This weekend was another lazy one - Friday Sam & I went out to dinner at Chili's and watched 'We Bought a Zoo' - very cute! Saturday it was super rainy here so we mostly stayed in and did stuff around the house, watched football, etc. Sam got a new iPhone 5 so he spent most of the day downloading 50 million apps....
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| Proud iPhone 5 Owner... |
Saturday night we went out dancing with some friends (texas two stepping actually, and yes, we actually do that here - although Sam & I don't do it particularly well...) and had a lot of fun, but stayed out way too late! We did manage to drag ourselves up for a 7 mile run Sunday though (which was the only productive thing we did all day) before watching the NFL for the entire rest of the day :)
I tested out Sam's hydration belt, which didn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it might. I need to be able to carry water/food with me once I get into longer runs, so I figured I better get used to it sometime or other. Last year I did all of my long runs at the hike & bike trail, so I was would pass my water bottle every 2 miles. But since I'm trying out new routes that aren't repetitive loops, I need to be able to carry stuff with me!
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| First run with hydration belt.... |
I wore the belt on the front for about 30 seconds before I realized it was much less annoying if I twisted everything around to the back. The 7 miles went pretty well, although I was definitely worn out for the rest of the day. Today I have a 6 miler on the schedule, which seems cruel only two days later! But oh well, the weather is awesome here today so I guess I can't complain.
Stay tuned for before & after photos coming soon!!
I'm glad you figured out to twist the belt to the back! much less annoying! I am not a huge fan of belts and found I was OK with holding on to something (it didn't throw off my personal balance as much as I was afraid it would) and ended up carrying one of these: http://www.rei.com/product/830533/camelbak-quick-grip-water-bottle,-black?preferredSku=8305330002&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-pla-_-product-_-8305330002&mr:trackingCode=6C587C6C-655A-E111-BC1B-001B21631C34&mr:referralID=NA&mr:adType=pla&{copy:s_kwcid}=&gclid=CMS7mLi847ICFURxQgodSjEAtg
ReplyDelete...but with a smaller water bottle in it (I just traded the bottle out of the holster). I could shove two gels in the pocket of it, too.