HangWithMerida
And away we go!
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- Apr 24, 2017
So a race-day logistics question for potentially cold weather. How do you juggle all of the "stuff" for the full? Like fuel, your phone, a possible battery pack for your phone, hat/gloves, etc.
I know there have been discussions about "throw away" sweatshirts (that disney collects and donates), garbage bags, etc for pre-race. And that sometimes people wear gloves and/or hats for the beginning of the race. Do you plan for these items to be "throw away" as well? If you're not running with a vest or belt, where would you stash these during the race if you DON'T discard them along the way? I know that there has been a big discussion about not "needing" a vest or big belt because of the number of aid stations, but if you don't have a vest or bigger belt, where do you put everything? It seems like just planning on taking my vest seems like the most "logical" thing to do. But I also don't want my vest to cover up a potential costume.
I hope those ramblings are coherent enough that you can see what I'm getting at.
Almost everything I run in has at least a pocket or two anyway. Even my shorts have a zippered back waist pocket big enough to hold gloves. I run really hot so it is unusual for me to need a real cold weather hat; usually a baseball style running hat or a headband is good for me and I don’t remove it.
For race day, if it’s cold enough for a hat, I wear a buff as a headband and pull it over my ears. Then when I warm up, I just fold it back to uncover my ears and it is cool enough. Gloves go in A pocket. I have a long sleeve shirt/jacket thing that I love for cold races that has 2 front pockets and a large back pocket. I almost always wear it for my cold HMs because I can fit fuel, gloves, tissues, etc easily. I also have several pairs of running tights with thigh pockets. It probably looks ridiculous with all the stuff loaded in, but IDC, it’s functional.
I don’t usually run with a phone but I will carry it for Disney races. It fits in the back pocket of all my running shorts or in any of the above mentioned pockets.