though</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Second possibility is that maybe because I didn't have (almost) any insulin on board, maybe I wasn't able to convert energy in my body properly and muscles ended up being more empty than if I had insulin and took some food?</li> </ol><p>Can you please share your experiences and findings about this? I am really hoping that it was the sun that made me more tired, and that running with no insulin on board is not going to create any issues on longer runs. It was amazing being able to run without eating.</p><p></p><p>Also, I am open to running with very low level of basal insulin setup (I don't have to suspend it completely), but I didn't have time to test that yet.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Markca91, post: 2526166, member: 550396"] Hello, Short summary: I would like to hear experiences about running with low (or completely suspended) insulin. I have a question about long distance running and omnipod. I have just switched to omnipod from insulin pens, and it is incredible that I can reduce/disable insulin when running. I struggled a lot with pens, and I constantly had to eat while running (because of tresiba). It took all joy away from it. I got omnipod dash 3 days ago and I did two runs of 10 miles each to test it a bit. On first one I still had my old insulin (tresiba) in my body (as I just switched), and today was the first run that was done solely on pump. So, I suspended insulin delivery one hour prior to the run and kept it off until I finished. This was the first time since I got T1D that I was able to run with stable glucose level without eating and it was amazing. However, when I was done, I felt significantly more tired than usually. I was thinking about it, and there are 2 possible reasons: [LIST=1] [*]Today was really warm and maybe that is a simple reason why I felt more tired, since run was almost 100% under the sun (I did have hat though [*]Second possibility is that maybe because I didn't have (almost) any insulin on board, maybe I wasn't able to convert energy in my body properly and muscles ended up being more empty than if I had insulin and took some food? [/LIST] Can you please share your experiences and findings about this? I am really hoping that it was the sun that made me more tired, and that running with no insulin on board is not going to create any issues on longer runs. It was amazing being able to run without eating. Also, I am open to running with very low level of basal insulin setup (I don't have to suspend it completely), but I didn't have time to test that yet. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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