Marie Claire: Lingo glucose helped PB

Marie Claire UK published a first-person fitness article on May 17 in which senior health and sustainability editor Ally Head said Abbott’s Lingo glucose biosensor helped her improve marathon fuelling during a three-month training block. Head wrote that the device, used alongside advice from Pamela Nisevich Bede, Lingo by Abbott’s global nutritionist, helped her identify how her body processed fuel during long runs and workouts. Head said the experiment ended with a five-minute personal best at the 130th Boston Marathon, which she described as her fastest time yet as an 11-time marathoner. In the article, she linked that outcome to more precise fuelling rather than guesswork, after saying she had left an earlier marathon with questions about whether nutrition had contributed to an abdominal injury. (marieclaire.co.uk) ### Who is the runner making the claim? Ally Head is identified by Marie Claire UK as its senior health and sustainability editor, and her author page describes her as a marathoner and Boston qualifier. In the new article, Head wrote that she ran the Boston Marathon last month and used the Lingo device during a 14-week build-up after a previous cycle left her uncertain about her fuelling strategy. (marieclaire.co.uk) December 2024 is the point Head said her training was disrupted, after she wrote that she broke her fifth metatarsal and was told not to run for at least three months. She said she later returned to racing, but a marathon in Valencia ended with what she described as a debilitating stitch that became a full abdominal tear despite a personal best. (marieclaire.co.uk) ### What does the article say the biosensor changed? Three months of glucose tracking helped Head see how her body was responding to gels and other fuel during training, according to the Marie Claire piece. She wrote that the in-arm biosensor gave her a way to monitor “how my body was actually processing the fuel” she was consuming for workouts, and said that information shaped her marathon fuelling. (marieclaire.co.uk) Pamela Nisevich Bede is the named expert in the story, and Head wrote that Bede offered guidance ahead of the Boston block. The article presents the device-and-coaching combination as a way to answer practical fuelling questions during long runs, rather than relying only on feel or pre-race assumptions. ### What is Lingo, according to Abbott? (marieclaire.co.uk) Abbott says Lingo is an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor for adults that pairs a biosensor with a mobile app. The company’s product site says the sensor tracks glucose 24/7 and streams data to a phone, while Abbott said in a September 2024 release that Lingo became available in the United States without a prescription for consumers 18 and older who are not on insulin. (marieclaire.co.uk) June 10, 2024 is the date Abbott said Lingo received FDA clearance, describing it as a consumer biowearable based on the company’s FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring technology. Abbott says the device is intended to help users connect glucose patterns with food, exercise and daily stressors. ### How much does the device cost and where is it sold? (hellolingo.com) Abbott’s Lingo website lists a one-time two-week plan at $54 and a four-week plan with two biosensors at $89. The site says the product works with iOS and Android and is sold directly through Lingo’s platform. Marie Claire UK’s article appears in the publication’s health and fitness section under a feature headline that says Head “swear[s]” the nutrition-tracking device made the biggest difference. (abbott.com) As of May 17, the story is live on MarieClaire.co.uk, and Abbott continues to market Lingo as an over-the-counter glucose-tracking wearable. (marieclaire.co.uk) (hellolingo.com)