How do you carry your meter, glucose, pump, cell, etc. during a race??

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Permalink Reply by Howard Selman on March 8, 2009 at 4:48pm

Hi Katie, I have several fanny packs, of varying sizes and numbers of pockets, depending on how far I am running. My favorite is made by Outdoor Products--it has a pouch for a water bottle, a large zipper poclet that holds my meter, test strips, lancet, a small bottle of sugar, and about four fig bars. This same pocket has a smaller outside pocket with its own zipper---perfect size for insulin and syringe. And there is a third, removable pocket, which I seldom use. This arrangement has gotten me through three marathons in the last five months, and long training runs as well. It is fairly stable---there is a bit of bounce to it when fully loaded, but I've found that if I wear it with the weight on my hip rather than in back, the bounce is not too bad. Of course, it gets lighter the farther you go. Of course, your needs may be different---I realize most of us use pumps, and a lot use CGM---but I don't, Hope this helps, and good luck to you. Howard.

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on March 9, 2009 at 2:08pm

I haven't been racing much since i was diagnosed, but during my runs, I found that I would rather just carry a case with everything (including glucagon injection).

Here's a photo, near the end of the 5k, I threw the case off to my husband :)

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Permalink Reply by Gary on June 10, 2009 at 6:53am

I have a Spibelt and love it. Here are some pics and a write up on how I use it...

http://runningwitht1.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/spibelt-diabelt/

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