Any ideas? Camelback? bottle in belt?
I run with a bottle in a belt. A co-worker just moved here from NY where he ran in central park and just used the water fountains. Any ideas/
Try a fuelbelt. I use mine every once in a while for long runs when its hot enough. www.fuelbelt.com
Fuelbelt all the way. I used it last week on my 3 hour run with Gatorade in the flasks and a couple of gu’s in the eleastic band. At 2hrs, I hit a pepsi machine and refill the bottles. It’s great.
The Camelback is a bad idea for running. The shoulder straps start chafing immediately, it rubbed me raw in a mile. I haven’t tried the waist mounted models. The bottle in the belt works but I hate the sloshing. My favorite solution is to ride my bike out to the trails and loop back to it occaisionally for drink from the water bottles. One benefit of a limited trail system. If I were blessed with a huge open and remote area to run in, I would probably stash some bottles off the trail.
For short runs (10-12 miles) in warm weather, I carry a water bottle in a waist pack. I also have a longer multiple loop course I run. I can stash some extra bottles in the bushes and pick one up after every loop (~ 7.4 miles).
For longer out-and-back trail runs, I have a Camelback Classic. The trick with the Camelback is to make sure the straps are tight otherwise the unit will bounce around and chafe your shoulders. If the shoulder straps are tight, the unit doesn’t bounce around. This means you have to tighten the shoulder straps as you drink. I’ve been using it for a year with no problems.
Martin
I often just carry a bottle in my hand. On longer stuff I wear an Ultimate waist belt–nice for packing gels, emergency TP, whatever. My marathoning wife and her buds wear waist Camelbacks–they put too much pressure on my stomach and cause…see note above on emergency TP.
I love running in my Camelback. I have one of the smaller 50oz versions. I snug the straps down and I hardly notice it’s there.
camelback flash flo mounted to your waist. fill it up or as full as you want, turn it upside down and suck all the air out. no more sloshing around even when it starts getting low. cinch it tight to your waist and you’re set to go. I tried the fuel belt, not enough volume for me, tried the camel back back mounted versions, have 3 of them, too sweaty for me. tried carrying a bottle, big hassle, tried stashing bottles but weren’t available when i really wanted it.
Ditto on the camel back flash flo (waist pack). I use it on longer runs. I use an ultimate bottle/belt for short runs.
I can’t get the straps to stay snug. Maybe mine is defective. Maybe I’m not using it correctly.
Fuelbelt works for me, I have both a 4 and a 6 bottle belt. Also bought the 10 oz bottles but have’nt tried them in the 6 bottle belt. I think 60 oz of fluid might be a bit much to pack around your waist although the 6 bottle = 42 oz feels as good as the 4 bottle. In hindsight if I had the time (needed the 4 bottle belt in a hurry) I would have got the 6 bottle belt and just left a couple of bottles out when I wanted to be lighter.
I have a bit of that problem too. Here’s what I did. Tied a knot in the right side strap just behind the buckle. I wear it low over my hip bones so I can really tighten it down. Once it’s not so full it doesn’t seem to be as much of a problem.
Between my wife and I we own several each of the fuel belts and the camelback flashflo’s. I typically use the Fuel Belt for runs under an hour (Its hot here in South Carolina in June), and I use the flashflo on my LSD runs and for trail runs. On the trails runs it is noce to be able to tuck in some small first aid essentials, blister care, TP etc. I find that with the FlashFlo I can fill it up entirely with ice, then top off with water and it stays cold for a long time. The biggest drawback is that I continue to really suck at drinking out of cups during races. I actually wore the Flashflo in a 1/2IM. I think the benefit I gained from staying sufficiently hydrated and not having to walk at the aid stations more than made up for the extra weight.