Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
That may well have been from low blood sugar - I do get hypoglycemia and didn't have my meter with me.
Test, don't guess!

Go buy a sidekick or True2Go... best "bike" meters I've found I have two True2Go's that stay in each of my saddle bags (one on each bike).. I don't worry about not having one with me... and they're so small that I have no excuse not to carry one. The strips expire after 6 months if unused, but they're cheap... around $20 for 50, and I've yet to "not" use them up in time... if you're out riding a lot, I'd honestly recommend test any time you feel "off".

I always carry some sort of fast acting glucose (I like cake gel because it's cheaper than liquid glucose) as well as energy gels (which are not fast acting). I don't like tabs because I feel like if I do use them to treat a low, I waste too much of my water getting the gritty chalky feeling to go away than I really need to - with the cake gel just a swish and swallow is good after. Then I follow it up with half an energy gel and more water, but a couple of shot bloks would work fine too.