what’s the best way to hold my phone while trail running?

runne wrote:

I run with a cellular plan on my Apple Watch for emergency calling purposes, especially in winter when I’m paranoid of being stuck with a mid-run injury and not being able to run back and dying of hypothermia. I run in the city or suburbs but occasionally do use navigation on the watch not for running itself, but to locate a store or something on my way back. I also wear a Coros watch for tracking my running itself, but you can get all of the combined features including calling and nav in a single running watch.

On rare occasions, when I do carry a phone nevertheless, I put it in the tight back pocket of my 5” shorts or thigh sleeve pocket of my 7” shorts. With good shorts, the phone doesn’t bounce.

If safety (calls, nav) is primarily why you carry a phone, a decent watch with enough battery to last a couple hours of running is most convenient.

fisky wrote:

This thread is four months old, but here's the belt I bought. I have two of these. It's wide enough to hold my Galaxy S21 with a case and it just barely can hold my old S9 Plus with case. 

There are similar belts with small pouches instead of water bottles if you want a place for car keys. 

I think some guys haven't figured out how to wear a running belt. Typically, the models are shown wearing the belt over their belly buttons. That's really uncomfortable. I wear mine snug on my hips. I'll typically wear it in the hip pocket area instead of the small of my back to reduce bouncing. I don't usually carry the water bottles. If I'm going on a long trail hike, I'll wear a vest with an energy bar and a water bottle. 

Here's the belt. Ultra-light Running Belt w/ 2 Water Bottles For Running Jogging Marathon

Link:www.ebay.com/itm/263766563636?_trkparm...