How do you drink water during long runs? Just carry a bottle in your hand while running? Im talking about off-track running.
How do you drink water during long runs? Just carry a bottle in your hand while running? Im talking about off-track running.
Coach will give us fluids.
UD bag? Stash in the ditch? Have someone ride along on a bike?
stash water along route ahead of time, or don't drink water at all.
personally I will carry a handheld bottle but that's because I used to run ultras and it doesn't bother me anymore
We have three drones that follow us, each with a water bottle, toilet paper and a cooled cap.
Hydration belts - 2 or 3-bottle versions.
Hydration vest as determined by run duration and remoteness.
I have someone on a bike to follow me and hand me water whenever I want.
I usually stop by your mom's house, she gives me whatever I need
Belt that carries water or, plan stop by water stations and or gas stations. Carry cash and buy water.
A lot of elite runners will have someone follow them in a car or bike and hand water off. Also, run in the morning or in the evening when it's much cooler.
If a runner properly hydrates, water is not needed during a long run.
A runner sweats 4.5 ounces of water every 15 mins, so that is 16 ounces of water
per hour. So if you are going to do a 90 to 120 min long run, drink 2 glasses of water
15 to 20 mins before going for a run.
This is why it is important to be close to home or close to your car when going for a long run.
I usually find a area that I can loop for 1 or 2 miles. That way I can go to my car to sip some water
if I need to. On a very hot day, a runner should definitely run not far from home, or his car, or a service
station.
Are you actually an elite runner because there's no way you wouldn't know this if you were someone running at like the marathon trials or better. Maybe it's hotter where you live but I ran a 19 mile long run a while back (longest I'd ever done to that point, hilly course, 7:10/mile pace which was pretty easy) and I didn't need to take any water. I will say that I did take a gel half way (9.5 mile looped course) and that was it. Maybe I misinterpreted your thing and you just want advice from elite runners but you're not one yourself but whatever idk.
Usually stash it.
Story: I only bring it if it is scorching hot and once I had a bottle stashed at the start of an out and back trail a couple of miles from my home. I had a sip before putting it behind a bush and I guess this lady and her daughter saw because one of them shouted "litterbug" at me. I told them it was my water and I would be back to drink it and take the bottle away. They shrugged it off and I went for my run. Came back dying for a drink and when I went to grab my bottle it was gone. Mother f**kers....
Agua wrote:
Hydration belts - 2 or 3-bottle versions.
Hydration vest as determined by run duration and remoteness.
He said elite runners only. Not four hour marathoners.
I never bring water on regular long runs, but for long runs with intensity, I set up a table on a two mile loop and grab it each time. Practice, practice.
If you need water on a long run, you are A) Not consuming enough water everyday/days before long runs, B) Running a long run that is longer than a "normal" long run (normal being 90min to 125min) or C) Unaware of your ability to be a little thirst and carry on with running.
All of this changes if your conditions are out of the ordinary ie, workout long run, it is hot and super dry, you have a medical condition, or you are untrained.
People see elites taking water in marathons, or on FLOTrack videos and think that is normal, but it is not.
eliterunnersonly wrote:
How do you drink water during long runs? Just carry a bottle in your hand while running? Im talking about off-track running.
In all seriousness there is a lot of good info in this thread:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=496666&page=0Elite runners are properly hydrated before they start the run. No need for water.
I hire these little men from African countries like Kenya and Ethiopia to run along side me, carry my water bottle, and give it to me when I need it.
Scorpion_runner wrote:
If a runner properly hydrates, water is not needed during a long run.
A runner sweats 4.5 ounces of water every 15 mins, so that is 16 ounces of water
per hour. So if you are going to do a 90 to 120 min long run, drink 2 glasses of water
15 to 20 mins before going for a run.
This is why it is important to be close to home or close to your car when going for a long run.
I usually find a area that I can loop for 1 or 2 miles. That way I can go to my car to sip some water
if I need to. On a very hot day, a runner should definitely run not far from home, or his car, or a service
station.
I agree with everything you said, but the bolded part. 15 to 20 minutes is way too close to your run. Most of what I'm reading says an hour to two hours prior seems to be the best for absorption.
In terms of water on your run, as you mentioned, you should know the layout of the area. For most of my routes, I know where the closest water fountain is. If there isn't one, I'd loop around an area that keeps me close to my car.
No need for water on long runs (90-150 minutes) if properly hydrated and running when it's not not too hot/humid. "Too hot/humid" depends on you as an individual, but for the most part it's just not necessary. If you're doing a marathon simulation or something that's different, but for regular long runs it's probably not worth your time. When doing some summer altitude training I once, on the suggestion of the people I was running with who also did so, stashed a 12oz bottle at the half way point on a 22 miler. Didn't notice a difference in the quality of my run. I didn't waste my time with it again.
2x OTQ
I have a kid and job and stuff now, so I use a really light Salomon vest with a small bladder in the back, my phone, and some gels. I've done a couple 20+ tempo things around 5:20-5:30 with it and have gotten used to it. I don't really have time to set out bottles anymore, and I sometimes get stuck in the heat if my kid doesn't let me get out early enough. The newer running vest are really easy to get used to and run pretty quick with.