Type One Outdoors

Pocket Size Trail Glucose

Heading up into the mountains for a day hike, I know my blood glucose is the number one thing that will vary wildly on the trail, and most likely, it will drop at some point, so I always pack for it.

New Year’s Race & the Glucose battle

Last year I ran this 15k challenge, the New Year’s Race, and approached it with a strategy that I thought would keep blood sugar, fuel supply and endurance in pretty good balance. Last year, that strategy didn’t work.