Carrying cell phone while running advice

Buy a light cycling jersey and wear it while you run. they have pockets on the back to allow for carrying food and supplies on a long ride. They aren\\\'t as comfortable as a singlet, but they\\\'re still better than cotton and really aren\\\'t that bad for running. Your phone will fit just fine in that pocket on the back.

regular cell phone and a ziploc bag.

I wear a phone when I run the trails in the woods. There are two ways I do it:

1. I wear a belt (a Navy style canvas belt that does not have holes to tighten, you just tighten it with that little roller in the buckel). The phone has a clip, and I clip the phone to the belt. I also clip my keys to the belt and tuck them into my shorts.

2. I have a little holster I put the phone in. Also clips on my belt (phone tends to pull my shorts down, that's the reason for the belt).

I'm pretty sure it might look dorky, but I don't care because I'm getting old. Anyway, I almost never see anyone in the woods.

I am definitely not important but if they call me when I am oncall and I don't answer they then call my manager within 10 minutes (which is just dumb) but she doesn't really take it very well if she gets called. The world won't end if I don't get to the work, but it doesn't look good on my reviews if I keep missing them.My father-in-law also carries one because of asthma. But he just sticks it in my spandex which I don't recommend doing if anyone else ever uses your phone.

atlas shrugged wrote:

Yeah, the world revolves around you and will stop if you do not return someone's phone call within one hour (while you are out on a run).

You are not as bloody important as you think you are.

atlas shrugged wrote:

Hep! Hep! Hep me!

The world is coming to an end and only this one welding engineer knows what to do, only he can save us, "for obvious reasons".

If you ever actually grow up and live in the real world, you'll learn that there are some people who need to be available and on call in order to make their living. They include doctors, lawyers, and yes, even engineers. They're not trying to "be important". Most of them would give their right arms to NOT have to be available all the time. But that's the price they pay to save your life in the hospital, or bail you out of jail, or advise some work crew when a bridge suffers a structural failure

We know, we know, you just don't buy it. Good for you, kiddo. Fight the power and all that. But in the meantime, leave the grown-up talk for the grown-ups, mmmkay?

oops.....that is a baaad slip right there!

[quote]someone wrote:

My father-in-law also carries one because of asthma. But he just sticks it in MY spandex which I don't recommend doing if anyone else ever uses your phone.

[quote]atlas shrugged wrote:

goodstuff wrote:

tommy h wrote:

get one of those cool backpack phones with the cord like they had in 'nam.

POD!

And today, too !

I have a Pantech which I bought from Cingular before they became AT&T. It was the smallest available phone at the time (early 07). I have a velcro neoprene wrist strap which it fits into quite well. The whole setup is not much worse than a big wristwatch.

I have worked on-call for the last 13 years. If you think carrying a mobile phone is bad, try carrying a land mobile radio (walkie talkie like the cops use). Last year I was working at a remote site and was required to carry an LMR 24/7 and show up at work within 10 minutes of being called. At the time I was running 70-90 miles a week (laps around a base) with that f'ing brick. Carrying any cell phone on a run since then is a breeze.

Then he should just be doing laps around the block or on a treadmill. If he gets half-way out on a 10 mile run and the wife calls, what's he going to do about it that he wouldn't have done if he didn't have the phone along?

Even for a 40-minute run? You overestimate the importance of your job.

Then they should be on stationary bikes or treadmills or in the pool.

Remember, those so-called responsibilities are all a matter of choice and most people dramatically overstate what's really necessary.

cassio598 wrote:

Actually, a friend of mine is a welding engineer for Ashland Chemical, and he's on call 24/7 for a week. If there is an accident and/or a major spill he has to be reachable immediately, for obvious reasons, so he's always got a cell phone during those weeks, even when he exercises.

Also, in other news, grow up.

You and your buddy might want to get over yourselves any day now.

someone wrote:

I am definitely not important but if they call me when I am oncall and I don't answer they then call my manager within 10 minutes (which is just dumb) but she doesn't really take it very well if she gets called. The world won't end if I don't get to the work, but it doesn't look good on my reviews if I keep missing them.

Guess what? YOU chose a shitty job/employer. YOU are a toolbag!

My father-in-law also carries one because of asthma. But he just sticks it in my spandex which I don't recommend doing if anyone else ever uses your phone.

He could stay closer to home or do his workout at home if it's really that much of a threat. HE is a toolbag!

me threeve wrote:

I have to as well and run with my blackberry in my hand(in a a soft ipod case). I'm on call 24/7 every other week and have 30 minutes to get to a computer if one of my servers goes down.

My goodness what a pitiful life.

I Hate You wrote:

Remember, those so-called responsibilities are all a matter of choice and most people dramatically overstate what's really necessary.

Hey look who finally woke up and joined the rest of us. Some of us have been up for a while now doing important things.

Don't let this thread interfere with your plans today - maybe some video games, or a long run with no responsibilities to interrupt it, or maybe you too are important, but for some reason feel that a treadmill is acceptable but a cell phone isn't.

I think you should ponder why you hate important people and their cell phones so much. I agree some people choose to accept jobs that impose an unreasonable degree of responsibility, but in your case I doubt any one would give you any responsibility to begin with, so don't worry, you likely will not ever have to run with a cell phone.

charlie dont surf wrote:

goodstuff wrote:

POD!

And today, too !

I'm still laughing at it.

Working Stiff wrote:

me threeve wrote:

I have to as well and run with my blackberry in my hand(in a a soft ipod case). I'm on call 24/7 every other week and have 30 minutes to get to a computer if one of my servers goes down.

My goodness what a pitiful life.

What you don't know is that in the alternate weeks that he is not on call, he spends them drunk out of his mind with supermodels on his yacht in the south of France, only taking a break to fit in his runs so as to continue his streak of 10 consecutive years of sub 4 miles.

Its pretty funny that you felt a need to rip all of my situations. I never complained about any of them. I make a good living, don't have a stressful OR important job. But with a decent salary comes responsibility. I don't mind being oncall at all. If I do get called in the off hours then I take time off during the week.You are right, it was all a matter of choices and at this point my wife and I are in the city that he always planned on living and in the house of our dreams. We can get onto great trails within a 5 minute job from our house. If the worst thing that happens to me is I have to cut a run short because of a call, I think I will be able to live with that. "I Hate You" - I really hope at some point you are happy enough with your life that you don't feel a need to rip on others.

I Hate You wrote:

Remember, once you graduate college you end up with a lot more responsibilities other than running.

Remember, those so-called responsibilities are all a matter of choice and most people dramatically overstate what's really necessary.[/quote]

I have a great job as a software developer and it pays a six figure income with nice benefits. I write internet applications that clients expect to have available 24x7. Is that realistic? Well, that is debatable. Am I important? For problems specific to the code I develop, yes I am. Can I be replaced? You bet I can and the first time I do not answer the phone, I will be replaced. So, would I rather run on a treadmill, or carry a cell phone on a run outdoors. I have made my choice. What would you do? The good news is that we are both able to make the choices that suit us.

Yeah, your important and demanding job that lets you read and post on running message boards!

It's all a matter of whether you're self-important enough to let those so-called responsibilities interrupt things you'd rather be doing. Your choice to be a slave to your life decisions.

I never worry, not even about your moronic, defensive, projecting assumptions!

I think it's awesome that you easy targets are so quick to take this stuff so personally and so willingly respond. Keep it going, geniuses!