<p>I tried a waist water belt holster for walking/hiking. Didn’t really like it much as the hips are exactly the wrong place – the water bottle was annoying as it moved from side to side. And, that was with just one small bottle and no pocket for a camera.</p>
<p>These include water bladders that can hold up to 3 liters. You drink from a rubber tube that has a magnetic clip to the strap on the chest. It’s always right there for a quick sip on the go without having to stop and fiddle with bottles. People definitely trail run with them. The smaller one would barely hold much more than the water, a phone, car keys, and a small rain jacket. I doubt you’d want to wear one for a race. But, I find them more comfortable than a waist belt.</p>
<p>I’m going to take mine walking at the Audubon Center this afternoon.</p>
<p>Good run, PlantMom!
Abasket, I want to hear all about how the race goes this weekend.</p>
<p>I did see a young woman wearing a small hydration backpack this past weekend. I have to assume she was doing the longer race. I think it was some kind of camouflage like color. </p>
<p>Thus far the most I’ve had is a swig of water from a paper cup handed to me at a 5K halfway point table, so I haven’t got a clue.</p>
<p>I guess if you get one of the hydration packs part of it is deciding how much capacity you need (e.g. 1.5 or 2 liter). And I just noticed the one above is a men’s vest. I did see a picture of one pack in bright pink. :)</p>
<p>I think this might have been the woman’s camouflage hydration pack because I remember being a little puzzled, thinking it looked awfully complicated. Not sure though.</p>
<p>The waist belts with the little bottles that MWOC linked look pretty good, if that’s enough water.</p>
<p>I would NOT get one of the bladder pack options if you want to carry anything but water. I understand they are a bear to clean if you’ve had anything else in them. I just fill mine with water, freeze a little bit the night before to keep it cold, then top it off depending on how much water I’m going to drink. Rinse it out when I get home, hang it up to dry, no fuss, no muss. But, sports drink or something would be a different challenge.</p>
<p>I’d go by what MOWC says, too. I see people wearing the belts a lot more frequently than packs, but for some reason I find the hydration pack concept intriguing – even though I likely would not use one myself. I’d tire too easily with something extra on my back.</p>
<p>More walking for me–4 miles today. Interesting question about fitness goals. My goals are short-term goals. Right now, it’s is to finish the 3-Day (60 mile) charity walk without blisters. I’ve done this walk before and the last two times–I’ve ended up with blisters so bad that I had to wear flip flops for a few days afterward. Everyone tells me that the way to do this is to train is to get in with long walks each week and toughen your feet. I’m two months out and have been doing a weekly long walk of 6-8 miles, but will need to step it up.</p>
<p>Went over to the Audubon Center and got in a nice 3.75 mile stroll. It was so nice to hike on a warm, sunny day and not have to wrestle with cold and snow. Just a beautiful sunny afternoon, low 60s. Summer hiking pants and long-sleeve tech shirt with the sleeves push up most of the time.</p>
<p>Perfect low intensity recovery day, which I needed.</p>
<p>The city where I work is going to resurface the tennis courts at one junior high school and redo the tracks at the two high schools and two middle schools. The tennis courts at the junior high are 20 years old and there are lots of cracks. We stopped using them a long time ago. One of the high-schools has more recent courts but the surface has been worn down so tennis balls get bald quickly if you don’t use heavy-duty balls. There are some cracks on these courts. They’re not getting fixed. The courts at the other high-school are better but that’s because they aren’t used that much. They are in a huge bowl (lots of fields for soccer, baseball and football around) and it results in swirling wind in the tennis courts. Having better outdoor courts, at least at one place, will be nicer.</p>
<p>The high-school tracks have a rubberized surface that it in terrible shape so those need to be replaced. The middle-schools have asphalt tracks. I use one of the middle-school tracks when I want a quarter-mile track but I may switch over to the high-school track when they fix it for the softer surface. It is a few miles further away though.</p>
<p>5 miles, stretching video, upper abs, obliques, pushups and curls. Was tempted to go for a second run outside this evening but it was a bit cooler than I liked.</p>
<p>C25k Week 5 Day 2. Nice outdoor run today; 3 miles + a bit in 31 minutes. Beautiful sunny day, bit of a breeze. Two big walks with sabadog. Probably too many carbs and sugar today; pita and green juice, no meat. That’s what I felt like eating though.</p>
<p>A strong thought during yesterday’s little hike was what a wonderful thing it is to have a little fitness and be able to enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and physical activity. It’s such a nice payoff for regular exercise. It’s easy to get caught up in numbers on the scale or doing more chinups or running a faster 5K, when the simple reward of just being able to walk around in a pretty place without getting winded is reward enough.</p>
<p>I agree, idad! My modest hope is to stay mobile the rest of my life, and enjoy my grandkids on vacation instead of being a drag on the festivities.</p>
<p>7.07 miles today. I took a drive down to the beach and ran along the harbor and beach area. It was so beautiful today. I had lots of pretty scenery to look at, along with surfers, kayakers and standup paddle boarders. I love running.</p>
<p>This is the best long run I’ve had. After doing a little researching, I think what I was feeling on my last few long runs was not dehydration, but lack of food. I experimented with eating more carbs yesterday and then having something to eat a couple of hours before my run today. I felt really good for the whole run, and I didn’t take any water with me. I did stop for 3 sips at a water fountain at about 5.6 miles, just because it was there so I figured, why not.</p>
<p>blankmind–when my son was doing cross country, his coach said, “Never pass up a chance to drink water.” S gravely passed this advice on to me. :)</p>
<p>BCE, I am amazed at how far you can run with how low your calorie intake is. I don’t think I could get through the day on some of your low calorie counts, let alone run and play tennis.</p>