Just wanted to know if there are any diabetics type 1's out there doing this great couch to 5k. It's great, I feel and definately helps keep my bloods suger levels in the normal range
How do other Insulin Dependent Diabetics manage their blood glucose when going out on a run .....would love to hear ANY tips, advice and where to store, insulin identity stuff, keys and glucose tabs etc....????
I don't have diabetes but carry a lot of stuff with me when running, I bought a spibelt spibelt.com/ it expands to hold stuff secure and doesn't move about when running. I have a medic alert bracelet that i got here icegems.co.uk/ I wear it all the time. There are lots of websites that do sport specific medic id, including one I've seen that you fix to your running shoes. I was advised that a bracelet on your left wrist (because that's were first aiders take your pulse) was best. It's great that the running helps your blood sugar levels 
Hi, in answer to your question, YES, I'm type 1 and graduated a few weeks back. I bought a belt at one of the big sports shops and I can fit meter,sticks,glucose and insulin pen plus phone so it suits me well and I completely forget I'm wearing it. I think it's 'karrimor' and it was £4.99. I'm rather older than you (56 yrs) and I find it hard work sometimes, like the time I didn't feel right and when I tested, my bs was 1.5!!!!! I also find that exercise shoots my bs up unless I have insulin. Then I have a banana 1/2 hr before going out (thanks to my running G.P for that advice) and it seems to work. No real problems since then...not lows anyway. Now high bs, that's another problem!
Hey, I'm a type 1 diabetic too - it's great to hear there are others out there doing this! I don't have any great advice I'm afraid, I tend to drink a little bit of lucozade before I start and usually manage to get it right so that I'm back to a normal blood sugar when I get home (although there have been days when I've been both high and low afterwards!) With the carrying stuff - I usually just carry it in my hands although I have been looking for a better way so thanks for asking the question - I'll be looking back to read other peoples answers!
I don't have diabetes but used to work with people who do and found this site runsweet.com/index.html to be very useful regarding exercise etc. Hope it has a few tips!
im not diabetic bt have you heard of the dafhe program? not sure if ive spelt it right. ask your specialis dietician or clinic about it. its a course and gives information on how to dose adjust it stands for dose adjustment for normal eating but the concept might be smilar when excercising too
Hi, I've been a type 1 diabetic since I was 18 and am now 53. I have just completed my final C25K run today 22-9-18. I usually test my blood before I go for a run which I guess most of you do. When I've got up early and my blood is high I go for a run, obviously this helps bring it down. But I do find running around 4pm to 5pm is the best time for me anyway. I do have something to eat before hand usually banana something slow releasing. Today though was a bit different. I planned to run in the morning about 7 pm, did a test and my blood was 6.7 I then had toast and cup of tea. Went for the run and on return I did another test, 5.6 excellent I thought. But after going into town, having toast and a Lattee around 11am I return home and at about 12.45 tested blood before lunch it was 20.2 WTF how was this? I can only conclude my blood had rebounded and the fat burn was taking effect, I not really sure. That's my question to anyone out there "what caused the big jump?" this did happen once before but not on this scale.
Cheers
Ste H
I ran 5k
Type 1 diabetes - blood glucose before running matters soooo much 
Anyone else ever got runner's runnies half round?
W8 is great (did I really type that?!)
Want to enjoy but....
