running bottle to keep your water cold?

[cous0226]

Anyone have a link of one they recommend. I have a regular Nathan right now and when it's hot, my water gets warm pretty fast. Not sure if they make the ones that will keep you water cold or if I should just try freezing my water bottle though it would be heavy to run with like that. thanks.  

[mrs.jacinthe]

For long swims, I freeze all my bottles except the first one. They're not any heavier than when they're liquid - it's the same amount of stuff inside.

When I was a runner, I had a nathan iceshot (? I think that's what it was called) handheld flask-type bottle. It didn't hold a lot, though. So if you're looking for more water, I'd try maybe a hydration pack and put ice cubes in the bladder.

[shauni27]

I froze all my water for summer runs. I would fill 3/4, freeze and then top off with cold water. It would be totally melted within a few miles of my run.

[luckystar2]

I didn't actually freeze my bottles but I would fill up with ice/water. It always seemed to work out well. For really long training runs I also would plan my route and hit up a gas station to grab some new cool water or loop around to my house where I had water in a cooler too. For races I did the ice/water and would dump in new cool water at aid stations when needed.

So I'm not really help with bottles but agree with others about the use of ice/freezing.