Comments on: You Never Know When You’re Going To Go Low http://asweetlife.org/michael/blogs/exercise-blogs/you-never-know-when-you%e2%80%99re-going-to-go-low/5300/ the source for the healthy diabetic Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jerry http://asweetlife.org/michael/blogs/exercise-blogs/you-never-know-when-you%e2%80%99re-going-to-go-low/5300/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Jerry Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:09:26 +0000 http://asweetlife.org/?p=5300#comment-814 I take a meter with me on any run of more than about 10 miles. I just put a small meter, a lancing device, and a few strips into a little plastic bag. It hardly weighs more than couple of gel packs. I also always carry some source of carbs. If I feel low, and don't have a meter with me, I will eat something and check when I get home or to my car or wherever my meter is. I didn't always follow these rules. I have run until I fell to the ground twitching seizing in uncontrollable spasms. Carrying a meter is a wiser choice. If you're not going to carry a meter, you should err on the side of higher, rather than lower blood sugars. Kris Freeman, in the 30K race, had several coaches stationed along the course to watch for exactly the kind of thing that happened to him, and still he found himself lying in the snow, feeling helpless. I'm sure that when he goes out alone, he is prepared.   I take a meter with me on any run of more than about 10 miles. I just put a small meter, a lancing device, and a few strips into a little plastic bag. It hardly weighs more than couple of gel packs.
I also always carry some source of carbs. If I feel low, and don’t have a meter with me, I will eat something and check when I get home or to my car or wherever my meter is.
I didn’t always follow these rules. I have run until I fell to the ground twitching seizing in uncontrollable spasms.
Carrying a meter is a wiser choice. If you’re not going to carry a meter, you should err on the side of higher, rather than lower blood sugars.
Kris Freeman, in the 30K race, had several coaches stationed along the course to watch for exactly the kind of thing that happened to him, and still he found himself lying in the snow, feeling helpless. I’m sure that when he goes out alone, he is prepared.
 

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