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Jan 2018
2:23pm, 29 Jan 2018
2,325 posts
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westmoors
I wasn't condoning the behaviour, just putting forward a possible explanation for why they needed the drink in the first place.
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Jan 2018
2:29pm, 29 Jan 2018
63,011 posts
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Gobi
Indeed Westmoors I did 10 plus on Saturday including racing the parkrun
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Jan 2018
2:55pm, 29 Jan 2018
79 posts
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BexleyKev
On a slight tangent. For the longer runs i am addicted/attached to soft flasks - find it quite therapeutic running with one in my hand. During races they are easy to fill at water stations and result in at least one less plastic cup/bottle among the carnage for others to trip over.
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Jan 2018
2:58pm, 29 Jan 2018
3,797 posts
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larkim
Mainly through lack of planning, but also as something of an experiment, I did my 20 mile long run (ending with 3 miles around parkrun) with no drink at all until after I'd got back home. Had I had some water available I would have drunk some, but equally I didn't feel I needed it, either during the run, during the 3 minutes waiting for parkrun to start, or waiting at the end.
I know hydration is important, but made sure I was well hydrated before I set off (well, I had a large cup of coffee). Always makes me smile when people drive up to parkrun, and then get out of the car with two water bottles and are swigging away after a mile.
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Jan 2018
3:14pm, 29 Jan 2018
6,164 posts
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The_Saint
The drinking stuff is totally bonkers, when you see people starting parkrun with a Camelbak on as I have with no signs that they have been running already, you know the issue is nothing to do with thirst. The bottled water salesmen's propaganda dies hard.
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Jan 2018
3:24pm, 29 Jan 2018
1,251 posts
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Uyuni
Given the price of a Camelbak at least they won't be chucking it in the hedge!
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Jan 2018
4:14pm, 29 Jan 2018
17,530 posts
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KinkyS
I used to carry a drink for anything further than 3 miles when I was new to running. A security blanket 
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Jan 2018
4:30pm, 29 Jan 2018
382 posts
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Nessie
I often have a bottle of water in the car which I drink on the way to parkrun, but that is more to do with the wine I may or may not have drink on a Friday night. Always use reusable bottles though, very rarely buy bottled water from a shop.
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Jan 2018
4:41pm, 29 Jan 2018
3,800 posts
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larkim
I felt really self conscious about a year ago when I'd done a 13 mile run to the start of parkrun, and I had both a camelbak and a headtorch on, despite it being daylight and only needing to run 5k! I felt like explaining to everyone I was near "I set off when it was dark on trails where I couldn't see without a headtorch, and I need to test out the backpack as I'm running an ultra in a few months"!
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Jan 2018
4:47pm, 29 Jan 2018
18,934 posts
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fetcheveryone
I'm another one who turned up on Saturday having already done some miles. No drink on the way, but I met Katie at the park, and she'd brought along a chocolate milk for me for when I finished. I have to do lots of hydrating post-run, otherwise my stomach just shuts down and leaves me with hours of discomfort. Choc milk is the only known way for me to fuel and hydrate!
I found it really useful to have distraction during the last part of my run. I like starting at the back and gradually picking my way through. Passed about 240 people with a 28 minute parkrun
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