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Libre Sense Helping to Finish Strong
With the Abbott World Marathon Majors, the world's first sport glucose biosensor is helping them finish strong.
In competition, it's not about how you start. It's about how you finish.
Not just, Can you finish?
Can you finish … strong.
That's always true in marathons. It's especially so of this year's set of Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM), which — because of the continued fallout of COVID-19 — has seen their schedule bunched up near 2021's finish line.
... covering 131 miles over two continents and seven time zones in the span of 43 days.
And that doesn't include the first big marathons of this year at the better-late-than-never Tokyo Olympics in August as well as the virtual Tokyo marathon from Sept. 18 to Oct. 16.
So, while it's always about how you finish, it never hurts to get off to a good start, one built on preparation.
Take Eliud Kipchoge.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist (including at Tokyo) and first human to record a sub-2-hour time over 26.2 miles, Kipchoge prepared for the Games with Libre Sense, the world's first glucose sport biosensor.1
Libre Sense 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 readers2 developed by Supersapiens, a sports technology company focused on improving athletic performance.
And just as other Olympic hopefuls like Great Britain's Jenny Nesbitt have their sites on making future Games and are using Libre Sense in their prep — "Just seeing what fuel or food works better for me. So it's just changing a few things I've taken on board since I started using Libre Sense. Learning what my body does in response to fuels and gels and drinks on long runs will be invaluable. I can really see its value there going forward," Nesbitt said. — so too are elite marathoners bracing for the gantlet of this year's majors.
Take Fabienne Schlumpf (above), professional Swiss runner and two-time Olympian, who had this to say about how Libre Sense is aiding her prep:
And take Philipp Baar (below), SCC Events Pro Team Runner:
And with Libre Sense, they aim to finish, and finish stronger.
The Abbott Libre Sense Glucose Sport biosensor is not a medical device. It is not intended for use in the screening, diagnosis, treatment, cure, mitigation, prevention or monitoring of disease. Libre Sense is available across eight European countries: Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The product is not available in the United States.
Abbott is the title sponsor of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, a series of six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world: Tokyo Marathon, Boston Marathon, Virgin Money London Marathon, BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Bank of America Chicago Marathon and TCS New York City Marathon.
References 1Biosensor is designed to work with compatible partner mobile apps. 2The biosensor is designed to automatically stream glucose data every minute, via Bluetooth® wireless technology, and it is designed to work with compatible mobile apps and wrist readers (wrist readers are currently in development).