Do you hold a water bottle when you run?

Several possibilities:

Nathan Hand-Held. It's a water bottle with a strap that goes over your hand so you don't drop it. Strap has a pocket that might fit your phone.

Water belt. Come in many varieties, from ones that carry one regular-sized bottle at your back, to many little bottles arranged around you to distribute the weight evenly. Many have pouches to carry keys, gels, or whatever.

Bike jersey with pockets in the back. If the pockets are deep enough (they usually are, except for one of mine), one of the smaller flattish bottles that goes with the water belts I mentioned above will fit snugly at the small of my back. The pockets are also great for gels (or other snacks), keys, or whatever you need to carry.

Hydration pack. Again, lots of variety. These hold a bladder of water on your back, and are really meant for when you're going to be out for hours. But they can also be useful for 1-2 hour runs when it's miserably hot out. Most also have pockets.

Some people also park their car where they can run loops that pass it every so often, so they can stash water in their car. Or do the same with their house. Or carry money and design their route to run past a convenience store. Or run in parks where there are water fountains. Lots of possibilities!

Sounds mental more than physical, but...

If you need water, look at the running belts. Also, perhaps and arm band for your phone to free up your hand?

Lastly, if you're mouth is just a bit dry, try some gum.

When I run anything less than an hour and a half, I don't bring water with me. Just weighs me down! But I drink planety of water before I run and immediately after.

I hate carrying water bottles, so what I generally do is strap a 1L bottle to the underside of an RC airplane and hire a neighborhood child to fly it next to me during my run. There's a cantilevered drinking chute that periodically lowers into my mouth because if I drop below 78.366628492% intracellular water by volume, I immediately die of dehydration without any warning whatsoever.

That said, PLEASE learn from my mistakes. When you're rummaging through Lockheed-Martins's IFR engineering schematics for design inspiration, stay away from the stuff stamped "classified". Apparently that kind of thing is "illegal" or some other ridiculous horse****.

Thanks for posting this topic, I ALWAYS carry water whatever the length of my run. I know it doesn't make a difference to my hydration on short runs under 30 minutes but I have year round sinus allergies so mainly breathe through my mouth when I exercise and get really thirsty really quickly. I'm definitely going to look and one of those nathan hand helds as the belts seem a bit fiddly and I don't want to have to stop to get the bottle in and out of the pouch.

I feel like I could go longer if I could just take a couple sips of cold water during my run but where do I put it? I already hold my phone in one hand (so I can listen to the couch to 5k app).

i don't carry my phone but i do carry a water bottle (deer pack water nothing special about the bottle). since i have small hands i squish the middle part of the bottle so it's easier to hold. because i don't listen to music, i put my cell in my sports bra. the only thing i carry in my hand is my water bottle.

They make belts that hold little water bottles, if you want to bring water with you and don't want to carry it in your other hand.

^^this. And I will also mention that holding a water bottle (or anything else, for that matter) probably isn't the best thing for your running form, either. It tried a handheld and really didn't like it, because I felt off balance even though I was switching hands every mile. Everyone is different, though and I am sure that it works for some. I have a belt that I take for longer runs.

It is more mental than physical but my mouth gets really dry (I breath through my mouth when I'm running).

Try a camel back. I was in the same position as you and you don't feel a difference in weight and it's balanced. Also some have a small pouch on the bottom for keys or anything else. No need to stop running to drink it either.

It is more mental than physical but my mouth gets really dry (I breath through my mouth when I'm running).

Try a camel back. I was in the same position as you and you don't feel a difference in weight and it's balanced. Also some have a small pouch on the bottom for keys or anything else. No need to stop running to drink it either.

Don't go for a cheap one. I bought one at Costco and it sits in my closet because it gives the water a plastic taste. yuck.

If the belt is a bit bulky I got a great running pocket... it is elasticated and slides on over you wrist with a pocket for phone/car keys (i actually pinned my keys to my trousers at a race when I realised I had no pockets... whoopsie!)

as someone else mentioned gum is good for a dry mouth....I find that if I bring water I think about it more and drink more than I need and it 'swishes' around in my belly, really weighs me down!

You could do what I did. I got myself a small child. I put her in a jogging stroller and the jogging stroller allows me to carry a water bottle, my phone, various other electronics, snacks, extra clothes, whatever really.

Sometimes my small child has other plans though. On these occasions when I'm forced to run solo I carry a hydration pack, for runs over 3 miles, mostly because I do so much running with the jogger that I'm accustomed to taking water while I'm out. It's my crutch.

So I would recomend the hydration pack for most people who want to carry stuff when they run. The small child isn't a solution that works for everyone.

I typically run for less than an hour so I don't feel like I need it, but I still put a bottle of water in my mailbox just in case my mouth/throat gets really dry.

I only drink after my runs; but the suggestions from people above ragarding belts/bags etc sound good.