Water

[Derby Tup]

I'm very much of the Ron Hill school of hydration and its rare I drink anything other than tea or beer. Historically I've largely been of the opinion that water's okay for filling the wash-bottle in your car or cleaning your Walshes with if they're particularly mucky but that's about it really

I know its now de rigeur to have a couple of litres with you if you're walking any further than from your car to the front door of ASDA and there were people at Stanbury yesterday with camelbacs for a 7miler but do fellrunners see any advantage in it? Has anyone on here tried it?

I'm going to drink a litre a day for a week or two and will post my findings here I'm just hoping I have room still for a pint in an evening!

[ZootHornRollo]

I know its now de rigeur to have a couple of litres with you if you're walking any further than from your car to the front door of ASDA

I'm probably a bit over-cautious with hydration: whether it's just a psychological thing or not I dunno, but it makes me feel better, and I quite like the stuff.

By the time you have a dry mouth or feel thirsty you're already quite dehydrated, so I like to chog down a bit of water every hour so whatever I'm doing.

I especially like being well tanked-up when I start a race so I'll probably glug down a pint or two beforehand.

I don't like buying water so I save a few plastic bottles and fill one up from the tap if I'm going on a journey or summat. It's one of my bugbears that we have so few water fountains or taps in public places (there's half a dozen in Hyde Park, and none of them work).

[JohnK]

Water i love the stuff, especially when taken from springs, streams and burns, there is some fantasticly pure water to be had out there and the expession pure nectar often springs to mind.

[mr brightside]

Water i love the stuff, especially when taken from springs, streams and burns, there is some fantasticly pure water to be had out there and the expession pure nectar often springs to mind.

Ditto, the tastes vary tremendously it's awesome. I especially savour the slight earthiness of peaty water, but it's got to be from high up or it gets too heavy. There's a little beck by Crina Bottom on the way up Ingleborough which drains through the peat on the slopes, i stopped for a mouthful on last years race and it was the best drink i've ever had.

On the flipside of the coin Dowber Gill beck is good for clarity and there's a couple of springs on the way up the footpath that are lovely and crisp.

[Flopsy]

I definately notice the difference with being well hydrated. I'd say 2 things though:

1st - it takes a while to get used to drinking 2 litres a day, you pee a lot to start with
2nd - don't drink lots of water in one go it doesn't help hydration, you just wee it out, sip steadily through the day.

Drinking out of streams is great, just watch out for pollution and dead sheep. Was doing the 3 peaks a couple of months ago and spotted a dead sheep in the steam (hidden behind a big rock - only spotted it cause it stunk). Yeuch!!

[ukhursty]

On any run sub 10 miles I don't take anything with me.

For anything else, my camelback is always with me, for a couple of reasons really, I take small sips every now and again. Also I find the longer the run is, the bigger the sips get.

Also I don't mind carrying the weight on my back, been used to carrying stuff on my back from biking and hiking days, so a hefty pouch of water is no probs.

Also its easy to get at the water from the handy pipe that clips onto the shoulder pouch

[Alf]

On any run sub 10 miles I don't take anything with me.

I would agree with that under normal conditions but if its a hot day I would probably drop that limit to around 6 miles.

What was it W.C. Fields said? "I don't drink water, fish fornicate in it !"


I take TUMS in water as I believe it helps (from experience) with cramp plus I sweat for England when I am running so I feel I need to put some salts back into my system.

[mr brightside]

On any run sub 10 miles I don't take anything with me.

Psycho...

Water also helps to keep your kidney's free of stones, don't think anyone's mentioned this yet

[Al Fowler]

Im quite a water addict. I make full use of urinals!

[Derby Tup]

Im quite a water addict. I make full use of urinals!

You drink from urinals?!