Blood Glucose Levels and Running with Diabetes Type 1We just finished the interview and I am going to be running and this is what I do. When I run I cant put on my shoes and go out the door without knowing my number and that number means my blood glucose number. So I am doing the finger stick and getting a little bit of blood and I hope its a good number to run. I try to be on top of this. So its coming back five seconds. I am a 176 – thats awesome. I am ready to run.I start on a high number because its going to go down even though I put my pump on a lower basal rate. I slow down my insulin. I am happy to start with a 176.