Carrying water on long runs

[Nanci]

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I use the Strider for shorter runs, and like it. The bottle sits diagonally along my back, and the little pouch is on my left hipbone.

[TxRider]

I trained with a group for the Houston half marathon a couple of years ago & we all used Fuel Belts. I found it to be convenient b/c I could carry more than one type of fluid - water in a couple and some sort of sports drink in the others. With it being so hot in the summers here, I would freeze all but one of them overnight so that I had fluid available from the beginning, but the rest would stay cool as they thawed throughout my run. When the temperature started cooling in the fall & they didn't thaw as quickly, we'd fill the bottles halfway to freeze & then fill up the other half in the morning.

[Grog]

Ok there are good reviews for the fuel belt, and I must admit it sounds helpful to have different drinks in different bottles...

I hope I can find one that feels good at my hips, and stays there. I'll try to find a running store in Vancouver that has some selection so I can try before I guy. I'm really annoyed when I have to return items through borders (shipping is expensive and slow...).

Thanks all for the good advice! Keep the ideas coming if you have more...

[trigurl]

I have been doing training for a trail marathon and found I have to carry a hydration pack, I drink a LOT and those little bottles don't even touch what I need. for short runs I carry a little pack around my waist with one bottle or a hand held bottle carrier, but after about 30 min those are empty. The one around my waist does not bother me - and I don't like things around my waist either, but this is nice and I can put my keys in the pocket and some toilet paper, the pocket is small so not much else fits.

The hydration pack is not bad, when I bike to work I use the same backpack as when I run, to carry clothes, etc. I have a smallish back pack and bought a big camelback not the bladder, this is covered with nylon and you can put it in any pack or attach it to the outside of a pack, not sure what it is called.

To keep it from sloshing around fill it up with water, blow all the air out of the tube (into the bladder) then turn the bladder upside down and suck all the air out!

The hydration packs are expensive and this was a cheaper way to go since I had already bought the pack. It takes a little bit to get used to but now I love it! it is a little hot BUT I have water! and that is more important to me, I run trails so I never get tooo hot.

[triflor]

The fuel belt is good for LONG distance from what I've heard as, like Grog said, different drinks in different bottles. Lots can be said for have gels with you, which is what that size of bottle is good for.
One thing you can do is carry some cash, stop for water/gatorade at a store. Make note of what buildings are around, any community centres, public schools?

[runner2]

i run early in the morning, it's a 3 miles loop near my place, i place some water bottles at a safe spot, and go on running loop after loop.