a small cup of Gatorade just before heading out running will be my plan in future.
Be careful. This could actually make the problem worse.
Have Gatorade with you, but a higher blood sugar level pre-run could make the problem worst.
If consumed in the 15 minutes prior to exercise it act much more like intra-workout fuel, and is a better preventative than taking it when you ‘need’ it after you feel blood sugar tanking. By that time, it’s too late.
I’d really recommend a big swig of it as you step out the door. In this ~60-min run scenario, it’ll keep blood sugar elevated for the duration of the run, most likely.
It’s consuming in the 25-75 or 30-90 minute window pre-workout (depending on what you’re reading) that really exposes you to massive rebound hypoglycemia. Consumption 30-60 minutes pre-workout basically means you hit your peak blood sugar as you’re starting a workout. Peak blood sugar means it was turning around and coming down whether you increase activity level or not. Pair that with the rapid pull of glucose into newly working muscle cells and you have yourself a rough first 15-30 minutes of a training session.
Be careful. Some cases of reactive hypoglycemia are caused by high levels of insulin in the system combined with an event that triggers insulin sensitivity (like low intensity excercise). Taking a shot of gatorade can just make things worst.
I think we agree here and are just in disagreement about the time course of consumption of sugar, and the resultant insulin secretion and it’s effects on blood sugar levels.
If I’m understanding you correctly, you’re saying: be wary of pre-workout sugar consumption because it can spike insulin, and having high insulin at the onset of exercises is a recipe for worsened hypoglycemia. Right? If yes, I think we agree there.
What I’m saying is, if the sugar is consumed within the 15 minute window prior to starting exercise, it’s unlikely to raise insulin appreciably before exercise starts. It takes time for the sugar to make its way from the gut to the blood, and then for the pancreas to really start kicking out the insulin sufficiently to raise blood insulin levels. As soon as exercise starts, secretion of insulin goes down quickly, and circulating insulin concentrations quickly follow (downward).
I think the timing is the key point here. And I think we’re warning against the same thing, but maybe have different ideas about how the timing of sugar consumption affects the likelihood of hypoglycemia at the onset of exercise. Right?
Just trying to find where specifically you think I ought to be more careful in my recommendation. 
There absolutely is an early and rapid rise in pancreatic insulin secretion in response to consumption of sugar, which is why I recommended the following:
I’d really recommend a big swig of it as you step out the door.
Doing it that way ensures that the exercise will have blunted the insulinemic response by the time the sugar makes it to the blood stream in any meaningful quantity. Exercise is a powerful antagonist to insulin production in the pancreas, and promotor of glucagon production, among other things. For a phenomenal review, read this. Perhaps you are already expert on all this, but I just never know who I’m talking with on ST.
I’m proposing consumption just as one heads out the door to solve this particular users issue because I think waiting longer might be too late to provide the needed lift to blood sugar. If one waits until 15 minutes into exercise to consume, that does carry the benefit of guaranteeing not to worsen any rebound hypoglycemia, but it may sacrifice the benefit of rescuing one from the rebound hypoglycemia symptoms they’re about to experience. It’s “too little too late” in simple terms.
Let me know what you think!