On my last few runs I have set the basal rate on my pump \u00a0at 45% (down from 50%). Although I haven\u2019t had any real lows lately, I have felt that this is not low enough and that I am always in danger of hypoglycemia. I have also been feeling like I am using energy gels too often in order to keep my blood sugar under control (and not to supply my body with carbohydrates).<\/p>\n
Yesterday, I had a easy pace 8 mile run planned. The run started off fine including a blood check and a gel after 2 miles. I was running at an easy pace when after 4-5 miles I started feeling week and sluggish. I stopped to check my blood sugar. 61<\/strong>. (I had taken an energy gel just 2 mile earlier). I thought to myself that this may be a false reading, a result of too much sweat on my hands and decided to check again. I wiped my finger on a nearby wall to dry it off and tested.63<\/strong>. Not much better. (I have had a few false readings of 28 lately)<\/p>\n I quickly took another gel and continued running slowly. It did the trick and a few minutes later I felt fine again but I knew that that had been a close call. Any lower and I would have had to stop.<\/p>\n So this morning when I woke up at 3:53am to get ready for my run I decided to lower my basal rate to 40%.\u00a0 I got out of bed quietly, trying not to wake Jessica and Adam (who were up a large portion of the night) and went to check my blood sugar. It was 136<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A little before 5:00am, as I was about to leave my blood sugar was 115<\/strong>. I knew that was low to start off with, so after a mile I checked again- BS 91<\/strong>. I took a gel.\u00a0 I felt good and kept on going towards my friends, meeting them a few minutes later.<\/p>\n After 2-3 miles I stated to feel like I was having a hard time keeping up. Normally this would not have been surprising but they were going at my pace. We all stopped to drink at one of the water fountains and I checked my blood sugar again. It was 72<\/strong>. I was very surprised, not only was my blood sugar not going up, it had dropped. I took another gel and continued. I got my energy back, but 2 miles later I was only 93<\/strong>. I decided to not take any chances and consumed one more energy gel. I don\u2019t think I have ever had three of those things in such a short period of time. I finished the run feeling great and strong. When I got home I checked again. This time my blood sugar was 87<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know what I should do to keep my blood sugar up during my runs. May be I should disconnect the pump and leave it at home, or maybe I need to eat real food before the run. I guess I just need to keep trying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n