5k question, what do you do with your keys?

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  • Eleisabelle
    Eleisabelle Posts: 365
    I have something similar to this. Clips on the inside of my shorts, so it moves like them. Hardly notice it once I start running.

    http://www.runjunk.com/nathan-side-kick-clip-on-pocket-5colors.aspx
  • ifarteditstinks
    ifarteditstinks Posts: 3
    take off the door key and lace it in your shoe laces
    This one. Leave the other keys locked in the car, and you will never be award of one key laced into your shoes.

    Ditto. Just take only the car key. You can weave the key in and out of the laces on the top of the shoe, and before tying your shoe loop the shoe lace through the key hole. That way it's tied down to your shoe and it's not flinging around because it's weaved in and out of the laces on top. You can't even feel it's there.
  • bigd65
    bigd65 Posts: 171 Member
    put them inside your tire rim underneath your car
  • ball858
    ball858 Posts: 395 Member
    I tie mine to my drawstring or I have pockets in my running pants, my other one is to reduce my keys to only my car / house key and keep it in my IPOD case as I run.

    Most races have a bag drop you could use that?
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I get my compression pants/shorts at Old Navy and they have a little zippered pocket on the waistband in the back. It's the perfect size for a single key.
  • cyclerjenn
    cyclerjenn Posts: 833 Member
    when running or hiking, I only take my car key and tie it to my shoe.
  • briteyes
    briteyes Posts: 435 Member
    i also tie the key into my shoe lace - doesn't bug me at all.
  • tuneses
    tuneses Posts: 467 Member
    I use to just put the ignition key in my bra. Now I have a belt lol :)
  • Glasspack
    Glasspack Posts: 105 Member
    I use this, basically a small fanny pack like thing but it holds keys, mpr3 player $ etc. I don't even notice it.





    http://www.amphipod.com/products/holders/music/-electronics/airflow-lite
  • Barribomb
    Barribomb Posts: 260 Member
    Valet key - most of my running pants/skirts have pockets, i also have a wristband that is a pocket, can fit ID, key, money, but on long runs I use my fuel belt.
  • dancing_cat
    dancing_cat Posts: 92 Member
    I normally take a bumbag (fanny pack in the US I believe) when I run outside to carry my house keys, mobile phone (in case I get injured or there is an emergency while I'm out) and I tend to take it to races too.
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    get one of those clip things and you can actually clip it to your bra
    works for me on the trail
  • bigtone34
    bigtone34 Posts: 136
    I leave the key in the ignition and doors unlocked just hoping that someday someone will steal my pile of crap car!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I just want to whine a little, too, since this is a peeve of mine. Every pair of gym shorts my husband owns have pockets, but I have a very hard time finding ones with pockets for myself, and if they do, they're a teeny little "hidden" pocket on the back of the waistband where I have to dislocate my shoulders just to reach it (or drop trow). :laugh:

    I would also appreciate a fannypack that doesn't look like it belongs on an elderly woman on a bus trip to Atlantic City.

    Maybe I should just take to wearing a kilt and sporran.
  • jnhu72
    jnhu72 Posts: 558 Member
    I put my Valet key in between my sports bras (I wear 2). I put my key in pocket once and it got knocked out. One of my friends has one of those springy rings that people put on their arm (like above their elbow) to carry around their keys and uses that.
  • Bookers23
    Bookers23 Posts: 187 Member
    I either time them to the drawstring of my shorts, or put the key behind the gas tank door. dont tell anybody!!
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    take off the door key and lace it in your shoe laces
    This one. Leave the other keys locked in the car, and you will never be award of one key laced into your shoes.

    As long as you don't tighten it into the upper blood vessels.

    If your foot starts falling asleep, don't delay and wonder why it's happening, get the key out!

    Totally forgot at the end of the run in a half-Ironman, and being brain-numb didn't notice that reason, kept walking it off. didn't bring enough food for that extended time. ugh.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    Husband holds them. I'm hoping eventually he will decide he wants to be more than an observer and keyholder, but for now, it comes in handy.
  • RisOnTheRun
    RisOnTheRun Posts: 624 Member
    Yep, this one. Just make sure you double tie your laces and put the end of the eye under the tied up portion for the laces.

    This. Going forward, definitely consider the pocket situation when you buy new shorts/pants, it makes all the difference. Now I only buy pants/shorts/running skirts with pockets, preferably a good one with a zipper on top so nothing can get out.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    i feel so silly, having run with keys in my hand several times, when my shoelaces were there all along... :$

    Me, too! I didn't even think of tying it in my laces, even when I'm had to tie those trackers in my shoelaces for races. I feel silly now.. :laugh:
  • angelaclassact
    angelaclassact Posts: 66 Member
    I live in rural NH, crime is low. I lock my valuables in the trunk and hide the key in the unlocked car. I'd probably do the same anywhere else, but I make sure nothing valuable is in the passenger area of the car. I also make sure the the car is clean and clutter free, it doesn't attract attention that way.
  • briggsy13
    briggsy13 Posts: 161 Member
    Thanks everyone! Had my time chip on one shoe and key on the other!! Had a successful race and beat my best time so far!!
  • heidikins7
    heidikins7 Posts: 22
    I just ran a 5K this morning; I put my keys in my fleece, zipped it up, and gave it to the gear check people. No problems there. In the past, I lived close enough so I would just walk to the race, so I've been pretty lucky. But I'm going to check out those banjees that someone just posted. Those seem ideal.
  • gmpearson
    gmpearson Posts: 138 Member
    Thanks everyone! Had my time chip on one shoe and key on the other!! Had a successful race and beat my best time so far!!

    Congratulations!!! Well done.
  • DiannaMoorer
    DiannaMoorer Posts: 783 Member
    I take only the fob and I put it in my Sprigs Wrist Wallet:

    http://sprigs.com/banjees/polyspandex-reversible/

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    This looks like a good idea!!!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    this may seem silly, but my first 5k my hubby & kids were there so I left everything with him. 2nd one I drove myself and my stepdaughter (15) so I was stuck holding onto my keys the whole race. I tried my pockets, sports bra, neither was successful so I ended up running holding them in my hand, not comfortable. So please enlighten me, where do you put your keys? Sadly my truck does not have the keypad like my van used to or I could just lock them in the vehicle.

    I have three quarter length bottoms with zipped pockets for my keys and money.
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    I always put just my car key in my spibelt or the pocket on my water bottle thingy if it's a longer run and I need the water (it's a camelback that sort of straps to my hand). Never thought to tie it to my shoelaces! Everything else I leave in the car.
  • chickky311
    chickky311 Posts: 17
    I know this question has been answered many times over, but I thought I would add my two cents. If you are checking a bag at a race, I would just put the keys there. I know some are skeptical about doing that, but I've never had a problem. Or, if you're not checking a bag, then take only the 1 car key with you and tie to your shoelaces. That way you don't need any extra armbands or anything that yiou don't need/want. It works great and I guarantee you won't know its there. Just make sure to tie a tight knot!
  • NikkiPsuedoDupuis
    NikkiPsuedoDupuis Posts: 56 Member
    Ignition key only - if you have shorts with pockets you can carry it there, or drawstring you can tie it and tuck it in.

    That's my go to, though I tied the drawstring into a really tight knot once and had to cut the key out lol
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I am sure others wrote this already, but I am too lazy to read through everything. I just leave everything but the car key in my car. I tie the car key to my shoelace.
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