Exercise and hypos

So with the mini heatwave, I've now had 2 hypo events this week with exercise, my latest this morning was a park run and so before hand turned pump down to 25% on basal, had carbs on board and tested at 8.7mmol/l so assumed I was safe to proceed, Libre broke on Thursday so didn't have a device to check whilst running, half way round I stopped to test as it was a bit warm and was at 2.9mmol/l, gulped down 4 glucotabs, unplugged the pump altogether and got above 4 so carried on thinking I'd be ok to finish, it was a walk/run to the end as didn't want to collapse and cause an embarrassment and finished at 4.1mmol/l.

First question is what would others of done under the circumstances ? So could I have done anything differently ?

Next question is should I of stopped ?

Thanks @Diakat it was when I got above 4 that I thought I could carry on, I had another once I got going again, didn't realise how dry glucotabs are though when exercising so will go back to glucogel after this one

I have to admit I had DAFNE bleeping in my head saying stop but the competitor in me saw me coming last and since school i’ve had a thing about coming last...

It’s one i’ll put down to experience but as the temperature has gone up will aim to start the temp basal way around 90 mins before - it’s such a balancing act though..

Hi @Scott-C Thanks sadly no chance, I stopped as my vision had gone weird so stopped and gulped glucotabs and tested about 4 times until I got above 4 then carried on, was approached by a marshal who checked I was ok so said I would carry on once I was able to, glad I did finish now however was a bit worried I might not make it. I normally run with a libre on which makes tracking glucose so much easier.

Hey thanks @emmay That's also happened to me in a yoga class too !! I sat it out for 10 minutes eating jelly babies and then re-joined the class and was fortunately ok till the end, sadly it put me off this yoga class though (that and the fact that the instructor seemed to single me out for special treatment which was really off putting) I think the reason I felt I could carry on with the run was that I had at this point taken my pump off so didn't have a basal insulin supply and my quick acting had almost worn off too, also my tactic was to gulp more glucotabs till the end, I was lucky as I ended up at 4.1 at the finish. I saw my DSN this week who also exercises albeit without t1 but she has a special interest in diabetics who do and we analysed the event again and she said the only difference I could of made was to of removed or reduced my basal insulin by up to 60-90 minutes prior to the event. Heat was the fundamental factor in this event for me, I ran last night and started at 7.7 and finished at 6.4, only ran for 25 minutes but this was a much smoother BG journey as not so hot. What really keeps me going though is the fact I refuse to let t1 get in the way of my running, so each event becomes experience and a learning kerb for future knowledge.

@emmay Good luck with the gym this morning - sat in an office so know where i'd much rather be !!

Yes sadly hypos should be a moment of great joy for the opportunity to eat stuff you wouldn't normally eat, yet the state they put you in means all you can think about is getting high again and lose any enjoyment from eating..

Yes good day, I came down to 6.4 after leaving the office and have bounced about around this since then, am off for a friend's birthday tonight which will involve a 3 course meal and wine, so bring on the next challenge !