Trail Running @ Ninety Degrees
Whelp, the weather is finally heating up here in San Diego. We’ve recently experienced several days of 90° scorchers. While certainly tolerable on the short walk from the office to the car, it’s pure hell while trail running in the back hills. I’m afflicted with a malady common to quite a few of my fellow runners; I tend to carry a small water bottle into battle, and nothing else. During these hot runs it’s not uncommon for me to be many, many miles away from my car when I suddenly find myself out of water. It’s then that I notice my fingers beginning to swell, the heat escaping through the top of my head feels like it’s going to set my hair on fire, and the legs begin to stumble a bit as my feet desperately seek solid purchase on the wavering, rocky trails.
I think it’s time to upgrade my trusty water bottle companion. And since my Mt. Whitney run is fast approaching I figured I might as well bite the bullet and invest in a CamelBak. I’ll need to break one in and become accustomed to it before September. I’ll want to know where the chaffing points are and how my body will adjust to running with extra weight on my back before the big run.
Reading the reviews I’ve decided on the CamelBak Octane XC 70oz model. My birthday was this weekend, and the parents-in-law hooked me up with a bit of cash which I’ll use to pick up one of these bad boys.
Oh, and I forgot how much of a bastard whiskey is. Happy birthday to me indeed…. 
Good luck running with a camel back on. Make sure it is tight and all of your straps are tied down otherwise it gets pretty annoying when you are bouncing up and down the trail.
When it is that hot outside I like to run a trail that has a lot of foliage to block the sun.
Many thanks Chris! Will see what I can do about the extraneous straps. Can’t wait to see how this water solution works out.