Outdoor runners-quick question-HELP!

Fit_mommy

Fit_mommy

Cathlete
Hey!

I'm minutes away from embarking on my first OUTDOOR run. I have been using a treadmill for a couple of months now...Anywhooo...for the gals who run outside:

Do you take water with you when you run and if so, how do you carry it during the run?

The only thing I have that I think might work is a belly bag BUT...

1)I feel like a dork!:p

2)Is it going to annoy me with this thing flopping at my waist the whole time??

TIA for any quick responses!:+
 
Hi Wendy....nah, don't even worry about carrying water. Just remember to drink some before you go. You are NOT a dork!!! Just go out and have fun taking in the view....:)
 
Hi, Wendy. I vote with Carole. Drink before you go, and drink when you're done. If the bag is just going to annoy you, it's not worth it!

ENJOY!!!!!!!!

RUN, WENDY, RUN!!!!!!!!

Gayle
 
Hey Wendy-
I haven't taken a water bottle wtih me yet on an outdoor run. But my runs are now an hour or longer and it is getting warmer here in upstate NY. Just yesterday, I bought 8 oz. water bottles with squeeze tops and plan to carry one on my next outdoor run. I would not go with a bottle in a belly bag because the bouncing would be really annoying.

Also there are workout tops available with little pockets in the back to hold a water bottle.
Judy "Likes2bfit"


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On long runs (over an hour) in the summer, I used to use a Camelbak.

This may seem a little crazy, but my neighbor used to drive her running route (before she ran it) and somewhere in the middle, she'd leave a water bottle by a tree.

For shorter distances, though, I agree you are fine without it.
 
When I go out I do wear a small fanny pack/belly bag, but its more for other things that just water. I do have a small 4 oz water bottle in there when its hot, just to get me by if my mouth gets dry, my cell phone, Ipod and a kleenex or two. Yeah, I'm probably a little paranoid about running outside and think of all the what if's, but its what works for me.
 
I drink out of neighbors' hoses. Is that gross? There's something very nice about the taste of water from the hose, it reminds me of being a kid.
Amy:+
 
So do I!:p I carry my phone, my garage door opener, my keys, my phone, and a small face cloth. I felt kind of dorky at first, but I feel better having my stuff just in case. I've been locked out without a phone before, and I don't want to experience it again. :)
 
I just recently did a 5 mile hike. Well, my husband called and when the call was done I didn't want to stop hiking to put it back in my pack. So what did I do? I stuck it right down in my sports bra in the front. Later as I'm taking my boots off in the blazer I go to get the phone and realize that it isn't in my pack and I start thinking all kinds of things, maybe I laid it down, dropped it, etc. Then I remembered that it was in my sports bra. Duh! I'm just glad it DIDN'T fall out.
 
***I get way too sweaty to put anything in my sports bra***
A mobile phone or Ipod would get moisture damaged I am sure.

But I like the idea of carrying a phone; however I run wtih friends and don't carry one. The Ipod goes on my arm and the 8 oz. water bottle in my waist band until I sweat. Then I just carry it.

Judy "Likes2bfit"


If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.



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Come to think of it, I didn't really get that sweaty that day. I'm going to REI tomorrow to buy the Camelbak phone holder for 10 bucks. That thing can strap onto anything.
 
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