When to Hydrate on Long Runs? How far is too far w/o water? (Read 1588 times)

...Does the Amphipod have pouches to carry gu and stuff? Do you like it enough that it is worth lowering your status as a runner?

My Amphipod is 2 years old, and they have a wider assortment of models to choose from now. I like the adjustable belt, but once it's set for length, I duct tape the adjustment buckle to keep it from slipping. I have 2 different sized pouches and 5 8-oz bottles, and it's mix and match. In a marathon with aid stations I only use 1 8-oz bottle for "emergency" water, and maybe the small pouch (sunglasses, Endurolyte capsules... whatever.) For a longer trail run, 5 8-oz bottles and up to 2 20-oz hand-carried bottles seem to handle a run in the boonies where there's no water available. The larger pouch handles cell phone, electrolytes, etc. I like the even weight distribution around the body... doesn't bounce like some belts do. Most of the time on mid-week not-too-hot runs up to 15 miles I just hand carry a 20-oz bottle (it's quick and I'm lazy.) The Amphipod is definitely what I'd use in a race where I needed to carry water. It doesn't lower my status as a runner - how could my status get any lower?

Yeah. My boobs. Sure would be nice if going shirtless and braless were an option.

Guess you shouldn't be running at all with those 4 lbs of liquid "sloshing around". Maybe he should follow the link I posted to all of those world class athetes who actually carry water on their runs. I actually prefer to run without the belt but for longer runs I put up with it. I tried the amphipod but preferred the fuel belt. My running partner just has a simple one bottle belt that he wears. My PR HM time was achieved wearing it because it allow me to run through the water stops and not get held up. I'm probably going to wear it at my next marathon just for that reason (might pass it off to DW at about halfway point though).

Bwahahaha...would you do it for free? At $40 apiece the damned bras get expensive!

Why doesn't my wife offer that to me...you two should have a talk... You are offering it for free? I think you could probably get paid for something like that. Although then that puts you in a new profession I am sure.

I actually prefer to run without the belt but for longer runs I put up with it.

Exactly...and it's not like my 10+ mile runs in the Summer are "tempo" runs, anyhow. I figure running with a little extra weight on long runs actually makes me stronger when I'm running unencumbered--kinda like saving flats for race day.

Exactly...and it's not like my 10+ mile runs in the Summer are "tempo" runs, anyhow. I figure running with a little extra weight on long runs actually makes me stronger when I'm running unencumbered--kinda like saving flats for race day.

Yes, by that reasoning, we should all run with backpacks full of sand. Extra weight while running is a bad thing, period. Also, we save flats for race day because they can cause injuries, that's the only reason...it's not so we can feel stronger while running unencumbered.

omigod are you gonna get bopped for that. there's like a bazillion people here who swear by minimal shoes and think the shoe companies are "wedged" in a conpsiracy to create/sell a need for ultra high-healed cushioned shoes to deal with "problems" they created. anyway, you seem new. welcome aboard. i'd raise a post-run glass for ya, but wouldn't wanna weigh you down, so more newcastle for me! and tell us about yourself (in a profile) I perhaps just almost offered beer to a minor.

lol, finally someone with a sense of humor around here. I've already been challenged by people who train at 11 min pace to "run farther than 7 miles" lol. alright, i dont feel like making a profile, but im 16, gonna be a junior next year. i wanna break 16 in the 5k next year, basically that's my only running goal. physical attributes: 5 feet 8 inches, 126 pounds, incredibly well defined muscles, six pack abs....

Heh, I am almost one of them, too. Not a conspiracy theorist, by any means, but I went from heavy, high stability shoes to a lightweight, low stability trainer over the course of less than 2 years...keep gradually moving my way down the control scale. Have the neutral equivalent of my shoe on-order, too. If those work well for me I will be researching flats in the future.

I didn't mean to say that lightweight shows always cause injuries. I meant to say that if a runner saves flats for races only, they're doing it for injury prevention reasons, not to train with heavier shoes for some sort of resistance benefit. Believe me, if my body could handle daily training in flats, I'd do it, but I'm just not one of those superhuman people.