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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adrian29459" data-source="post: 118649" data-attributes="member: 6703">I think it can vary quite a lot depending on how much insulin people are taking and how quickly their body burns energy up during exercise.  For me my blood sugar level can plummet pretty quickly during exercise.  I do running twice a week and have done various half marathons/10ks for 2 years.  I usually find with training I try to make sure my blood sugar is 7 or higher prior to exercise, with a cereal bar or banana recently eaten, I'll take sips of lucozade sport throughout the jog and every 20-25mins I'll eat something or take a few extra glucose tablets.I carry a material bottle holder around my hand and this has a pocket that I can keep tablets in.  Also I recommend people try glucotabs - <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Glucotabs-Orange-10-Glucose-Tablets-40g_51122/" target="_blank">http://www.boots.com/en/Glucotabs-Orange-10-Glucose-Tablets-40g_51122/</a> - A bit more expensice than lucozade tablets but much easier to carry and use since they're in a plastic container.  For bigger runs, on the great north run I used a belt I purchased from lucozade sport which could hold a bottle and also had pockets for other snacks.  This was ok, but the following year I tried using a camelbak and improved on the prior year time by 30mins.I'm constantly trying to find better ways at keeping glucose levels up, I think a decent starchy meal a few hours prior probably helps a lot and is better than having a sip lucozade throughout which sometimes leads to stitch.LARP sounds fun!</blockquote>

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