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<blockquote data-quote="Bebo321" data-source="post: 589598" data-attributes="member: 68730"><p>Hi there Adamski,</p><p></p><p>Can I ask, are you bolusing at all with your lucozade or bananas? </p><p>Also, what sort of distance are you running?</p><p></p><p>Gobbling jelly babies is one way to keep your BGs up - have you calculated yet what your average requirements are per hour of exercise? It sounds as though you may be okay with your 1 jelly baby per km. </p><p>I think jelly babies are about 4-5g of carb each, so that would work out to be approx 60g carb per hour?</p><p></p><p>My initial thoughts would be that you shouldn't really be carbing upfront for a run with something as fast acting as lucozade, and it could be that the bananas are unnecessary, unless they're just a standard mealtime food. Certainly your first 5k you should be able to run carb free too. Remember your muscles already have on-board glycogen stores of energy which are called on in advance of anything being drawn out of the bloodstream. I would be interested to hear what your current regime is, and what sort of blood glucose readings you're getting. You have probably already had a look at [USER=74042]@ElyDave[/USER]'s data - really he keeps his carbing remarkably low, though I think he does eat some slow release carbs upfront.</p><p></p><p>Exercise Gels are quite useful - they combine sugars that maximise the efficiency of glucose absorption. Certainly having seen trace data from cyclists on the mhealth tour, taking gels every 30mins or so doesn't give a BG spike, but just keeps bloods level whilst they're cycling. They have the added advantage of including electrolytes too - useful to help avoid muscle cramps.</p><p></p><p>Hope your training is going well - even if it is a little windy!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":woot:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bebo321, post: 589598, member: 68730"] Hi there Adamski, Can I ask, are you bolusing at all with your lucozade or bananas? Also, what sort of distance are you running? Gobbling jelly babies is one way to keep your BGs up - have you calculated yet what your average requirements are per hour of exercise? It sounds as though you may be okay with your 1 jelly baby per km. I think jelly babies are about 4-5g of carb each, so that would work out to be approx 60g carb per hour? My initial thoughts would be that you shouldn't really be carbing upfront for a run with something as fast acting as lucozade, and it could be that the bananas are unnecessary, unless they're just a standard mealtime food. Certainly your first 5k you should be able to run carb free too. Remember your muscles already have on-board glycogen stores of energy which are called on in advance of anything being drawn out of the bloodstream. I would be interested to hear what your current regime is, and what sort of blood glucose readings you're getting. You have probably already had a look at [USER=74042]@ElyDave[/USER]'s data - really he keeps his carbing remarkably low, though I think he does eat some slow release carbs upfront. Exercise Gels are quite useful - they combine sugars that maximise the efficiency of glucose absorption. Certainly having seen trace data from cyclists on the mhealth tour, taking gels every 30mins or so doesn't give a BG spike, but just keeps bloods level whilst they're cycling. They have the added advantage of including electrolytes too - useful to help avoid muscle cramps. Hope your training is going well - even if it is a little windy!:woot:;) [/QUOTE]
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