Advice from Runners

When you start C25K, during the run portions if you find yourself so out of breath you have a hard time running, you're running too fast. Most new runners have a tendency to start out too fast (I've been running for years and sometimes I still do too). The important part is the running motion, not how fast you're going. SLOW DOWN! Speed will increase naturally the more you run.

For your diet - you should be good to go as long as you've got a relatively healthy diet. Unless you're a distance runner, no special foods or meals necessary (and not even all the time then).

Welcome to the running community!

Hi! I’m also type 2. Are you on any particular medication? Do you take your blood and are your glucose levels well controlled?

Every diabetic is different in how they react to exercise - some diabetics find that elevated cortisol levels from the stress of hard exercise can raise glucose levels. Others, like me, have their levels drop steadily while running. You should test more often than usual until you know how it affects you.

I’m on metformin but otherwise controlled through diet and exercise. I have found that what works best for me is timing my meals and snacks around my running. I have something like an orange before starting, and then a higher carb than usual meal after running. Up to about an hour and a half I don’t need to fuel during a run, but for runs longer than that, I eat Clif Blox. I also find that after a very hard or long run my glucose is lower than usual for about twenty four hours.

If you are keto adapted, all the rules are different.