sporting advice

[waider]

Despite being somewhat sedentary by nature, I am nonetheless attempting to at least keep myself nominally in shape. To this end, I've been haphazardly exercising for the last $period. Yes, I know, one of the key things with exercise is regualrity. Anyway. I would like to ask some advice of those reading this: having just gone for a jog/juggle wherein I attempted to find the best balance of places to keep keys, MD player, and phone without losing any of them, sounding like a one-man band as I jogged, or listening to music in 3-second bursts between head seeks, I realise I am probably missing something here. Perhaps an elasticated strap, or some better-equipped clothing. To that end I am looking for pointers, suggestions, diagrams on napkins, etc. Web site addresses are good. Thanks in advance and all that; I'm going to lie down and ache for a bit now.

Comments

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Personally, I would be leaving the phone and MD player at home, as i prefer it to avoid distractions. This probably doesn't help much.

Apart from that, stuff in pockets around your hips is probably a bad thing when jogging. Would a very small backpack (or similar: small zipped pocket for keys, larger one(s) for phone and muzak) be a viable option? It means a little extra weight, and potential overheating on your back (not entirely a bad thing, if it stops muscles cramping up), but it gets interfering stuff away from moving parts, so to speak. Could also be a good location to reduce jarring of music box.

Also in the personal stakes, I don't care for jogging, as it tends to give me shin splints. This is less likely to be an issue if you can run on softish surfaces.

[waider.livejournal.com]

Well, I have considered the less distracting options of leaving the gadgets at home also, but I'm quite attached to both my music and my comms! I do have a bum bag which I may try out on the next run, although I fear that it's actually too spacious to successfully damp down the bouncing geektoys.

Shin splints aren't a problem so far. Minor blistering is my main bother, and I figure that'll go away once I get a bit more practice in and harden up my feet a little. After all, I used do five-mile treadmill runs when I had a gym membership without any such problems (ok, yes, treadmill is a more forgiving surface than pavement, but still).

[candice.livejournal.com]

I second the small zipped pockets in jacket or pants idea as opposed to a bag,
those things tend to be cumbersome. A few people I know also go the new-ish
discman (antiskip) in pouch of sweatshirt route pretty successfully too.

I don't jog anymore, I used to, these days its too much work to bind myself
down for that stuff.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Some strategic foam padding in the bum bag, to prevent rattling around? You can gets foamy slabs with bits of velcro to secure 'em in position, which see good use in camera bags and the like. . .

[kirinqueen.livejournal.com]

Hullo, I'm coming out of lurkerdom via hober's friends page because I actually have some experience with this. :)

When I used to run, I took my housekey off the keyring and tied it to my shoe to avoid the jangling, left the phone at home, and carried my CD walkman in my hand. That last part wasn't ideal, as I would rather have had both hands free, but they do make sport walkmen, at least. Plus part of the problem with the CD player is that it's an unwieldy size. (At least when you'd rather focus on breathing and listening to music than maintaining a grip on a CD player.) The good sport walkmen I've seen all have the elastic strap thingey, but you have to buy them that way. I never figured out how to rig up my own strap, since I wasn't going to buy a new one just for that purpose.