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20 Mile Test Run with the Orange Mud HydraQuiver Double Barrel Hydration Pack

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  In January of this year, my wife and I had this crazy idea... Let's open a running store! Well, we did... but that's a whole another story! During our product research for different items to carry at this new store, we did come across an interesting product made by a company called Orange Mud. They came up with innovative twist on the hydration pack, typically a slim-style back-pack that holds 1.5-2 liters of water or other liquid in a bladder that you draw out from a tube with a nozzle at the end. These packs usually come complete with storage compartments for nutrition, key's, cash, etc and are used quite commonly by longer distance runners. Well, we decided to wait on bringing the product in, mostly because of it's retail price at about $100. However, in comparison to other hydration packs out there, the HydraQuiver is right in line price wise! Just recently an ultra runner friend of mine asked if we were carrying it or would consider it. He had some samples o