As some background, during my long runs I place these wonderful 8oz Ice Mountain water bottles on my course. They come with a very convenient twist top that makes water consumption extra easy.
Possible Alternative Hydration—Alpha Plan (PAHAP) [please not this
awesome acronym is also a palindrome] involves carrying cone shaped paper cups with the ‘v’ portion of the cup cut off. Said cone shaped cups will be turned upside down on the top of the marathon cup (which the kind organizers at Bayshore have already informed me are 7oz cups) to form a water consumption device da Vinci would be impressed with. The coned shaped paper cups are very light and can easily fit into my marathon shorts pockets, plus they are reusable and crushing them flat doesn’t affect their performance. I will be testing PAHAP on Saturday’s 10M run.Possible Other Hydration—Omega Plan (POHOP) involves strategically placing my trusty Ice Mountain 80z water bottles on the marathon course the night before. I plan on arriving early Friday and driving the course, and I think I can find some a few places to stash my water later in the evening. POHOP also involves including a very nice note rubber-banded to each bottle saying, “I belong to a marathoner who would love nothing more than to consume me tomorrow/today. Please leave me here because my owner is sufficiently uncoordinated enough to take the water given out by the volunteers. Thank you!”
And as for running, last night’s goal was to negative split my 10M run. Splits went 6:52, 6:42, 7:00, 7:12, 6:45, 7:00, 6:47, 6:48, 6:52, 6:43. Success by about 20 seconds. 6:52/M average.
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I'm going to assume you've already tried this... but here's what I do... I pour half of the water out (seriously, who needs a whole freaking cup of water at a water stop?) and then squeeze the top part of the cup with my hand, so that the top of the cup is now a long, narrow slit and from one end of the slit, pour the water into my mouth. Kind of a similiar concept to your PAHAP, but doesn't involve carrying anything extra around. If you've already tried that method, I'm not sure what to suggest...
Wow, you've put some thought into this.
I'm also a spiller and, as such, I've resigned myself to grabbing a cup, running past the end of the aid station row, pulling off, stopping, and swigging a big mouth full. Pitch and run on. Total time lost = approx 3 seconds.
I like the PEEHOP plan myself. ;) I think we already discussed that.
(Mostly because it sounds funnier.)
After my race last night I finally know what it feels like to run as fast as you. I liked that new territory.
Thus far, I've somehow only run races long enough to require water in hot as hell conditions . . . and I didn't actually mind spilling all over myself. I feel like Amy's trick might be a good one to try, but at the same time I'm sure I could f*** that one up somehow!
Great splits on the 10M! And good luck figuring out your hydration strategy! :)
why not consider a fast draw handheld bottle?
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