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Permalink Reply by MarcusD on August 16, 2011 at 5:23pm

By the way...Auto correct made 'Omnipod' into 'ok iPod'

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on August 16, 2011 at 5:52pm

What happens when you run? Does your blood sugar elevate or drop? If it drops you may want to drop your basal rate about 2 hours before you run.
Good luck with your training.... You can do it. It is a great feeling to complete a 5 k.

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Permalink Reply by Jake on August 16, 2011 at 6:37pm

With that small of a basal rate.. The usual trick of a 50% basal an hour before *and through the workout* is close to useless...
The problem. You need some IOB... and I dont think the pod will let you drop that low of a basal to half...I wonder if you can set your temp basal to 0 for 3 hours, and give half your usual basal *up front*.... The advantage of the 0 temp basal is that it will alarm when its over.. and will resume the normal pump basal rate...but by giving the insulin up front, you will have some IOB

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on August 16, 2011 at 7:49pm

I use the Amphipod belt to lug stuff. I take Jelly Beans and have been through a few diffferent iterations of various densities of Gatorade. I buy the powdered stuff b/c 1) it's waaay cheaper, like 2 gallons for $4.00 or so and 2) I can put exactly how many carbs I want in there. If your BG is crashing, you can make it stronger. I do a %age for longer runs but I've been running about 3 years, maybe try 60-80% or so to see how it goes? If it takes 1/2 hour, maybe try 8-10G of carbs beforehand and see if you can run it off. The books (TLAP and Pumping Insulin) recommend a lot more carbs. I was about 220 when I started running and am about 180 now and I don't think that you need 70-90G of carbs to run 3 miles. That could just be.

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