Comments on: The Experiments Begin http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin A Running Odyssey Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan - aka bhaputi http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-625 Dan - aka bhaputi Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:45:38 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-625 All the ladies answer the phone for me ;) I am definitely hydrating, but so far I am able to hydrate ahead of time for everything except my long runs. I always drink at least 1 gallon of water daily either way, and add in a little more on days that I am running after work. For long runs, I usually just snag a few fig newtons and a 5 dollar bill and hit the store along my route for water or gatorade, depending on sweat level. Of course, living in the boondocks means I have to be careful to plan the run well enough to make sure a store is close :) All the ladies answer the phone for me ;)
I am definitely hydrating, but so far I am able to hydrate ahead of time for everything except my long runs. I always drink at least 1 gallon of water daily either way, and add in a little more on days that I am running after work. For long runs, I usually just snag a few fig newtons and a 5 dollar bill and hit the store along my route for water or gatorade, depending on sweat level. Of course, living in the boondocks means I have to be careful to plan the run well enough to make sure a store is close :)

]]> By: Flo http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-618 Flo Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:13:35 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-618 <strong>Kai</strong>, my little sport bean puking petunia...pockets are special. They'll cost you at least 10 bucks more and from what I surmise, aren't especially kind to the female form (unless you pick the ones with a tiny inseam, then it's porn and pockets). Clip-on stuff rocks! Love my mp3 player (and the Shuffle I killed before that), the pocket, and later today I'm going to pick up a clip-on gel flask, see how that works out. <strong>Dan</strong>, heh heh, made me laugh. Cool that you're into real food for energy; it's cheap and easily available...like me! (I jest, sometimes I don't answer the phone.) :D But seriously ladies and germs, it's not dumb at all, especially since your focus is shorter, harder efforts, though I hope that doesn't mean you're not hydrating. <em>[makes clucking hen noises]</em> Kai, my little sport bean puking petunia…pockets are special. They’ll cost you at least 10 bucks more and from what I surmise, aren’t especially kind to the female form (unless you pick the ones with a tiny inseam, then it’s porn and pockets).

Clip-on stuff rocks! Love my mp3 player (and the Shuffle I killed before that), the pocket, and later today I’m going to pick up a clip-on gel flask, see how that works out.

Dan, heh heh, made me laugh. Cool that you’re into real food for energy; it’s cheap and easily available…like me! (I jest, sometimes I don’t answer the phone.) :D But seriously ladies and germs, it’s not dumb at all, especially since your focus is shorter, harder efforts, though I hope that doesn’t mean you’re not hydrating. [makes clucking hen noises]

]]> By: Dan - aka bhaputi http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-617 Dan - aka bhaputi Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:08:31 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-617 Anyway....I have not tried gels or beans yet. So far pretzels and fig newtons have worked wonders, although I am still at the stage where I refrain from taking pretty much anything (call me dumb, I know). Anyway….I have not tried gels or beans yet. So far pretzels and fig newtons have worked wonders, although I am still at the stage where I refrain from taking pretty much anything (call me dumb, I know).

]]> By: Dan - aka bhaputi http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-616 Dan - aka bhaputi Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:07:38 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-616 mmm....belly.... mmm….belly….

]]> By: Kai http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-615 Kai Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-615 I will DEFINITELY have to look into buying one of those pockets! My running shorts are all pocketless for some reason. The problem I have with beans are when I'm tired, breathing hard, and trying to eat, those tricky suckers usually end up falling out of my mouth. I usually looking like I'm vomiting jelly beans as I run along. I will DEFINITELY have to look into buying one of those pockets! My running shorts are all pocketless for some reason.

The problem I have with beans are when I’m tired, breathing hard, and trying to eat, those tricky suckers usually end up falling out of my mouth. I usually looking like I’m vomiting jelly beans as I run along.

]]> By: Flo http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-613 Flo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:00:32 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-613 Howdy Marcus! The gels I plan to use most, Hammer gels, don't provide any at all, so I gotta go the supplement route, but it's not too bad - one pill an hour. And it's nice not being tied to eating a particular thing. Just hope they don't end up bouncing along the roadway, never to be seen again. Yeah, the whole water issue is definitely a pain. I was just looking over a trail map in this area I like to go, and it appears there might be a restroom in a location that would allow for a well-timed refill, so I'll check it out on Sunday. In the meantime, I'm treating the double handheld thing like an alternative upper body workout...if it doesn't ruin the lower body one, that is. :D Howdy Marcus! The gels I plan to use most, Hammer gels, don’t provide any at all, so I gotta go the supplement route, but it’s not too bad – one pill an hour. And it’s nice not being tied to eating a particular thing. Just hope they don’t end up bouncing along the roadway, never to be seen again.

Yeah, the whole water issue is definitely a pain. I was just looking over a trail map in this area I like to go, and it appears there might be a restroom in a location that would allow for a well-timed refill, so I’ll check it out on Sunday. In the meantime, I’m treating the double handheld thing like an alternative upper body workout…if it doesn’t ruin the lower body one, that is. :D

]]> By: Marcus http://www.girlinmotion.com/the-experiments-begin#comment-612 Marcus Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.GirlinMotion.com/?p=118#comment-612 I've simplified things by eating an e-gel every 6 miles or so... it has carbs AND electrolytes. That way, I only need to drink water. But water is a pain, isn't it? I used a belt last year before settling on a camel-bak, which is effective, but ponderous. I look at the camel-bak the same way a dog looks at a bath-tub... you just know what's coming next. Haven't strapped it on yet this summer, though... I've been stashing bottles on the road or planning runs to have mini-markets every 5-6 miles. I've been enjoying that more. I’ve simplified things by eating an e-gel every 6 miles or so… it has carbs AND electrolytes. That way, I only need to drink water.

But water is a pain, isn’t it? I used a belt last year before settling on a camel-bak, which is effective, but ponderous. I look at the camel-bak the same way a dog looks at a bath-tub… you just know what’s coming next.

Haven’t strapped it on yet this summer, though… I’ve been stashing bottles on the road or planning runs to have mini-markets every 5-6 miles. I’ve been enjoying that more.

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