EP 538: Continuous Glucose Monitors: The Ultimate Running Hack?
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
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🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
One of the new devices for athletes that is getting some buzz are continuous glucose monitors (CGM), a small adhesive patch with a tiny filament embedded in the flesh. This device is designed to track your blood sugar levels. Could this be the next technology that helps runners avoid bonking? Author, runner and regular TRN guest, Alex Hutchinson recently tried out one of these devices and shares his experience. Read his recent article, "A Real-Time Fuel Gauge for Endurance Athletes" in OutsideOnline
Alex Hutchinson is an avid runner and author. We did a series of podcasts on his book, Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
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| 0:00.0 | So, to sum it all up, looking at your blood glucose doesn't directly tell how much fuel |
| 0:08.0 | you have left, but the glucose levels are affected by everything that's going on in your |
| 0:12.3 | body. Like, if you're smart or lucky or whatever, you can infer some important information |
| 0:18.8 | from your glucose levels. You can see this dropped doesn't mean I'm dying, but it means |
| 0:22.6 | something is going on. |
| 0:31.8 | You are listening to Trail Runner Nation, which is devoted to bringing information and |
| 0:36.7 | inspiration for you to be a better runner and a better person. Hey, Scott, what if you |
| 0:41.1 | could measure your glucose in real time as you're running? Would you do it? Boy, if I could |
| 0:46.2 | avoid those peaks and valleys, you have me. Well, maybe you won't want to do that. We |
| 0:52.1 | talked to Alex Hutchinson, and we learned a lot about glucose monitoring, that right |
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