Do you use a Camelback?

Troll...jogger

I hear ya. Running in 110 heat can kill you. I do a lot of loops from my house but I'm thinking about a camelback this summer.

I prefer the toe to the back.

sorry, first thing that came to my mind.

AZ runner wrote:

I hear ya. Running in 110 heat can kill you. I do a lot of loops from my house but I'm thinking about a camelback this summer.

It was brutally hot here last summer. I'm not going through that again with adequate hydration.

I don't know what the big deal is with people here thinking it's for losers and joggers. You have to hydrate.

Anyone else use a Camelback? If not, how do you hydrate?

"CamelBak"

The best option I've found for long-distance trail running or mountain biking. When I'm running roads and not needing to grab branches on steep climbs or decents, I take a hand-held bottle. Nuff said.

Prince of Arabia wrote:

It was brutally hot here last summer. I'm not going through that again with adequate hydration.

I don't know what the big deal is with people here thinking it's for losers and joggers. You have to hydrate.

Anyone else use a Camelback? If not, how do you hydrate?

I just loop home and get a drink. You don't have to replace all the water you are losing, so stopping every ~4-6 miles and drinking a pint is sufficient to stay alive.

I can't do loops unless I climb 450 feet in elevation each time.

when did everyone start saying "hydrate" instead of "drink?" you people have been reading too many ads.

I've never run with one; I've walked and bicycled. what's remarkable about it is I didn't think I'd finish the contents of the entire camelbak, but I did only 15 miles through a 30 mile bike ride. Shows you that you will drink if you have it available. I think mine was 2 litres.

just during all weekend marathon sex....

only... wrote:

just during all weekend marathon sex....

I can see why. It must be hard to grip a bottle after using your hand that much.

Joseph LeMay wrote:

when did everyone start saying "hydrate" instead of "drink?" you people have been reading too many ads.

wow. post of the day. totally called out 99% of us. can't let this one go unoticed; should be the homepage quote.

I use one, I have for years. Unless it's really hot, I only bring it with me for my weekly long run, 17+. My current camelback carries 70 onces of water. Previously, I had the fanny pack style and that carried about 40, I think. I often found the 40 oz was not enough, so I hope my new one will work well this summer.

I don't really like to run loops by my house, I hate stopping, and 20 oz doesn't feel like enough, so for me a camelback works well.

I use one on longer trail runs in the summer, especially if I am not familiar with the trails.

You can call me whatever you want. I am out there enjoying the trails and don't really care if you think I am a dork for using one.

Where I live it is hot and arid ok semi-arid to be precise. Anyhow, there are practically no trees where I run - telephone poles provide the only "shade". We get like 320+ days of sunshine, the humidity is routinely in single digits. As soon as it starts to get hot, I take water. Call me a loser, jogger, etc. fine - when I see you out on a run begging for water, I have some ball sack sweat for you!

Joseph LeMay wrote:

when did everyone start saying "hydrate" instead of "drink?"

When I started associating the word "drink" with booze.

"That guy drinks a lot." I hear something like that, and I just assume it involves alcohol.