I really hate carrying water. Sometimes I run on the trails in the mountains for 22 miles, which takes about 3:25, with no fluid at all (no fountains, etc.). I'm thirsty by the end, but would rather have that than have to carry a bottle.
I really hate carrying water. Sometimes I run on the trails in the mountains for 22 miles, which takes about 3:25, with no fluid at all (no fountains, etc.). I'm thirsty by the end, but would rather have that than have to carry a bottle.
I did a 24 miler at night without water or any food (got lost). I guess the best thing for a long run would be to either do a loop course with a water fountain on it or an out and back course and carry the water bottle for the first ~3-5 miles, drink some then stash it for the way back.
Do a loop course with a bottle somewhere along the course so that you can get a drink every so many miles.
Did 18 this summer in just under 2, felt horrible at the end for a run that shouldn't be that hard and I was cramping like crazy. Since then I usually carry a small little bottle of Gatorade or water for any run over 16 miles and my runs are a lot better because of it.
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I like to do my longer runs on the track, as crazy as that sounds. I put water bottles on tables on opposite straightaways before I start, that way I have a water station every 200 meters for hours, if necessary. In reality, I tend to drink water about every ten laps, I pick up the bottle on one straight and put it down on the other, so I carry for 200 meters.
2:30
Comfortable long run with a few nasty hills. Hydrate well the night before, and either end at home and get straight into the water/Gatorade or have supplies waiting in the car (if running somewhere else) to rehydrate straight away.
60 miles plus for the divine madness elite runners.
IceCold wrote:
2:30
Comfortable long run with a few nasty hills.
Sounds familiar: 2:40, but honestly probably not much more than 20-21 miles--22 at the far outside. Some goodish hills (Ithaca and environs), but not seeking them out.
This was back in the day. I only knew one guy who hydrated on his long runs, and he was considered a little off (although 34 miles *is* a long way to go without water, even in winter in Upstate NY).
Bear in mind that, under the rules then, your first water station was at the 10k point, then each 5km thereafter. When I hear people now talk about how their last race was fun but didn't have enough water stations--plural--in a 5k, I don't know whether to laugh or cry or throw up.
I race marathons without water or anything else. I vomit immediately if I take in anything at all, even water.
15...longest I've ever run period, though.
silkysullivan wrote:
I race marathons without water or anything else. I vomit immediately if I take in anything at all, even water.
Arent you ccol!
323 kilometers, however, i did have the blood of a lion to quench my thirst.
32 miles.
nick bockwinkle wrote:
60 miles plus for the divine madness elite runners.
They are a psychotic cult who place a few people well at endurance events which would be a waste of a career for a really legitimate runner. They are not elite runners by any stretch of the imagination.
I didn't know you wackos posted on letsrun.
23 in 2:35 or so. Standard bi-weekly long run.
22 miles
3 hours, 11 minutes, and 30 seconds. Seriously. I laugh at people who think they have to carry water, especially on runs lasting only an hour or so.
Just make sure you're well hydrated when you start, and unless it's very hot or humid, you're going to be fine. I don't know where the idea started that you can't run 10 steps without water.
yeah, okay wrote:
[quote]IceCold wrote:
When I hear people now talk about how their last race was fun but didn't have enough water stations--plural--in a 5k, I don't know whether to laugh or cry or throw up.
How are you supposed to wash down you gu packets without multiple water stations in a 5K?
lakewood steve wrote:
nick bockwinkle wrote:60 miles plus for the divine madness elite runners.
They are a psychotic cult who place a few people well at endurance events which would be a waste of a career for a really legitimate runner. They are not elite runners by any stretch of the imagination.
I didn't know you wackos posted on letsrun.
I am not one of them by any means. They consider their top runners to be elite, I did not mean to imply that they are elites.
17 miles. It was hot and humid and I really regretted not having any at the end, but like the OP, I was on trails in the mountains and didn't want to carry a bottle.
Normally I run 13-15 miles without water, no problem. But for some reason, when I'm in even a 10K road race, I get really thirsty if I don't take water. Maybe it's the psychological effect of seeing the water available.