This is a journal about my journey of running rather than the destination. I love to run, it has become one of my true passions. Road races, trail runs, or endurance events. It's all fun, I'm just not that competitive. Below are some highlights. Thanks for reading.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Another Episode of Reactive Hypoglycemia
It happened again today, I had a sugar crash (hypoglycemia) during a run. The run today though was during the mid afternoon, but I did not have anything super-sweet before the run, only a piece of banana bread. About 1 1/2 miles into the run, I got those same symptoms that I had last week, only not as bad. Slightly light-headedness, a cold sweat, slightly blurred vision, a little shaky, and my legs immediately felt like they had absolutely no fuel. I had to drop down to a walk, and walked for the next 1/2 mile or so, until it leveled itself out. I did not have anything with me to eat or drink, and thankfully, it passed pretty quickly. Since this is happening more frequently lately, I'm definitely going to make sure I have some hard candy (Jolly Ranchers) with me on all my runs, to try and prevent this. I really don't think this is a precursor to any type of diabetic diagnosis, it's just that I'm highly reactive to insulin levels in my body right now.
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