You don't have to be a world class marathon racer to benefit fromÌýour sports biosensor.
But if you are the world class marathoner who was the first human to record a sub-2-hour time over 26.2 miles, hello Eliud Kipchoge. It’s nice to see you again.
Kipchoge (who went 1:59:40 in 2019) usedÌýour biowearable — the world's first glucose sport biosensor1 — among his training regimen for where he won his second consecutive gold in the marathon.
Three months before the Games — delayed by COVID-19 — got underway, the world-record holder (officially 2:01:39, set in Berlin in 2018) won the in Enschede, the Netherlands, with a time of 2:04:30 in an April race against a field of elite runners only.
Kipchoge's NN Mission time is ahead of the Olympic Record of 2:06:32, set in 2008 in Beijing by fellow Kenyan Samuel Kamau. He's the first runner to , a series of six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City.
"I am learning how my glucose levels relate to my running performance and have already started to see how quickly small adjustments can make a big difference," Kipchoge said. "I am honored to work on this project, which hopefully will help athletes around the world to better understand the relationship between nutrition and performance to help them improve."
How It Works
Our biowearable is a small round biosensor (approximately the size of two quarters) worn on the back of the upper arm. For up to 14 days, the biosensor provides real-time glucose values through a mobile app1 and wrist readers.2Ìý
Your body stores glucose as fuel ready to be burned as you need. Once you're exercising, your glucose will go up for a time. But later — and especially so in endurance exercise like marathoning and as glycogen stores are depleted — glucose will begin to lower.
How and when that's happening in your body is key to helping achieve your best performance.
AndÌýour biowearable technology is key to knowing the how and the when.
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