A Very Leaky Camel!

OK, so people in the know talk about hydration. How it is important not to get dehydrated while exercising. Sounds completely viable to me, so I decided that since every problem has a solution, I can solve this one!

I was told about "Camel Packs". Sounds nasty, no? Anyhoo, Hugh and I went out and bought such a pack each so that we can train together. As with everything, there are 100 different types which just makes it impossible for a newbie to know what to choose. But we did it... may have chosen based on the color of the pack, but surely that is as valid a selection criteria as any!

We were all excited, so came home and tested them out. Hugh's worked just fine.. after it had leaked all over the parquet floors while he got it figured out. Mine, not so much. I put it on and went for a ride on the TdF trainer. Noticed that I have a very wet patootie... then I noticed water dripping all over the floor, which maybe is slightly problematic while riding an electric training bike. So it was not the most successful outing but at least it was cut short due to faulty equipment rather than tired legs!

So, based on that extensive market research, I can now share with you the following:

1. Leaky camels are bad!
2. Non leaky camels are good!
3. Black and grey camel packs are just tickety boo!
4. Black and green camel packs (they didn't have pink!) may leak which kind of defeats the whole purpose!
5. Having purchased your child a camel pack, you may find it in the most unlikely places as your child can now increase their utilization of technology time by hydrating from the pack rather than walking into the kitchen to get a drink of water! 

BTW, a record TdF training day on Saturday... completed 3 stages! Not in record times, but managed a total of 52km.I can totally do this! 

Until next time.

W x