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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 134696" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>You seem to be doing all the right sort of things and the runsweet site mentioned by Ken is a excellent source of info.</p><p>A couple of other things to be aware of :</p><p>the timing of your last meal/insulin, running when insulin is still at it's peak is more likely to cause problems</p><p>reducing the insulin at the meal following a run as many peoples levels fall 5-6 hours after exercise.</p><p></p><p>We are all very different and many people aim to raise their glucose levels before a run.</p><p>For me this doesn't work. If I am lowish immediately before running I may eat something like half of a low gi cereal bar. Nevertheless at 20-30 mins my glucose levels will fall. It doesn't seem to matter how high I was when I started, or if I ate something before I start ;my glucose levels plumet. Now I take a glucose tab at 20 minutes without bothering to test. This 20 min fall still happens now, even though I have a pump and use a reduced basal rate for running.</p><p>When I was on injections I then had to keep topping up with single glucose tabs every 20-30 mins (until a couple of hours when the pattern changed)</p><p></p><p> I normally feel hypos whilst running as a loss of energy, but in some ways it's more in my head than a physical thing. I feel disheartenend, think I can't do it, see a small hill as a mountain, I want to stop !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 134696, member: 12578"] You seem to be doing all the right sort of things and the runsweet site mentioned by Ken is a excellent source of info. A couple of other things to be aware of : the timing of your last meal/insulin, running when insulin is still at it's peak is more likely to cause problems reducing the insulin at the meal following a run as many peoples levels fall 5-6 hours after exercise. We are all very different and many people aim to raise their glucose levels before a run. For me this doesn't work. If I am lowish immediately before running I may eat something like half of a low gi cereal bar. Nevertheless at 20-30 mins my glucose levels will fall. It doesn't seem to matter how high I was when I started, or if I ate something before I start ;my glucose levels plumet. Now I take a glucose tab at 20 minutes without bothering to test. This 20 min fall still happens now, even though I have a pump and use a reduced basal rate for running. When I was on injections I then had to keep topping up with single glucose tabs every 20-30 mins (until a couple of hours when the pattern changed) I normally feel hypos whilst running as a loss of energy, but in some ways it's more in my head than a physical thing. I feel disheartenend, think I can't do it, see a small hill as a mountain, I want to stop ! [/QUOTE]
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